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Fly Emirates: Arsenal was held up by a relegation-threatened saint on Friday night. This is after they suffered another draw at the hands of West Ham United last weekend.
England goalkeeper, Ramsdale had an absolute shocker and Alcaraz scored with a fantastic strike just 44 seconds after the kickoff. The Arsenal goalkeeper tried to thread a pass through Zinchenko but he totally misjudged before Alcaraz intercepted and put one in the far corner.
In the 13th minute, Theo Walcott scored the second goal for the Saints after Alcaraz slide the ball through to Walcott, this is after Arsenal lost possession. The two goals are the earliest goals scored by a team in the English premier league this season.
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Arsenal controlled the game and in the 19th minute, Martinelli slotted it home with a great finish after a good pass by Saka from the right-side area.
Arsenal looked more dangerous in attack but they didn’t find an equalizer to make it level before a half time.
The Saints won a corner kick just 20 minutes after halftime. Ward-Prowse sent a corner and Bell-Kotchap knocked it on and Caleta-Car who was introduced as a sub in the second half scored with a brilliant header making it 3-1 against the Gunners.
They did fight back and in the 88th minute, Odegaard fired the ball into the back of the net from the edge of the area before Saka made it 3-3 in the 90th minute.
Arsenal is still at the top of the table after tallying a total of 75 points in 32 matches that they have played. Their league title rivals, Manchester City are in the second position after collecting a total of 70 points after 30 matches they have played.
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Arsenal has never won the English premier league title since 2004 when they were under Arsene Wenger. And now this is the season they had a good chance to be declared as league title champions. They Will have to do what it takes to dismantle Manchester City at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday in order to retain their hope of will the title this season, otherwise, they will be trophyless this season again since they were eliminated from the carabao cup, FA Cup and UEFA Europa league cup.
The game between Man City and Arsenal will determine the winner of the title this season. If by chance Manchester City wins their remaining matches they will be crowned as the league title champions for the third time in three consecutive seasons.
Manchester City will break the record of winning three consecutive EPL cups which was set by their neighbors Manchester United as the only football club that had ever won three consecutive EPL titles.
