HIGHLIGHTS | Leeds vs Arsenal (1-4) | Premier League | Martinelli, Saka, Smith Rowe
A thoroughly dominant first-half performance laid the platform for an excellent away win at Leeds.
Gabriel Martinelli netted twice and Bukayo Saka was also on target in a mesmerising opening 45 minutes, in which we mustered 11 shots on target - the most in a single half of Premier League football since 2003/04.
Leeds rallied briefly in the second half, scoring from the penalty spot, but Emile Smith Rowe came off the bench to net his seventh Premier League goal of the season late on to seal the three points.
There were signs of what was to come from the very first whistle. We had three very good chances within moments of kick off.
Martin Odegaard found Alexandre Lacazette with a fantastic throughball, but the Leeds keeper Illan Meslier was down well to deny him when one on one. The rebound was prodded wide by Saka and with our next attack Thomas Partey saw his shot turned away at the near post.
It was a bright start full of intent and ambition, with Kieran Tierney next to test the keeper with a right-footed strike.
That was all in the first five minutes, and the game settled down until Martinelli lashed us into the lead.
The Leeds defence hesitated, appealing for a foul by Lacazette, but referee Andre Marriner waved play on, and crucially Martinelli remained alert, to smash the ball home. VAR also saw nothing untoward with the strike.
The goal brought up a milestone for the Gunners - it was our 7,000th scored in the top-flight of English football, becoming the third side to the landmark, after Everton and Liverpool. Our first came some 117 years ago.
Leeds, severely depleted with injury and missing nine players, were still full of running, and nearly brought themselves level when Raphinha wriggled past Tierney and shot just wide with Aaron Ramsdale wrong-footed.
We continued to make chances though, and soon doubled our lead. This time Granit Xhaka released Martinelli through the middle, and the 20-year-old forward kept his composure, bore down on goal, and lifted a wonderful finish over Meslier.
It was no more than we deserved after an excellent start.
We were swarming around the Leeds defence, and Lacazette was next to go close, forcing another save from Meslier after great build up play involving Saka and Odegaard.
Saka increased the lead just before half-time, his shot was deflected in past the keeper, after just about beating the offside trap.
The only surprise is that we weren't leading by more at the interval.
Leeds were in no mood to lay down though, and cheered on by the Elland Road faithful, came out fired up for the second half.
A clumsy challenge from Ben White inside the area gave them a route back into the game when Raphinha fired home the resulting penalty. More than a quarter of an hour remaining and all of a sudden it was game on again.
The hosts' tails were up, but a thumping finish from substitute Smith Rowe restored our three-goal advantage.
Odegaard pounced on a loose ball and weighted his pass into the advancing Smith Rowe, and the England man made no mistake with his first-time finish.
It sealed an excellent away win - our first since beating Leicester in October - and consolidated our place in the top four going in to Christmas.
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That chipped pass from Ødegaard to assist smith Rowe was world class
👌💎⚽ Nice and easy football
It's the MØ way. ❤️
Like Ozil or Fabregas
Indeed
@@musikpengantartidur5802 that’s the level we need back at the club. I really hope Odegaard can give us that quality. He is showing glimpses of it already.
Martinelli so sharp, gosh we've had him all this while.
he had a long injury, and its not always easy to bench our (old) captain Aubameyang.
Would've been nice eh?
Lol
Lol pepe should've been doing this, it's a shame with his talent but seems to be contempt with his fanta
Auboweyang go retire
After a very long while, watching Arsenal play is now a pleasurable experience. Martinelli, Saka, smith Rowe....Everyone on the team is on fire! I love it
That was open leeds, wait for liverpool
@@nik_laus8108 I even enjoyed the playing in our losses (except Everton). The United game was a brilliant performance that could've been a good win.
Yeah they are until they face Liverpool or Manchester city or Chelsea or man united
@@ghosuk5552 Man U ain’t beating us unless rangnick comes and transforms them expeditiously. They had a lot of positive stimulus against us last time and it still came down to a scrape after all our mistakes/sitters.
Yeah but it isn't wenger ball it was us relying on the counter. We have become the new lfc
What a performance from the youngsters. Martinelli, Saka, Odegaard all superb. ESR keeps on scoring goals and Xhaka and defence great too. All in all a great night and 4th is where we deserve to be. COYG!!!
Our whole back line are youngsters too!! Couple transfer windows and we will be scary.
