#FT: Arsenal 5-0 Sheffield United
Venue: Emirates Stadium
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Arsenal
David Raya, Jakub Kiwior, William Saliba, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ben White (Takehiro Tomiyasu), Declan Rice (Mohamed Elneny), Emile Smith Rowe (Fabio Vieira), Kai Havertz, Eddie Nketiah, Gabriel Martinelli (Leandro Trossard), Bukayo Saka (Reiss Nelson).
Subs: Gabriel , Aaron Ramsdale, Martin Ødegaard, Jorginho .
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Sheffield United
Wes Foderingham, Jack Robinson, Auston Trusty, Luke Thomas, Jayden Bogle (George Baldock), Oliver Norwood, Vinicius Souza, Anis Ben Slimane (Ben Osborn), James McAtee (John Fleck), Rhian Brewster (Cameron Archer), Gustavo Hamer (Ryan One).
Subs: Bénie Traoré, Andre Brooks, Yasser Larouci, Adam Davies.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
28’ Goal! Arsenal 1, Sheffield United 0. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross.
50’ Goal! Arsenal 2, Sheffield United 0. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner following a corner.
58’ Goal! Arsenal 3, Sheffield United 0. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Emile Smith Rowe.
59’ Substitution, Sheffield United. Cameron Archer replaces Rhian Brewster.
59’ Substitution, Sheffield United. Ben Osborn replaces Anis Ben Slimane.
60’ Ben Osborn (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
66’ Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Ben White.
66’ Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Gabriel Martinelli.
70’ Jayden Bogle (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
71’ Substitution, Sheffield United. George Baldock replaces Jayden Bogle.
71’ Substitution, Sheffield United. John Fleck replaces James McAtee.
73’ Substitution, Arsenal. Reiss Nelson replaces Bukayo Saka.
73’ Substitution, Arsenal. Fábio Vieira replaces Emile Smith Rowe.
83’ Substitution, Sheffield United. Ryan Oné replaces Gustavo Hamer.
87’ Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88’ Goal! Arsenal 4, Sheffield United 0. Fábio Vieira (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
89’ Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Declan Rice.
90’+6’ Goal! Arsenal 5, Sheffield United 0. Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner following a corner.
Woo! This was such a relaxing match to watch. It didn’t feel like Sheffield threatened at all. We were on cruise control. Arteta finally got around to some much needed rotation, with Smith-Rowe’s first start in the PL this season.
Eddie’s first hat-trick and will silence a lot of critics (myself included!). Goals for Tomiyasu and Viera are a plus.
Kiwior was solid. Such a boon to have reliable back up options.