Trossard gives Arsenal four wins out of five against Everton
Leandro Trossard and Mikel Arteta
Substitute, Leandro Trossard, puts Arsenal in the 4th position with a goal after coming up in the 69th minutes at the Goodison Park.
After the midpoint of the second half, Leandro Trossard scored the game-winning goal to give Arsenal a spirited 1-0 triumph over struggling Everton.
David Raya was chosen over Aaron Ramsdale in goal, surprising Mikel Arteta, despite Everton's scant offensive threat giving the former Brentford No. 1 nothing to do.
At Goodison Park, the Gunners believed they had a first-half lead before a VAR review revealed Eddie Nketiah was offside during the buildup and Gabriel Martinelli guided a beautiful finish past Jordan Pickford.
Shortly later, Martinelli suffered an injury and was replaced by Trossard, who entered the fight. The Belgian international finished Bukayo Saka's cutback in the 69th minute after expertly working a short corner.
In contrast, Everton have a single point from five games and, against the backdrop of off-field turmoil, Sean Dyche's limited and unambitious team look all set for a season of grueling struggle. With the victory, Arsenal move onto 13 points from five games, in a group of three with Tottenham and Liverpool who are two points behind champions Manchester City at the top.
Martin Odegaard and either Fabio Vieira or Bukayo Saka would amble over to the quadrant, take their time, have a little conversation, and then play the ball just as the crowd started to boo and the officials got a little tense.
“They have a lot of tall guys and we know they are good at set-pieces,” Trossard told Sky Sports afterwards. “That’s where we wanted to exploit them and I think it helped.”, via Sporting News.
Oleksandr Zinchenko and Declan Rice pushed the ball back out to Odegaard, who picked out Bukayo Saka's underlapping run for the England star to set up Trossard for a beautiful left-footed finish that drifted away from Pickford. It worked like a charm for the winning goal.
In addition to the aesthetics at work, Arsenal's corners had the added benefit of making Everton feel frustrated and under pressure in a game where they typically get a little hot-headed.
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