@@notfocal6069Add Bruno Guimaraes and Vlahovic next season we will definitely challenge for the title imo
You had it all spot on until you said 4th is where we have to be. A club of Arsenal's stature should only be aiming for the top spot but I get what you meant 😉
@@jamarsimms4884 give it another year or 2 cos its a young squad so they need to learn alot and get their chemistry to the max potential
Xhaka is murder lucky to still be on park
Odegaard is the engine of this arsenal team. Owns the pitch everytime and another world class assist 👏 👌 🙌
He is finaly starting to look like him self, like he did for Real Sociedad in La Liga. We, who have seen him play at his best, have been waiting for this.
Dont forget about laca contribution... 2 from 4 goals here born from laca effort...
@@Bapakbuaya.01 he is gonna leave end of season , sad , but he needs to go
Maybe I’m expecting too much of him and am comparing him to Ozil in my mind, but I don’t think enough balls pass through him to consider him to be that good. I see more from laca, and xhaka. And would honestly prefer to see ESR on the field I’ve him. On the other hand the kid is only 22 and I often forget that. I hope he remains at the club for some time and becomes as good as Ozil was.
@@ChokingHZRD Ozil is in a whole other league, but Odegaard isn't too bad
Laca is a Unselfish leader he makes this youngs boys fly….Laca i see a clever player and hardcore
Its like Giroud players are just better around him
@@samwiselemon6420 lol too bad Giroud himself couldn’t be at the level required
He only playing cause he want a new contact don’t be deluded
He misses many chances a quality CF should easily convert.
Laca is exactly what we needed. A player to can hold up the ball, press and bring in the attacking talent around him; Giroud did the same thing for France. He didn’t need to score goals just be the link. But to be fair he was also capable of magic. What we need to do in my opinion is find a striker with Laca’s attributes but younger and hungry.
Would not surprise me if Tomiyasu wins the player of the year award. The man is a complete maniac!
You realise actually how good he is when Cedric came on
We just realised that he is the most important player in that defence. Without him, White easily gets exposed. What a player
Paul Merson has to eat his words. It just shows how little these former players turn pundits know about other players in other leagues. His basis.. because other clubs hasn't gone for him. That means he is basing his entire opinion on hype from others instead of actually watching and knowing the player's game himself.
@@jjsamuelgunn1136 Merson has always been bitter that Wenger sold him almost instantly.
I realized this when the man was making challenges in the midfield before it even got to the defensive line…. and these tackles have led to goals. We discovered a gem, where did he even come from? lmao. He is world class.
Tomiyasu is a very good player 👏 solid defender when he was sub off I was afraid 😳 and that penalty incident won’t have happened if Tomiyasu was there he won’t have allowed the ball to get to that dangerous place, but Cedric can’t do that.
Tomiyasu is probably the best player we have at the moment. He is securing our defenses and starting a lot of our counters that led to goals.
I'd say Ødegaard and Saka are right up there. And Ramsdale... and Smith Rowe.... and Martinelli.. I dunno man, we've got a pretty stacked young roster
Tomiyasu brought stability to that defense and team as a whole 🔥🔥
Martinelli is genius. The 2nd goal was a hard one to score with defenders breathing down his neck while he controls the ball...Pure genius!
Tomiyasu going off made a huge difference cedric was out of position many times but that’s unlucky hopefully Tomiyasu recovers quick and it’s nothing serious
I agree
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Cedric is crap and Tomiyasu is amazing
@@user-gl5sh7hc1b 恥ずかしいから辞めてくれ
martinelli is very good and, most importantly, at the right moment.
The guy is finally catching fire. He showed so much promise in the cup games for past few seasons but didn't score that many in the big league games.
The youngsters are flying 🔥🔥🔥... All hail TOMIYASU, this lad plays like its a final.
I feel like our team is massively underrated in terms of the quality of the young players! Becoming superstars
It's just Leeds.
@@everybodyistalented3684 so the only club arsenal have beaten this season is just Leeds?
Why you want to rated youngplayer? Do you have their replacement in place that you want to sell them soo much?
@@yashaswi8750 I can smell the salt
Let ur team perform on the same level when you play the current top3 and they won't be underrated. Not saying that your team is trash, just saying that ur team is on the path to be world class, not there yet.
