Iwobi Shines as Arsenal Win to Keep Pressure on Chelsea

By Daily Sports on February 10, 2019

Arsenal manager Unai Emery said finishing in a top-four spot will be “difficult, but we can” after his side's first away win since November at Premier League strugglers Huddersfield.

The result saw the Gunners, who remain sixth, move within a point of fourth-placed Manchester United and level on points with fifth-placed Chelsea, who face Manchester City on Sunday 

“We have played 26 games and there is one point between Manchester United and us,” Emery said.

“If we ask ‘is it easy or difficult for us?’ then yes, I think it's difficult, but we can. We are on our way.”

Once Alex Iwobi’s strike deflected into the bottom right corner off defender Terence Kongolo, the visitors rarely looked like relinquishing the points in Yorkshire.

Alexandre Lacazette’s tidy finish from Ainsley Maitland-Niles’ cross ensured victory despite a late Huddersfield fight-back.

After Iwobi and Lacazette had squandered chances to increase Arsenal’s winning margin, Adama Diakhaby and Laurent Depoitre both went close to scoring for the hosts.

And while Saed Kolasinac's own goal represented the Terriers first, in 597 minutes of football, it was not enough to retrieve a point.

Huddersfield remain rooted at the bottom of the table, 13 points from safety with 12 games remaining. (BBC)

•Photo shows Alex Iwobi 

Source Daily Sports

Posted February 10, 2019


 

You may also like...
Henry Onyekuru joins Galatasaray on season-long loan

Eagles fly past Togo 3-0

Falconets celebrate independence with 6-0 Tanzania defeat

Iheanacho Fires Leicester Into FA Cup Final

Al-Nassr agree £43.7m deal for Chelsea forward Felix...

Inter Milan Enter Chelsea Talks For ‘Available’ Kante...

 

Latest News Plymouth striker Oseni shocked by Nigeria call-up African athletes possess NFL traits in abundance — Umenyiora AFCON 2027: Udeze warns Chelle not to underestimate opponents Joshua, Fury in contract stalemate Agunbiade emerges Nigeria’s lone survivor at WTT Lagos Nigeria call-up boosted my confidence – Alebiosu First Eagles invite thrills Rangers’ Oputa 270 athletes begin journey to stardom in Edo Itauma unfazed by Usyk threat Arsenal win English Premier League after Man City draw at Bournemouth AFCON qualifiers: Nigeria face Madagascar, Tanzania, G’Bissau FIFA WORLD CUP 2026: Dreaming of Olise, Musiala, Eze, Saka - Priceless Jewels Nigeria Lost to Treachery

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (63,794 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,115 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (53,071 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,636 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,551 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,455 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,288 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,849 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (51,036 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,533 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (47,961 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,406 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media