Jan Siewert celebrated Huddersfield Town's first goal under his leadership but they suffered a 2-1 Premier League home loss to Arsenal.
2018/2019 Premier League
0-2
Match Report
Alex Iwobi and Alexandre Lacazette scored first-half goals to set up Arsenal's 2-1 win at Huddersfield Town and earn their first away Premier League victory since November.
The Gunners had taken a single point from their past five away league games and were without Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey for Saturday's trip to Yorkshire.
Huddersfield, rock bottom of the Premier League, offered little resistance but did at least score for the first time since Jan Siewert replaced David Wagner as head coach thanks to Sead Kolasinac's late own goal.
Match Events
10' CHANCE! Iwobi's shot hits the side-netting
Not too far away! Maitland-Niles finds space down the Arsenal right, finds Iwobi inside the box, but he fires his shot into the sidenetting from a very tight angle.
16'GOAL! Huddersfield 0-1 Arsenal (Iwobi)
Iwobi was unmarked at the far post as a deep cross came into the penalty area from Kolasinac, straight over the heads of the Huddersfield defence. Iwobi volleyed the ball towards goal first time, it took a big deflection off Kongolo and wrong-footed Hamer, to bounce into the back of the net.
44'GOAL! Huddersfield 0-2 Arsenal (Lacazette)
Lacazette doubles Arsenal's lead, it's 2-0! Huddersfield haven't look confident at the back for a while and they've struggled to deal with the pace of Maitland-Niles, who creates this goal. Mkhitaryan spots Maitland-Niles's and plays him in, his first cross into the box is blocked at first, but the second pass finds Lacazette perfectly at the far post, who has a simple tap-in from just a couple of yards out.
50' SAVE! Leno denies Diakhaby's shot
Huddersfield with their best opportunity of the game! Wonderful move by the hosts down the left, Mooy is fed deep down the wing and he drills the ball across the box to Bacuna, who fires a low effort at goal and it looks to be heading into the back of the net. However, Leno gets to the ball just in time and makes a terrific save.
70' SAVE! Hamer makes a terrific save
Iwobi with a huge chance to make it 3-0, but Hamer makes a terrific save. Arsenal break forward on the counter-attack, Iwobi is played through on goal and just has the Huddersfield keeper to beat, but he fires his effort straight at Hamer, who stays on his feet and makes an excellent stop.
44'GOAL! Huddersfield 1-2 Arsenal (S. Kolašinac)
Huddersfield pull one back, it's 2-1! It's a scrappy goal but Huddersfield won't care one bit, can they complete an unlikely comeback in injury time? Diakhaby gets into the box and his shot bounces up off Leno and towards goal, but the final touch comes off Kolasinac under pressure from Bacuna.
Line-ups
Huddersfield XI: M. Jørgensen, Puncheon, Ben Hamer, Hogg, A. Mooy, Schindler, Kachunga, Kongolo, T.Smith, Diakhaby, J. Bacuna
Subs: L.Depoitre, Durm, A. Pritchard, Stankovič, Joel Coleman, Billing, Karlan Grant
Arsenal XI: Nacho Monreal, Koscielny, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette, Mustafi, Bernd Leno, Kolasinac, A. Iwobi, A.M Niles, L. Torreira, M. Guendouzi
Subs: P. Čech, S. Lichtsteiner, D.Suárez, M.Elneny, K. Mavropanos, Willock, Nketiah