We have to talk about Odegard performance, a silent one
theres no way ur telling me he played bad or am i misreading this
@@joebainbridge2636 I am assuming op meant in a "silent assassin" way.
very similar to a vintage ozil performance.. flies under the radar due to just getting one assist, but he’s vital in the build up for us
Ödegaard is a good player and I just farted, a silent one.
Huge gap between Tomy and Soares. Scary how game direction can change just because of one player. Ben and Gabriel struggle to cover up Soares. Laca way better than Auba as false 9. Unselfish monster. This game, Partey, Odegaard, Saka, Xhaka, Tierney, Laca, Martinelli, Gabriel registered at least 1 goal attempt inside penalty box.
I think so, game direction changed when soares in. We should be able to keep a clean sheet if tomi still play
should've brought in Ainsley instead of Cedric 😒
*Tomi
Why didn't he bring on Maitland Niles?
@@deeemm5496 AMN was not in the match-day squad
This team has huge potential.If we keep playing like this,this team in a couple of years could be title challengers.
Really? Did you notice this now? It's obvious what is Arteta doing. There is first way of results. 2020/21 season Arteta received lot of hate for non-sense because fans were/are (some) toxic and (were) not able to understand his plan.
@King Darwin Arsenal have. Just watch the team.
Keep dreaming 😂
@King Darwin aub is in his 30s. There are a few players that are experienced
@@jorreacts8902 are u living under a rock? auba isnt like a leader to us anymore and has been stripped of captaincy he doesnt count as one of our players that are experienced anymore because he will no longer play and may leave soon.
love the way how tomiyasu’s defend and make the game to be more easier
Game changed when soares in
Odegaard through passes are so satisfying to watch so brilliant and i'm not even arsenal fan.
This was my first ever game that I've been to. Thank you Arsenal for a good memories. COYG
Assist from Xhaka and Odegard are so so beautifull. Good job guys 👍👍
You can see when Tomi off the chaos and inept activity of our defenders I'm worried if this guy become long term injury. Hello Vibe of the champion league.
@King Darwin loooooooooool you want a calamity on both sides. Funny guy
Tomiasu is by far the best player of the season for arsenal
Our team is so young and so promising, imagine what it will be like in say 3 years. Insane.
Disbanded? Lol
When tomiyasu got off .we got a penalty Tomiyasu is an integral part of the team
man tomiyasu really an important player
It's good to be alive and see Arsenal in this good shape, I had a really hard time in the last 2-3 years
Barcelona fans says hi lol
Odegaard for me is real class in Arsenal Attack right now.
Martinelli and Smith Rowe Incredible 🔥👍
Lads done well, amazing performance! However, I really do hope Tomiyasu's injury is minor. Tomi is certainly irreplaceable at Arsenal's current oberwhelming performance
If he's injured, get Nuno in as RB. Heard he's quite two footed. Not Cedric and not Chambers.
What a pass from Odegaard!!!!
Literally watched martinelli train into the monster he is right now... He's got an eye for goals like no one else on the squad...
Great performance by Arsenal.Odegaard played phenomenal Football in winning cause👍👍👍.
Martin Odegaard is the core. He made some extraordinary passes yesterday. The whole team is very exciting to watch, but we should learn how to better with managing the game when we are 2,3 nil up. That's the price for having such a young team. But hey, it will come, I'm sure! COYG :)
Smith Rowe is masterclass 💯, what a talent 🔥🔥🔥
I wasn't convinced by Odegaard before, but the number of clear chances he made this game are really worldly.
Yaah he should’ve have 3 assists on his name this game but Laca, Saka and Partey wasted these chances
Martinelli is so sharp👏👏👏
ESR, Saka, Odegaard and Martinelli are the future of this great club.
@KZhead account 1 how bou ramsdale?
They are all really the future tbvh
If only we had a better manager....
@@deeemm5496 these players wouldn’t be here with Mikel. He is making lots of progress and if he continues at this rate, we will be able to compete for major titles in 2-3 years.
Martinelli's positioning, speed, composure: 🔥🔥🔥
The way young guns played remind me of this team in 03/04 season.Played 4-4-2 formation.Henry as deep lying forward,Bergkamp as striker,Pires on left,Ljubgberg on right and supported by Vieira Gilberto Silva.
4 goals, all from our young lads 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I like it a lot.
That Odegaard assist and Smith Rowe goal is faunistic stuff.. Its our goal of the month if not the Martinelli Henry finish against West Ham..
