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#FT: Arsenal 5-0 Sheffield United


Venue: Emirates Stadium

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LINE-UPS

Arsenal

David Raya, Jakub Kiwior, William Saliba, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ben White (Takehiro Tomiyasu), Declan Rice (Mohamed Elneny), Emile Smith Rowe (Fabio Vieira), Kai Havertz, Eddie Nketiah, Gabriel Martinelli (Leandro Trossard), Bukayo Saka (Reiss Nelson).

Subs: Gabriel , Aaron Ramsdale, Martin Ødegaard, Jorginho .

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Sheffield United

Wes Foderingham, Jack Robinson, Auston Trusty, Luke Thomas, Jayden Bogle (George Baldock), Oliver Norwood, Vinicius Souza, Anis Ben Slimane (Ben Osborn), James McAtee (John Fleck), Rhian Brewster (Cameron Archer), Gustavo Hamer (Ryan One).

Subs: Bénie Traoré, Andre Brooks, Yasser Larouci, Adam Davies.


MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

28' Goal! Arsenal 1, Sheffield United 0. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross.

50' Goal! Arsenal 2, Sheffield United 0. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner following a corner.

58' Goal! Arsenal 3, Sheffield United 0. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Emile Smith Rowe.

59' Substitution, Sheffield United. Cameron Archer replaces Rhian Brewster.

59' Substitution, Sheffield United. Ben Osborn replaces Anis Ben Slimane.

60' Ben Osborn (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

66' Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Ben White.

66' Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Gabriel Martinelli.

70' Jayden Bogle (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

71' Substitution, Sheffield United. George Baldock replaces Jayden Bogle.

71' Substitution, Sheffield United. John Fleck replaces James McAtee.

73' Substitution, Arsenal. Reiss Nelson replaces Bukayo Saka.

73' Substitution, Arsenal. Fábio Vieira replaces Emile Smith Rowe.

83' Substitution, Sheffield United. Ryan Oné replaces Gustavo Hamer.

87' Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

88' Goal! Arsenal 4, Sheffield United 0. Fábio Vieira (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.

89' Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Declan Rice.

90'+6' Goal! Arsenal 5, Sheffield United 0. Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner following a corner.

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[–] pinkguyfriedrice@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Fun fact: Tomiyasu has now scored in 4 different leagues - Japan, Belgium, Italy, England.

[–] chewkachu@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

TQVM Sheffield for the + 5 goals difference padding

They are definitely going down if they continue playing like this, was a stroll in the park really, so much so that the Emirates was emptying before full time

[–] WernerWormhat@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Are Sheffield the worst prem team ever?

[–] ThotCountySheriff@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Eddie stunting on these hoes, you love to see it

[–] munkysnuflz@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I know the "will it be worse than Derby's point total" is overused, but... man

[–] longconsilver13@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I'm going to say what we're all thinking.

Eddie Nketiah is the best English striker with a five letter first name with double letters in the middle.

[–] Gregregreg1234@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eddie hattrick. Tomi’s first goal. Vieira being Vieira. Smith Rowe AND Elneny assists. Kiwior being a rock at the back. Millimetres off the perfect game!

Only a Havertz goal away from true perfection :(

[–] IWanted0xcdcdcdcd@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair to Havertz, he was out there battling today. More spirited performance from him than any I've seen so far. Hopefully a sign of things to come!

[–] Footyfooty42069@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Good to finally see he can put in a solid shift against a spirited team. If he keeps this up he might even contribute a goal or an assist this season!

[–] DaDinklesIsMyJam@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Elneny: 100% pass completion, 1 assist. The king is back!

[–] Jen_Rey@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Your defence is in trouble, Nketiah in the room on the official speaker 🤣🤣

[–] Cod_rules@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Considering our first choice LCB, RCM and ST were out, this was a fantastic performance. Just hoping for no more injuries and we can really cook

[–] richytag888@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

It's incredible how bad Sheffield United were

[–] FurrySire@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Despite so many injuries, and key players resting, Arsenal's looks formidable. This season, Arsenal have the depth to go all the way through.

