Only five players in Premier League history have reached a half century of goals quicker than the former Dortmund man.
Match Reports
Arsenal ace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang notched his 50th Premier League goal for the Gunners against Norwich to become the club’s quickest player to that mark in the modern era, reaching the milestone on the occasion of his 79th appearance.
With his future still very much in doubt, the Gabon international opened the scoring against the relegation strugglers by robbing goalkeeper Tim Krul and then tapping into an unguarded net.
Soon afterwards, he laid on his side’s second against the basement club, delivering the pass from which Granit Xhaka fired under the Dutchman from a testing angle to make it 2-0.
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Match Events
33' GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Norwich (Aubameyang)
Calamity at the back for Norwich! Krul takes a fraction too long to clear a routine pass back. Aubameyang nips in to steal the ball and slots it into the net. That was too easy.
37' GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Norwich (Xhaka)
Arsenal are getting into their groove now. Xhaka slips into the box and finds the bottom left corner from Aubameyang's cut-back.
67' GOAL! Arsenal 3-0 Norwich (Aubameyang)
It's another gift from Norwich. Drmic plays a blind pass and loses possession. Aubameyang capitalises, rolling a shot into the bottom left corner.
81' GOAL! Arsenal 4-0 Norwich (Cedric)
The corner comes in and Norwich don't fully clear it. Cedric fires towards goal and it takes a slight deflection to guide it past Krul and into the net! That's a goal on his Arsenal debut!
Line-ups
Arsenal XI: Luiz, Aubameyang, Lacazette, Mustafi, E. Martinez, Xhaka, Kolasinac, Bellerin, Tierney, Ceballos, Nelson
Subs: Sokratis, Cedric, Macey, Pepe, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Willock, Nketiah, Saka
Norwich XI: Krul, Tettey, Pukki, Rupp, McLean, Trybull, Godfrey, Buendia, Lewis, Aarons, Cantwell
Subs: McGovern, Vrancic, Stiepermann, Drmic, Onel Hernandez, Duda, J. Thomas, Idah, J. Martin