GETS IN THERE!!! GABRIEL MARTINELLIS ON FIRE NO CHANCR LITTERALLY UNSTOPPABLE LETSGOOOOOOOOOO
Really wanted Gabi to get that hat trick but all the same what a performance!
Loved today’s performance, it was the first time I enjoyed watching and it was fun. I wanted us to go on in the second half and score like 3 more but we still ended up with the win. So happy for martinelli. He should be the next #14.
Martine11i
I hope you keep this same energy of we lose, because I know how Arsenal fans are, 1 loss and y'all will be wanting Arteta out, you'll forget about this comment coz you'll be angry, and then when they win again..."oh how I love ARSENAL, they play with class and blah blah"...I'm not coming for you mate, I'm just using your comment to get my point across, all peace and love mate 💙🙂
@@backpacker2773 I supported Arteta this hole season through and I feel you my friend. After the 2-3 lose against Manu our so called fans showed their real face. If you support Arsenal at its highs you should believe in them at there lows!
@@aaronlo5799 i support Arsenal when we win and when we lose, but i don’t feel like Arteta is the right man for the job.
Yes you are very correct I see him as our next #14
I had never seen this otherside laca..playing from the deep like a defender . He was simply amazing to watch
are u sure? lacas done this his whole career
His performances have been amazing recently, next level
@@joebainbridge2636 ok..I havent been watching Arsenal of late ...was afraid of having a heart attach
@@reubenphiri2076 how long have u missed. lacas a true false 9 hes always gonna depp into the midfield to pull the defenders in it works really well when u have pacy wingers like martinelli to cut inside
ESR🔥 Odegaard 🔥 Gabi🔥🔥 Saka 🔥 Great youngster❤️
Agreed but Why does everyone always forget about Gabriel 😡 absolute beast !
He’s not a youngster..
@@simplysolomon hé young 23 years
What about Tomi
@@mercelinampemba5197 yes but not 21 and under
Love watching Saka, Martinelli and ESR play, our future is in great hands
I am so glad i got back this team. Martinelli and Smith-Rowe are in an extremely great form. I hope We can amaze their plays for a long time.
That assist from Ø to ESR was a thing of beauty
Martin Odegaard is the real deal
1:21 ramsdale was like "great job, nice foul!" 😂
Well if u being sarcastic its OK but if not then know that it wasn’t really a penalty.
As in ehn thought was the only one dat saw dz earlier in the game😃
Martineli is so good in finishing ..i love him
Nobody is talking about that assist from Ødegaard to smith Rowe😩🔥
Best pass I’ve ever seen Xhaka make on that 2nd goal, simple but brilliant. Please do that more often..
Yes, like in national team, master of progressive passes
Martinelli, Saka, ESR & Ødegaard with Lacazette up front as their leader will be a massive deadly combo! if they keep improving more and more with their top level they can demolish any side.
Very true
Martinelli been my guy from the day we sign him 🥳 hope he can get double digit goal 🙏
After a very long time I can watch arsenal matches now and not hope for a heart attack or heart break. We are not there yet but we keep on going.
I know exactly how you feel. I used to look at the fixtures and see who we've got next and think, "Oh! Crap! Another really hard game we'll lose." And that would be against someone like Norwich. Now I look at the fixtures and think, "Win! Win! Away draw would be good! Win! We might lose this one. Win! Win!...."
Odegard's ball looked simple, but very hard to deliver like that. ESR looking so good!!!
The pace, the offball positioning, the energy, this team love it! ❤️
Noticed Martineli could have scored upto 4 goals but was trying to setup Laca for a goal, real classy guy. Also the difference in class between Tomiyasu and Cedric was so obvious, our defence and attack down the right was massively compromised...
Agreed. But we have to put in mind one thing about Cedric (and Chamber and Holding). He also needs playingtime, to read the game better, and to get more confidence. If we are going to compete with top four, we need them as fit as we can as well. Tomiyasu is class, but think the other has potentialcan learn from the others as well. I have faith in both Chambers, Holding and Cedric now when the other young are developing futher. Support our players!
*I am in love with this Team🥺❤*
Smith Rowes stats are crazyyyyy🔥..god level
I.am.a liverpool fan but I must say arteta is putting together a fantastic project. Arsenal are finally looking a settled team.
Legendary Wonderkids!!! Lets Go "The Arsenal"!!!
