Wenger’s Invincibles are not only the only team to have won the Premier League without losing a single game. They are also the last Arsenal league champion. It’s been 20 years now. Two decades in which the club no longer plays at Highbury saw Henry leave for Barcelona and even Wenger hung up his trench coat. He has had to be a disciple of the Alsatian like Arteta – he played five seasons under him – who has brought Arsenal back into the fight.
How can Gunner fans not be excited after winning the derby against West Ham 0-6? Arsenal, who once led the table, had a difficult end to 2023 as they lost their last two games of last year and fell behind. He fell fourth. But in 2024 it has been plugged in. They have won their first four games of the year and are two points off the lead.
Liverpool are strong and want to dedicate the title to Klopp as a farewell. Guardiola’s City is recovering its strength (Haaland was the last) and aspires to win its fourth consecutive championship, something unprecedented in the top English competition. But Arsenal do not let themselves be intimidated, they keep up with them and keep their pulse.
The six goals of the gunners came in just 34 minutes, from the 32nd when defender Saliba opened the scoring until the 65th when Declan Rice closed the account. In between, a double from Saka – who already has 10 in this Premier –, a goal from Gabriel Magalhães, the other centre-back, and another from Trossard.
Arsenal had already scored six goals this season in the Champions League (against Lens, at the Emirates Stadium) but in the league they had not scored six away goals since 2009 at Everton’s field. It is curious that the rival coach who took the two wins is the same, David Moyes.
The great protagonist of the meeting this Sunday could not be other than Rice. He left in the summer, left 116 million in the box, returned this Sunday to the Olympic Stadium (he already did it in November in the Carabao Cup), was booed by the Hammer fans, gave two assists and scored 0-6, apologized in the celebration and left applauded. . The midfielder is now a pillar of Arsenal, who with him, after last year’s second place, want their fourteenth league title and have successors to the invincibles.
