rsenal 3-0 Lille. It was 0-0 for 63 minutes, then three goals in seven.

Jurrien Timber lobbed the keeper on 64. Three substitutes came on at 65: Saka, Havertz and Ødegaard. Eze scored on 67, and Saka made it three on 71. In this episode:

  • The flat first hour. Arsenal had gone without a first-half goal in five of their last six games.
  • The seven minutes that decided it, and what the bench changed.
  • The numbers: 16 shots to 4, and none on target for Lille.
  • Lewis-Skelly at left-back, Gyökeres coming off, and Timber’s night.
  • Squad news on Hincapié, Zubimendi and Saliba.
  • The title race (City 18 points, Arsenal 15) and the Champions League, with two wins from two.
  • What’s next: Forest, Bayern and Everton.

Remembering Ken Friar, Arsenal’s Life President, who died aged 92.

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Up the Arsenal.


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