Martinelli!!! You... oh! From now on, never hide away again from us! You must always play! 💥💥💥🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪
Martinelli plays with love and he will do anything for Arsenal as long as he plays
Cant wait to hear that champions league anthem again 🤩
Martinelli's finishing ability is amazing
Thats how martinelli secure his position on starting eleven ❤️
Odegard getting better and better. COYG.
Young guns leading the way!!! Big ups to Martinelli, Saka and Smith-Rowe
It's just Leeds.
I'm telling you now: these young guys we have in the team are gonna take an incredible development...especially Saka, ESR and Gabi are gonna be Arsenal legends similar to the likes of Henry, Wright, Bergkamp...never been so excited to be an Arsenal fan. Future's never seem so bright!!! COYG!!!!!!
Yep, we got big things in store and a very bright future, my bet is a prem win in the next 3-5 years!!!
Just wait 1-2 seasons when Man City come in for Saka when Arsenal has failed to get top 4 in two consecutive seasons
And saka stops attending training to force a move away
@@Colt-eq1vm nah that won’t happen, we will get top 4 the next few seasons and saka is happy
@@tinks9995 also Emile Smith-Rowe to United i can see these 2 transfers happening
Three in a Rowe😍♥️💪 wonderful futbol class from the whole team kudos to the youngstars GSE🔥 COYG
Magical Martinelli 🔴⚪💪🏼✨🔥
Now I must confess This is a masterclass style of play
Great Moment of Martinelli & Smith-Rowe
Smith-Rowe has to be player of the month
Laca is making all around him play..trademark of great leader
Martinelli the beast!!!
THAT GRANIT XHAKA ASSIST DESERVES MORE PRAISE.
It was a beautiful through ball.
Saka, Martinelli, Smith Rowe & Odegaard is going to be a legend in this club one day. For sure!
Leave saka out it, bro.
@@arthurviktory3499 legit the best one there besides odegaard
@@joebainbridge2636 1:02 Well I not saying he is not good but he needs to calm down and wait for his turn, emile has that problem too. I have seen odeegard, that guy has potentials to be a striker as well as an assistant but he thinks too much and want that perfect goal.
Stop talking about these young guys being arsenal legend, am so sorry after they become stars they will be other club legend but not arsenal, period.
@@magambiimana5884 Hmm another view!
It's high time we give our players the praise they deserve. If it was another new striker doing what Martinelli is doing now, we would now be over the moon for them. COYG 🔥🔥
Calm down, Martinelli has just started
Seeing ødegaard played, its grateful to kick out öezil
No one goes past TOMIYASU💥
These wins are VERY CRUCIAL in helping us maintain a TOP 4 Finish, YES WE CAN! And we will even ho a step further. Arteta is the man to rejig this club and awake us from our slumber, the sleeping giant! WE ARE THE ARSENAL!!!
We definitely need another RB to cover Tomi, Cedric was average at best
Cut Cedric some slack, he hasn't played much competitive football this season. He is a bit match rusty.
Martinelli came in against Newcastle and hardly played before then.. a professional player needs to be ready No excuse for not being up to standard, we need a better back up
@@iykeharrison9161 Nah he is just bad Can't even pass forward
@@AustinLM Agreed, below average he is
Well, it should be dumfries
Martinelli celebrations 🔥🔥👌👌
What incredible performances from Martinelli! He should play regularly this season
Give him some room. We dont want him becoming Eduardo 3.0, as Ramsey was Eduardo 2.0
One good striker and this team can have one of the best attacks
The "Young Guns" are unstoppable,Martinelli, Saka, Smith-Rowe always lock and loaded 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Im so proud of the way my club is fighting. They didnt score 1 then sit back. They stepped on Leeds throat the entire match. COYG🔴⚪!!!!!
YES YES YES YES Positive win away, at a rude ground. Great Team performance Up above the 4th. LET,S GO.
Win Or Lose We Love Arsenal 🤍❤️💪🏻
Emile Smith-Rowe what a player, what a talent, Arsenal so lucky to have him in their squad already
Smith Rowe 7 goals 😲 wow
Martineli is emery's player, every Emery player has good mentality for fight !
Amazing performance!! It's BEEN a while watching Arsenal play with such energy and CONFIDENCE. CONGRATS to the youngsters :)
What an assist by Odegaard to ESR this boy is genius🙌
The team is getting better I can finally say that with confidence.