An altogether head-turning statistic has come to the fore on-line this night, highlighting simply how spectacular Arsenal’s type has been since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was stripped of the membership’s captain’s armband.
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Saka on the double
The Gunners had been after all again in Premier League motion earlier this afternoon.
As a part of a busy day of fixtures within the English top-flight, Mikel Arteta and co. made the journey to East Anglia for a gathering with relegation-battling Norwich Metropolis, eyeing a fifth straight win throughout all competitions.
And, when all was stated and achieved at Carrow Highway, that is exactly what Arsenal managed, in some type…
A dominant show in the end culminated within the guests rising on the fitting aspect of a 5-0 scoreline, owing to strikes from all of Bukayo Saka (2), Kieran Tierney, Alexandre Lacazette and Emile Smith Rowe.
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Arsenal, in flip, have climbed a full six factors away from the top-4 chasing pack (albeit with each Manchester United and Tottenham boasting a number of video games in hand).
‘Wasn’t chosen’
Regardless of his aspect’s stellar show and eventual consequence this afternoon, although, talking throughout his post-match media duties, Mikel Arteta was nonetheless drawn on one Gunners star to have performed no half in proceedings versus Norwich.
The participant in query? Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Gabonese hitman Aubameyang has after all been banished to the stands in north London of late, after being stripped of the Arsenal captaincy owing to a late return from a current journey overseas.
And, if Arteta’s newest feedback on Sunday night are something to go by, then the identical infraction seems to have been behind his newest omission at Carrow Highway, too:
Arteta on the absence of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. “He wasn’t chosen for right this moment’s match. We’ll take it sport by sport. That was the choice.”
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— Ben Dinnery (@BenDinnery) December 26, 2021
Elsewhere on the Aubameyang entrance, in the meantime, an altogether head-turning statistic has too surfaced on-line, highlighting simply how spectacular Arsenal have appeared, significantly in entrance of purpose, because the ex-Borussia Dortmund man was stripped of the captain’s armband.
As per journalist Sam Dean, the Gunners have now managed to seek out the web on a whopping 19 events in Auba’s absence, throughout their final 5 outings in all competitions:
Lacazette’s penalty was Arsenal’s 18th purpose in 5 video games since Aubameyang was stripped of the captaincy.
— Sam Dean (@SamJDean) December 26, 2021
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Premier League desk
# | Crew | MP | D | P |
1 | Manchester Metropolis | 18 | 35 | 44 |
2 | Liverpool FC | 18 | 35 | 41 |
3 | Chelsea FC | 18 | 27 | 38 |
4 | Arsenal FC | 18 | 4 | 32 |
5 | West Ham United | 17 | 7 | 28 |
6 | Manchester United | 16 | 2 | 27 |
7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | -1 | 26 |
8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | -1 | 25 |
9 | Leicester Metropolis | 16 | 0 | 22 |
10 | Aston Villa | 17 | -2 | 22 |
11 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 0 | 20 |
12 | Brentford FC | 16 | -1 | 20 |
13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | -3 | 20 |
14 | Everton FC | 17 | -8 | 19 |
15 | Southampton FC | 17 | -10 | 17 |
16 | Leeds United | 18 | -18 | 16 |
17 | Watford FC | 16 | -10 | 13 |
18 | Burnley FC | 15 | -7 | 11 |
19 | Newcastle United | 18 | -23 | 10 |
20 | Norwich Metropolis | 17 | -26 | 10 |
Participant | Crew | Objectives |
---|---|---|
Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 15 |
Jota, Diogo | Liverpool FC | 10 |
Vardy, Jamie | Leicester Metropolis | 9 |
Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 |
Smith-Rowe, Emile | Arsenal FC | 8 |
Raphinha | Leeds United | 8 |
Dennis, Emmanuel | Watford FC | 7 |
Mount, Mason | Chelsea FC | 7 |
Antonio, Michail | West Ham United | 7 |
Ronaldo, Cristiano | Manchester United | 7 |
Sterling, Raheem | Manchester Metropolis | 7 |
Mane, Sadio | Liverpool FC | 7 |
Silva, Bernardo | Manchester Metropolis | 7 |
Maupay, Neal | Brighton & Hove Albion | 7 |
Gallagher, Conor | Crystal Palace | 6 |
Jorginho | Chelsea FC | 6 |
Wilson, Callum | Newcastle United | 6 |
Mahrez, Riyad | Manchester Metropolis | 5 |
Saka, Bukayo | Arsenal FC | 5 |
Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United | 5 |
Participant | Crew | Purple Playing cards | Yellow Playing cards |
---|---|---|---|
Dennis, Emmanuel | Watford FC | 0 | 6 |
Laporte, Aymeric | Manchester Metropolis | 1 | 5 |
Neves, Ruben | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | 6 |
Salisu, Mohammed | Southampton FC | 0 | 6 |
James, Reece | Chelsea FC | 1 | 4 |
Pogba, Paul | Manchester United | 1 | 4 |
Cancelo, Joao | Manchester Metropolis | 0 | 5 |
Robertson, Andy | Liverpool FC | 1 | 4 |
Canos, Sergi | Brentford FC | 0 | 5 |
Richarlison | Everton FC | 0 | 5 |
Rice, Declan | West Ham United | 0 | 5 |
Ritchie, Matt | Newcastle United | 0 | 5 |
Westwood, Ashley | Burnley FC | 0 | 5 |
Tarkowski, James | Burnley FC | 0 | 5 |
Norgaard, Christian | Brentford FC | 0 | 5 |
Mings, Tyrone | Aston Villa | 0 | 5 |
Duffy, Shane | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 5 |
Lascelles, Jamaal | Newcastle United | 0 | 5 |
Hayden, Isaac | Newcastle United | 0 | 5 |
Bissouma, Yves | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 5 |
Participant | Crew | Assists |
---|---|---|
Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 8 |
Alexander-Arnold, Trent | Liverpool FC | 8 |
Jesus, Gabriel | Manchester Metropolis | 7 |
Pogba, Paul | Manchester United | 7 |
Dennis, Emmanuel | Watford FC | 5 |
James, Reece | Chelsea FC | 5 |
Bowen, Jarrod | West Ham United | 5 |
Kovacic, Mateo | Chelsea FC | 5 |
Cancelo, Joao | Manchester Metropolis | 5 |
Robertson, Andy | Liverpool FC | 5 |
Mount, Mason | Chelsea FC | 4 |
Mahrez, Riyad | Manchester Metropolis | 4 |
Saka, Bukayo | Arsenal FC | 4 |
Doucoure, Abdoulaye | Everton FC | 4 |
Redmond, Nathan | Southampton FC | 4 |
Antonio, Michail | West Ham United | 3 |
Gallagher, Conor | Crystal Palace | 3 |
Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United | 3 |
Maddison, James | Leicester Metropolis | 3 |
Gundogan, Ilkay | Manchester Metropolis | 3 |