Written by Arsenal met Wolves in another game of the English Premier League. Mikel Arteta missed Martin Odegaard and Mikel Merino for the encounter. However, William Saliba and Ethan Nwaneri made a comeback to the team.
The game started on a very high note and Arsenal missed a couple of chances that Kai Havertz got. Things became worse for the Gunners just before the end of the first half. Myles Lewis Skelly was shown a straight red card and this meant that the club had to re-adjust.
The first half ended in a 0-0 draw. The second half began on a very high note and Mikel Arteta had to substitute Ethan Nwaneri and bolster his defence, He introduced Riccardo Calafiori to take the place of Myles Lewis Skelly at the left back position.
The game got hotter after Joao Gomes received a second yellow card that translated into a red card. He was sent off and the two teams were back to level terms in terms of the personnel who were on the pitch.
The substitution came to the rescue of Arsenal in the 74th minute. He scored a great goal that later on came to be the winning goal of the game. Mikel Arteta later made only one change in the team. He substituted Gabriel Martinelli and replaced him with Kieran Tierney who was brought in to bolster the defence.
Riccardo Calafiori’s goal meant that, this was the 8th Premier League goal that has been scored by a defender this season for the Gunners. This is the most by any other Premier League club.
Vitor Pereira made some changes too for his squad. He substituted Jorgen Strand Larsen and replaced him with Hwang Hee-Chan, Pablo Sarabia with Jean-Ricner Bellegrade, Rayan Ait-Nouri with Goncalo Guedes, Andre with Tommy Doyle and Matt Doherty with Rodrigo Gomes.
The game ended 1-0 in favor of Arsenal and the club got three points and also got a clean sheet for David Raya is his quest for the second consecutive Golden Glove award.