EPL: Arsenal cement top four spot with 5-0 win at Norwich | Football News – Times of India

Norwich (England): armory Crushed to a 5-0 win at the bottom norwich city on sunday, with bukayo sakaConsolidating in fourth place helped them win Premier League,
The win takes Arsenal to 35 points from 19 games after their fourth straight league win, more than two years after being manager. Mikel ArtetaThe first match in charge of the Gunners.
The visitors took the lead after six minutes through Saka, who stroked the ball in front of the goalkeeper. Angus Gunno, who was making his Premier League debut, after a neat move that led to Martin Odegaard Keeping the ball in the forward path.
Arsenal continued to test the Norwich defense with Saka the Danger Man, thanks to which his snarl went down the wing and Gabriel Martinelli also posed a threat as the Gunners dominated.
Norwich’s last celebratory victory was in 1987, and they had never won on Boxing Day in the Premier League, so the signs were ominous for the Canaries struggling from the start.
However, it took Arsenal to score again at the break just before halftime when Scotland overtook Kieran Tierney, with Odegaard again providing a killer pass.
Norwich remained in the game until the 67th minute but then the floodgates opened as the visitors struck three times.
England forward Saka secured Arsenal’s third goal with another accurate strike after a clever cross over Brandon Williams on the right edge of the field.
Alexandre Lacazette was then fouled in the box by Ozan Kabak, and the Frenchman rose to convert a spot kick in the 84th.
Substitute Emil Smith Rowe completed the route with a goal in extra time, leaving Norwich on 10 points – three adrift of fourth-bottom Watford with two games more to go.

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