[–] Yurilovescats@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly think Sheffield could break the record for the fewest premier league points of all time.

[–] GuardianGundam@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Throwaway572_@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Ah thanks for the clarification! It was really confusing to know whether he was talking about Sheffield United or Sheffield Wednesday!

[–] LSB123@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago
[–] PurpleSi@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Conceding almost 3 goals a game on average now. Not great.

[–] ThotCountySheriff@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Love to see Tomiyasu getting a goal as well. He's done really well after battling his injury troubles

[–] obsterwankenobster@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago
[–] ssxextreme@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

i hope now that arsenal has a great striker in nketiah, i hope they let go of jesus ,who is cleary not good enogh for arsenal aspirations !
jesus is trash let him downgrade back to brazil!
back to palmeiras

[–] ElectricalMud2850@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I know eddie will get all the plaudits, and rightly so, but Declan Rice, game after game, week after week. What a player, man.

Saliba looked like a pro player subbing for in a sunday league game today too. Sheffield United were awful, he barely even had to jog. You know you're in the mud when the human victory hookah elneny gets a little 10 minute cameo.

[–] serenity-as-ice@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Nketiah continues to dab on the haters. He's even top goalscorer for Arsenal now! Think his ability to spin, turn and shoot is genuinely his greatest asset. Throw in his improved linkup play and you can see why Arteta still rates him.

Also just generally a good vibes match for Arsenal today. ESR starting and assisting a goal, Kiwior starting, Elneny coming on, Vieira and Tomiyasu scoring. That was fun!

[–] thebluehotel@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

On the brightside for Sheffield, their away kits look super fresh IMO.

Also, does their keeper look like Keegan-Michael Key (from Key and Peele) to anyone else?

[–] GuardianGundam@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

*Sheffield Utd

[–] XavierPibb@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Played like him too.

[–] normott@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Ah taking relegation fodder to the cleaners, I love that. Gotta get that GD looking good

[–] TheFatCypriotKid@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know it's Sheffield, but I'm so happy for Eddie and Tomi!

[–] GuardianGundam@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

*Sheffield Utd

[–] pinkguyfriedrice@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Sheff United chasing Derby's 89 goal conceded in 38 game season record.

[–] CaptainSmeg@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Could easily see both of us going winless this season.

[–] ThotCountySheriff@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Won't get much attention, but Havertz also had a very good performance. Only thing missing was the goal, and he almost got it too at the death.

Have a feeling that he's starting to get into his own, him also playing on his preferred right 8 role today.

Promising signs over-all

[–] Shinzo19@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Everyone referring to Sheffield United as Sheffield is probably triggering so many of their fans and it is completely unintentional.

[–] Alive-Ad-4164@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This was fun

[–] Hech15@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

SIR EDWARD NKETIAH XIV

[–] 3500fp@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Good win but Arteta constantly treading outside the technical area ruined all the fun for me, what a despicable, miserable character

[–] Kreigersama@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

r/Gunners has pre-made apology forms if you want to fill one out. Jk. Gunners hate on Nketiah more than r/soccer

[–] RugbyTime@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Genuinely not seen a Sheffield United team as bad as this since the League One days.

Great time to be a Derby fan.

[–] thejackalreborn@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Sheffield United are straight up terrible, they weren't good to begin with but the defensive injuries have crippled them.

[–] MuchSalt@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

arteta bought havertz to displace odegaard

[–] Itchy-Buyer-8359@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Woo! This was such a relaxing match to watch. It didn't feel like Sheffield threatened at all. We were on cruise control. Arteta finally got around to some much needed rotation, with Smith-Rowe's first start in the PL this season.

Eddie's first hat-trick and will silence a lot of critics (myself included!). Goals for Tomiyasu and Viera are a plus.

Kiwior was solid. Such a boon to have reliable back up options.

[–] Littlegreenman42@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The trick to not allowing a goal from the opponents first shot on target is not giving them a shot on target

[–] MentallyWill@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

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