Leandro Trossard's second-half strike secured a hard-fought 1-0 victory for Arsenal against Everton as the Gunners ended a 10-game winless run at Goodison Park.
2023/2024 Premier League
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Match Report
Trossard, a first-half substitute for the injured Gabriel Martinelli, struck his winner in style, firing a first-time finish in off the post from Bukayo Saka's pass following a smartly-worked corner.
It came after a controversially-disallowed Martinelli strike in the first half, when Eddie Nketiah was found to be fractionally offside by VAR earlier in the passage of play, despite the ball only reaching him via a heavy deflection off Everton striker Beto.
Beto's intervention drastically altered the course of Gabriel Magalhaes' sideways pass, but PGMOL rules state that a deflection must be deliberate, which is defined as a player having control of the ball, and Beto was deemed not to be in control.
Arsenal continued to probe, however, with Trossard's first Premier League goal of the season eventually clinching a vital victory which moves the Gunners up to fourth while continuing Everton's winless start to the campaign.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
10' Vieira fires his shot into the sky
19' OFFSIDE! Martinelli’s goal disallowed
39' Trossard on for injured Martinelli
47' Yellow Card! Young booked
66' CLOSE! Danjuma’s shot wide out
69' GOAL! Everton 0-1 Arsenal (Trossard)
82' Tarkowski makes an important clearance
Line-ups
Everton XI: Young, Gueye, Pickford, Doucoure, Tarkowski, Arnaut Danjuma, Vitaliy Mykolenko, McNeil, Beto, Amadou Onana, Jarrad Branthwaite
Subs: Godfrey, Keane, Calvert-Lewin, João Virgínia, Garner, Nathan Patterson, Lewis Dobbin, Tyler Onyango, Chermiti
Arsenal XI: Zinchenko, David Raya, Martin Ødegaard, Rice, Gabriel, Ben White, Nketiah, Martinelli, William Saliba, Saka, Fábio Vieira
Subs: Trossard, Jorginho, Jesus, Tomiyasu, Nelson, Havertz, Ramsdale, Smith Rowe, Jakub Kiwior