Arsenal are five points clear at the top of the Premier League heading into the World Cup break as they travel to face Wolves tonight. The Gunners already know they will spend Christmas at the summit after Manchester City’s shock defeat to Brentford, and the focus is now on extending that lead.
Mikel Arteta’s side were poor in midweek when they lost to Brighton in the Carabao Cup, despite making ten changes for that game. The Gunners welcome back Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka to the starting line-up, returning to the side that beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
As for Wolves, new boss Julen Lopetegui is yet to take over, but he will be watching and the players will be eager to impress. Sitting at the bottom of the table for this game, Wolves have one last chance to climb out of the relegation zone before the six-week break. Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below!
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85 mins: Jesus wins a corner for the Gunners, Saka is in no rush to take this as you’d imagine. Nelson is waiting to break into the Gunners.
The corner is nothing, Wolves can break, but Arsenal have left plenty of bodies behind. Podence goes for a very ambitious uppercut, bobbles outside.
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82 min: Corner Wolves as Martinelli returns well.
He finally falls for Traore just outside the box, drags him down. Ramsdale was quite comfortable that he didn’t bother the far corner, despite his full immersion.
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79 mins: Saka drives upfield but Neves slides in to retrieve it. The Arsenal winger has had a quiet night so far.
Wolves are beginning to commit more players to the pitch, but is it too late? Arsenal come again, Martinelli looks to find Jesus but it’s blocked. White falls and drags the shot out.
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Simon Collings at Molineux
That should be it, really. The wolves now face a mountain to climb. Arsenal just need to keep calm.
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GOAL! Wolves 0-2 Arsenal | Martin Odegaard 75′
DOUBLE ODEGAARD!
That should be it! Martinelli wins the ball up top again, before finding Zinchenko with a lovely heel.
The Brazilian is then denied by Sa, gets to Odegaard and fires home for his second.
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74 min: Arsenal happy to keep the ball for now, Wolves not particularly pressing high up the pitch.
Zinchenko then sends a cross into the box, Collins heads wide. Partey intercepts as Wolves look to counter, Arsenal get it back.
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71 mins: Ramsdale is fine to continue, seems to be saying it was his throat rather than his head.
Either way, he’s back to playing and playing again. Arsenal with 20 minutes to see away at Molineux.
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69 min: Really nasty for Ramsdale, Traore flies in over the keeper.
The ball was there to contest, Ramsdale got to it first but Traore couldn’t slow down and crashed into him. Arteta takes the opportunity to summon all his players. Again.
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67 mins: Traore gets to the byline and digs in the cross, Ramsdale claims comfortably enough. However, Arsenal don’t want to let Traore get too many chances to do so.
Double change from Wolves – Podence and Lembikisa for Moutinho and Semedo.
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65 min: Semedo and Traore get in the way of each other as a dangerous cross is put into the Arsenal box.
White then makes a brilliant pass over Jesus, who is completely alone. He slows things down, waits for Odegaard and then looks to slide his captain inside. Toti puts him back for a corner.