‘He is surely the Man of the moment,where would Arsenal have been without Him’: Gabriel Jesus praises One Arsenal player for Saving Arsenal title hope today
‘He is surely the Man of the moment,where would Arsenal have been without Him’: Gabriel Jesus praises One Arsenal player for Saving Arsenal title hope today
Declan Rice headed in a late winner as Arsenal went five points clear at the top of the
Premier League table, despite two blunders from David Raya.
The Gunners twice surrendered a lead by conceding from corners, with Raya feeling the pressure in goal as Aaron Ramsdale watched on from the bench once again. The win will feel incredible for Mikel Arteta, who has held off the chasing pack of Liverpool and Manchester City ahead of their games on Wednesday.
Gabriel Martinelli opened the scoring when he found the bottom corner from Bukayo Saka’s pass, but Luton levelled minutes later through Gabriel Osho’s header from a corner. Thomas Kaminski kept out efforts from Saka and Martinelli, but Arsenal still went in 2-1 ahead at the break thanks to Gabriel Jesus’ simple header from Ben White’s cross.
Once again they couldn’t hold onto their lead for long, with Raya at fault as Elijah Adebayo rose highest to head in another corner in the 49th minute. A nightmare spell for Raya continued when Ross Barkley fired underneath his body to give Luton a 3-2 lead. Jesus found Kai Havertz to equalise three minutes later following some hesitant defending from the hosts.
After a slow start to the game, it burst to life in bizarre circumstances. An overhit back-pass was put out for a throw-in by Kaminski, but it bounced back off the hoarding straight into the arms of Gabriel Jesus, who took a quick throw to allow Saka to pick out Martinelli to scuff in the opener.
It was the first shot in the match and Luton repeated the trick, scoring with their first effort on target five minutes later. Having scored the opener, Martinelli was at fault for the equaliser, putting in a half-hearted effort when marking Osho, who planted his free header into the corner of the net. Martinelli was guilty of shirking his responsibility as one of the man-markers in Arsenal’s normally very effective hybrid system, in the hope one of his team-mates would head clear. They didn’t and it proved costly.
Jesus proves Arteta right
