Arsenal 6-0 Sheffield United (4 Mar, 2024) Game Analysis

Arsenal equaled their biggest away win in the Premier League with Sheffield United's 6-0 victory on Monday after scoring five times in the first half as they tore apart the home side to move to within two points of leader Liverpool.

Mikel Arteta's side are third on 61 points after 27 games, one point behind Manchester City but with a much better goal difference than their title rivals. The Blades remain anchored at the bottom on 13 points, 11 adrift of the safe zone.

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The Gunners are the first Premier League team to win seven in a row this season and look to be gaining momentum at just the right time to keep the pressure on the top two.

“We won 6-0 today and recently we have won a lot, but the work we are doing without the ball going forward towards the goalkeeper is really good and it's a pleasure to be part of it,” he said. said Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard. who started the score.

Arsenal were merciless as they broke through United's defense with ease early on. Odegaard opened the floodgates with his goal in the fifth minute, shooting from the middle of the area after a nice cutback from Declan Rice.

There was more misery to come for United goalkeeper Ivo Grbic on a night which saw six different names on the scoresheet.

Jayden Bogle scored his own goal in the 13th before Gabriel Martinelli struck two minutes later, sending dozens of weary United fans towards the Bramall Lane exits, while Kai Havertz (25th minute), Rice (39th) and Ben White (58th) also. net.

The visitor's early fireworks put the 9-0 Premier League goalscoring record in jeopardy, but Blades fans were spared more misery thanks in part to Arteta's replacements, including striker Bukayo Saka heading to the bench after 45 excellent minutes.

Arsenal were denied a seventh goal thanks to an excellent save from Grbic who pushed away a curling shot from substitute Gabriel Jesus that looked destined for the far corner.

They equaled their best away win in the Premier League in the 6–0 defeat to West Ham United on 11 February and their record winning margin of six goals in a 7–1 First Division win over Aston Villa in 1935.

The Gunners made history on Monday by becoming the first English team to win three consecutive away matches by a margin of five goals or more.

They also became the second English team to score at least five goals in three consecutive top-flight away matches after Burnley in September 1961.

United have lost their last four games at Bramall Lane in all competitions after conceding 21 goals and scoring two.

“They opened us up wide, they do that to a lot of teams, I'm not saying it makes us feel any better because it's another long night for this club,” United manager Chris Wilder told the BBC. “Saka has torn us to pieces on that side, whatever you have to do you have to try to stem the tide, especially when it is in full swing.

“We had no answers to anything they had. The result is what it is and we have to live with it.”