Arsenal’s rivals will hate it however they’ll positively declare London is purple after their 5-1 win over Crystal Palace.
Sadly, whether or not you are a fan of the Eagles, Tottenham, Chelsea, West Ham, Brentford, or Fulham, the details are indeniable.
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Mikel Arteta’s Gunners at the moment are unbeaten in Premier League London derbies this calendar 12 months – that is ten matches.
It is the primary time it has been executed sine Chelsea received 9 and drew one in 2005.
In the meantime, Arsenal final did it the 12 months earlier than in 2004 once they received seven and drew three.
Their file is a surprising eight wins and two attracts after the victory at Selhurst Park.
It additionally meant Arsenal have scored 5+ objectives in six completely different away video games in all competitions in 2024, essentially the most ever by an English top-flight membership in a single calendar 12 months.
It had threatened to be a troublesome night in South Norwood for the Gunners, however their resilience confirmed out.
And Gabriel Jesus continued the place he left off in opposition to the Eagles by scoring a brace round an Ismaila Sarr striker.
An obvious hamstring harm to Bukayo Saka threatened to derail their night time.
However Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli put the gloss on the scoreline earlier than Declan Rice fired dwelling an excellent shot to seal it.
That retains Arteta’s males scorching on the heels of Liverpool and Chelsea.
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The Reds are simply three factors forward now, though they’ve two video games in hand, together with tomorrow’s conflict with Tottenham.
The Blues are only one level forward and have solely Sunday’s sport at Goodison Park.
Arsenal’s astonishing run began in opposition to Crystal Palace too, they received 5-0 on the Emirates on January 20 – and so they barely deviated from that observe as 2024 went on.
West Ham had been walloped 6-0 and 5-2 – each on the London Stadium in each seasons, whereas Brentford had been dispatched 2-1 final time period.
Gleefully for Areta’s males, they beat Tottenham twice – each at their rivals’ stadium.
It was virtually the identical in opposition to Chelsea too, profitable 5-0 on the Emirates in 2023/24, however solely drawing 1-1 this marketing campaign.
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And most just lately within the Premier League previous to beating Palace they drew 1-1 with Fulham at Craven Cottage.
Nevertheless, regardless of dominating London, in the case of the Premier League the Gunners are but so as to add significant silverware to the FA Cup they scooped in 2020.
Since then, regardless of some gorgeous and constant shows, they’ve been overwhelmed to the crown by Man Metropolis.
This season, although, as Pep Guardiola’s crew endured an alarming drop in type, they’ve an actual probability to say a primary title since 2004.