Arsenal 2 Wolves 1
This could be the difference between fourth place and frustration. Arsenal looked on the verge of defeat here until Nicolas Pépé, with his first Premier League goal since May, equalised Hwang Hee-chan’s early effort and at that point consolidation of fifth spot hardly seemed the end of the world.
It would prevent Wolves leapfrogging them, at least, but much better was to come. Deep into six minutes of injury time, Alexandre Lacazette was freed by slick interplay between Martin Ødegaard and Eddie Nketiah, dinking an effort towards goal. The shot was going wide but José Sá, the away keeper, deflected it in with his right glove and a wild set of celebrations underlined what this meant.
Mikel Arteta had promised that their top-four pursuit would be a rollercoaster ride but it remains fi …
- February 25, 2022
