Arsenal vs wolves

A second-half brace from Martin Odegaard saw us beat Wolves and move five points clear at the top of the Premier League table going into the World Cup break. Our skipper struck twice after the restart to ensure we claimed the victory we fully deserved for a dominant display at Molineux, which means we have now won three consecutive league games without conceding for the first time since July 2020. Stalemate at the break The opening half-an-hour belonged to us, as we carved open some decent half-chances without managing to get on the scoresheet. Gabriel Jesus had the ball in the net just five minutes in but had strayed offside, and a deflected Bukayo Saka cross caused Jose Sa to scramble the ball over his crossbar. But we suffered a setback when Granit Xhaka was forced off after just 15 minutes, and Wolves nearly capitalised during a period of reorganisation when a swift counter saw Adama Traore feed Goncalo Guedes who was a whisker away from drilling into the top corner. However we settled again and Jesus glanced a header just wide from an Oleksandr Zinchenko cross, before the Brazilian clipped the crossbar being being played in by Saka, cutting inside on his right foot and taking aim. Despite our dominance, the game remained on a knife-edge and the team in old gold had a golden opportunity to take the lead into the interval when Guedes pounced onto a William Saliba backpass and looked destined to score, but a brilliant sliding block by Gabriel bailed out his defensive par...

Arsenal 5-0 Wolves: Granit Xhaka scores twice on Emirates Stadium farewell as Gunners finish on a high Match report and highlights as Arsenal cruise to a 5-0 win over Wolves at the Emirates Stadium; Granit Xhaka scored twice in three first half minutes; Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus and Jakub Kiwior also on target as Gunners finish campaign on 84 points Granit Xhaka scored twice in what is expected to be his final appearance for Arsenal as they wrapped up their season with a 5-0 thrashing of Wolves at the Emirates Stadium. Xhaka, who is nearing a move to Bayer Leverkusen, scored both goals in the space of just three minutes in the first half, setting the tone for a rampant Arsenal performance. Wolves were abject in what could be Julen Lopetegui's final game as manager as the Spaniard served a touchline ban, allowing the hosts to end a season of progress on a high despite missing out on the title, their points total of 84 their highest in two decades. • • Watch free Premier League highlights • Player ratings Arsenal: Ramsdale (7), Partey (7), White (7), Gabriel (8), Kiwior (8), Jorginho (7), Odegaard (8), Xhaka (9), Saka (9), Trossard (8), Jesus (8). Subs: Nelson (7), Vieira (7), Smith Rowe (7), Tierney (6), Nketiah (6). Wolves: Sa (4), Semedo (5), Collins (5), Kilman (4), Bueno (4), Nunes (5), Lemina (5), J Gomes (5), A Traore (6), Hwang (5), Jimenez (5). Subs: Ait-Nouri (5), Neves (5), B Traore (6), Toti (6), Hodge (6). Player of the match: Granit Xhaka Trending • Transfer C...

opinion Best and worst opening Arsenal game for new Premier League season as Declan Rice faces West Ham Arsenal have a number of best and worst-case scenarios for their opening Premier League game of the season but one of the best could put Declan Rice against his former club to the Gunners' benefit The Premier League fixtures for the 2023/24 season are due to be announced on Friday, June 15. Arsenal will learn who will be their first opponents of the campaign and also when important dates like the North London derby and trips to title rivals Manchester City. For the past few seasons, Arsenal have had tricky trips away from home to navigate. They won two of the last three with a 3-0 win over Fulham and a 2-0 win last season at Crystal Palace. However, a tricky time at Brentford in 2021 began the worst start to a Premier League season for the club with zero goals after three games and nine goals conceded. football.london takes a look at the best and worst-case scenarios for the opening weekend of Arsenal’s Premier League season. Best-case Nottingham Forest at home The joint-highest scoring home difference of the season saw the Gunners put five past Nottingham Forest with Reiss Nelson scoring twice. Wolves at home West Ham at home READ MORE: Arsenal news and transfers LIVE: Declan Rice 'agreement', Moises Caicedo offer, Havertz swoop Worst-case Man City or Liverpool away Of course, Burnley away Burnley walked the Championship last season and under Vincent Kompany are no long...

Arsenal clash with Wolves at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday (watch live, 2:45pm ET on in a huge game in the battle to finish in the top four of the Premier League. This is exactly the kind of position Arsenal wanted to be in heading into the business end of the season as Mikel Arteta’s side have fought back after a tough start to the season and beat Brentford at the weekend to make it back-to-back wins. They’re tough to break down and the likes of Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith Rowe and Martin Odegaard are coming up with creativity and goals to win games. When Arsenal went to Wolves a few weeks ago Nobody (including themselves) expected Wolves to be in the top four battle this season but after some impressive displays they are right up there. Bruno Lage’s side have been in superb form in recent months and are led by Jose Sa having a standout season in goal, plus a solid defensive unit ahead of him. Wolves are dangerous on the break and are so tough to break down when they sit back into what becomes a 5-3-2 formation. They have won five of their last six games, as the only time they dropped points was in that defeat to Arsenal. There is no pressure on Wolves to finish in the top four but even if they don’t, they will be pushing hard for a top six finish. What a season they’re having. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Arsenal vs Wolves. [ MORE: How to watch Premier League in USA ] Manchester United transfer news, live! Latest reports, rumors, updates Arsenal team news,...

We wrapped up the season in emphatic fashion by scoring five times against Wolves at Emirates Stadium, and you can see the best of the action in our highlights package. Two goals from Granit Xhaka plus strikes from Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus and Jakub Kiwior saw us cruise to victory in front of a boisterous home crowd who willed us on throughout, on what proved to be the perfect way to end an incredible campaign. Watch a bitesize version of the highlights by pressing play on the video above, with an extended cut as well as the full 90 minutes available below.

A Arsenal thumped Wolves to finish their season with a flourish at Emirates Stadium. Granit Xhaka scored twice as the Gunners ended the campaign on 84 points - their highest points tally since the ‘Invincibles’ team took the title with 90 in 2003-04. Xhaka posted a ‘Thank You Gunners’ message on Instagram prior to kick-off and put Arsenal on their way to a comfortable win with two early goals. Bukayo Saka curled in a superb third before half-time and Gabriel Jesus and Jakub Kiwior completed a rout. Their title challenge may have collapsed in recent weeks, but Arsenal looked back to their best in this win. The only concern was Saka had to be substituted in the second after he was on the receiving end of some hefty Wolves challenges. Saka could now be a doubt for England’s two Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia next month. Granit Xhaka gets perfect Arsenal farewell but decision over his future is sign of club’s bold transfer plans Four years ago, the idea of Arsenal fans giving Granit Xhaka a standing ovation and singing for him to stay seemed unthinkable. The midfielder was at rock bottom and desperate to leave Arsenal after a public falling out with fans and being stripped of the captaincy. How times change, though, and Xhaka was given the perfect send-off by Emirates Stadium in what is expected to be his final game before he joins Bayer Leverkusen this summer. Xhaka deserved the standing ovation too after scoring twice in the opening 15 minutes of a 5-...