Arsenal ‘destroyed’ Sheffield United 6-0, achieving a feat unprecedented in Premier League history

A strong 6-0 victory over Sheffield United not only helped Arsenal chase Liverpool and Manchester City, but also helped them make Premier League history.

Arsenal continued to play sublimely to win 6-0 on Sheffield United’s field in the latest match of round 27 of the Premier League.

The race for the Premier League title is tenseThis victory helps Coach Mikel Arteta’s team continue to chase Liverpool and Manchester City in the race for the throne.

After 27 rounds, the London Gunners have 61 points, only 2 points and 1 point behind Liverpool and Manchester City.

This situation will make the “three-horse race” become tense and unpredictable at the end of the season.

As for Sheffield United, the result makes the return to the Championship closer than ever.

Sheffield United currently has only 13 points (difference -50) after 27 rounds, ranking at the bottom of the rankings, 11 points behind the safe position held by Nottingham Forest.

In the match that just ended, Arsenal proactively pressed the field high right after the opening whistle and that quickly brought results.

In the 5th minute, Martin Odegaard easily hit Sheffield United’s net to score the opening goal for Arsenal after a convenient cross.

The early goal helped the Gunners play even better and it was not too difficult to continuously “break the net” of home team Sheffield United.

Arsenal scored their second goal in the 13th minute after Jayden Bogle’s own goal, before Gabriel Martinelli increased the lead to 3-0 just two minutes later.

In the 25th minute, Gabriel Martinelli played the assistive role to help Kai Havertz score with a diagonal shot to increase the score to 4-0.

Arsenal then continued to increase the pressure and scored a fifth goal in the 39th minute from midfielder Declan Rice.

In the second half, Arsenal did not attack aggressively but still scored another goal from Ben White in the 58th minute, thereby winning the final 6-0.

The Gunners did something unprecedented in historyA strong 6-0 victory over Sheffield United not only helped Arsenal chase Liverpool and Manchester City, but also helped them make Premier League history.

According to statistics, Coach Mikel Arteta’s team is the first team in history to win and score at least 5 goals/match in 3 consecutive away matches.

Before the thrashing of Sheffield United, the London Gunners also won 5-0 at Burnley’s field and won 6-0 at West Ham United’s field.

These impressive victories helped Arsenal become the team with the most goals in the Premier League this season with 68 goals, more than Man City (64 goals) and Liverpool (62 goals). Arsenal also currently has the best difference (+45), while Liverpool’s is +39, and Manchester City’s is +35.

Notably, the number of goals in Arsenal’s last 7 Premier League matches is nearly equal to Manchester United’s total number of goals in the entire season. Coach Erik ten Hag’s team currently has only 37 goals in 27 matches.

Specifically, from the beginning of 2024 until now, Arsenal has scored 31 goals in 7 Premier League matches, which is an average of more than 4 goals/match.

This achievement helps Arsenal break Manchester City’s record of scoring the most goals in 7 consecutive matches set in the 2017-18 season (28 goals).

Notably, Arsenal is also the only team that owns 5 players with a total number of goals and assists of 10 or more in the Premier League.

Buyako Saka leads this list with 21 goals (13 goals, 8 assists), followed by Martin Odegaard (6 goals, 6 assists), Kai Havertz (7 goals, 3 assists), Martinelli (6 goals, 4 assists). assist) and Declan Rice (5 goals, 5 assists).

If they maintain their current impressive form, Coach Mikel Arsenal’s team is expected to continue to create miracles in England’s highest arena, aiming for the biggest goal of winning the championship.

On the other side of the front line, in contrast to Arsenal, Sheffield United caused disappointment when they became the first club in the Premier League era to concede 5 or more goals in 6 matches in a season, and at the same time the only team to concede. net 5 times or more in 4 consecutive home matches./.