Disappointment for Arsenal in a historic match for Wenger

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Arsenal finished 1-1 at West Bromwich`s visit to the Premier League last season. The Londoners took seven minutes before the end, when Alexis Sanchez fired a defeat, the ball detracted to James McLean and found himself in the net and the shot was recorded as an own goal. In the 89th minute Jay Rodriguez leveled a controversial penalty. The ball hit the Chambers` hand, but it was focused and the defender had nothing to do. After the draw, Arsenal outpaced Tottenham, who is less in play, and is currently fifth in the standings, losing 3 points to Liverpool fourth. UBA stayed in the relegation zone, and there was no victory in 19 consecutive championship matches.

Arsene Wenger took the `gunners` for the 811th time in a Premier League game. With this meeting, he was ahead of Sir Alex Ferguson in the championship according free football picks matches. The Frenchman has been at the head of the club for 21 years or exactly 7750 days. West Bromwich did not start the match as a team that has not seen victory since August. In the fifth minute Jay Rodriguez`s shot was saved by Chech. Seconds later, the Londoners goalkeeper did not interfere with a good situation, but the visitors` defense managed to clear. `The gunmen` replied with a shot of Lukaset, who was deflected by a defender and walked away from the door. Alex Iubiy was brought out by Alexis Sanchez in the 13th minute but his shot from the border of the penalty area crossed the door. The hosts calmed the game by asking defense questions several times. Wenger`s team did not succeed in imposing superiority and rarely reached dangerous situations. The duel did not offer any interesting moments, but the home crowd was pleased with the UBA players. Arsenal`s team saw a lack of ideas while Alan Pardew`s team kept tactical instructions and resisted Londoners.

An hour`s play has reached the best goal position since the start of the game. Lukaset doubled with Iuby, overcame two defenders, released his space to hit, but Ben Foster made a good rescue. A little later, the Frenchman was at the center of the Syby. He managed to deflect Sanchez, but the ball passed near the beam. The Chilian also tried to slap down the left but the ball went wide into the net. After this period with a little more situations in front of the home side, the game returned to sleeping tempo before reaching the more exciting past ten minutes. In the 77th minute, Jay Rodriguez fired, as Cech had to intervene.

A little later Arsenal led. Dawson knocked Alexis off just outside the penalty area. The Chilean shoots through the wall, the ball deviates into McLean and finds himself in the net. After finally `gunners` broke their rival, they were already hoping for the three points. Shortly before the end, however, Keiron Gibbs entered the field and attempted the centering, the ball thumped into Chambers` hand, and the judge pointed to the white point. This was the first penalty to be awarded to West Bromwich since September 2016, and Jay Rodriguez sent the ball in the middle of the goal and equalized the score.



WEST BROMICH - ARSENAL 0:1

0:1 - McLean (83-

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