In this final game of the Premier League, Arsenal had to expect Manchester City to fail to win and themselves to win against Everton. With this pressure on Saka to miss out due to injury, Arsenal lined up in a 433 with Gabriel, Saliba, BenWhite, Rice, Kenyo Tomiyasu at the back, Partey, Ødegaard, Havertz in the midfield and Trossard, Martinelli in the forward line.
Everton played 4411, backs Branthwaite, Tarkowski, Coleman, A. Young, Onana midfielder, Gueye, Garner, McNeil, Doucour attacking midfielder é, Cavert forward-Lewin
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Because of Saka's absence, Arteta had to make do with Martinelli at right wing, while Everton fielded Coleman and Aan, the superb veteran. .Young to play right and left backs, and it can actually be seen that in the last game of the season Everton probably want the veterans to come on and finish the season and keep the fans happy.
The game went as expected, Everton started conservatively and Arsenal had full possession of the ball. Arsenal were very strong in the first 20 minutes and Martinelli had several chances to get into the box. Kenyo Tomiyasu seemed to be quite active. In the third minute, he slotted in a shot and then he had a header. He controlled the wingbacks into midfield while Everton seemed quite nervous. A misplaced pass at the back led to an Arsenal throw-in.
But the nerves of the Everton side of the defence were strained, and the whole penalty area was very thickly staked out for the Arsenal interlopers, and Pickford was in good form, pouncing on a couple of threatening attacks, and Everton were basically in full defensive gear, but by the 31st minute they struck a counter-attack, and when Calvert- got the ball Lewin sprinted down to the left of the penalty area and shot at the goal.
After 39 minutes Everton finally got a free kick upfield which Gueye opened up. Unexpectedly the ball hit the head of Rice in the wall of men and refracted out of the break.Gueye chose to kick the ball immediately and quickly. The wall of Arsenal men didn't seem to jump in unison, otherwise he should have been able to hit the wall of men next to him and open it up.
However, Arsenal immediately clawed their way back into the game when Ødegaard raced into the box from the right in the 43rd minute and then played a 45-degree pass back to the center. Kenyo Tomiyasu took a breath and rushed to the 16-yard box for a first-time shot. He kicked it as hard as he could, putting Coleman through his crotch at breakneck speed.
The first half ended in a draw between the two teams. The second half would end with Everton. é and the wings pushed forward on the counter-attack in the hope of knocking Arsenal back, and Arsenal went into the final 45 scoring, with BenWhite reaching outside the box and starting to cross before Partey had a clear spell of pressure.
But Doucouré's 54th-minute goal came when Gabriel kicked Gabriel upfield, which sent Gabriel crashing into his shoulder, after which he was left in agony and had to be replaced, with Zinchenko rushing in as a makeshift substitute, leaving Arsenal down to just one central defender at this point.
Arsenal ordered an attack. 66 minutes, Havertz hit the post with a header from a cross in the box. The Gunners kept Everton on their heels. Everton responded by having center back Branthwaite back directly in front of goalkeeper Pickford, trying to keep a clear path to the goal. That was all they could do defensively. It may be said that Arsenal completely suppressed the constant attack in the two wing sections.
It's been a long time since Timber and Smith have been in the game with 69 minutes to go, and Arteta wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to score in a hurry by replacing Partey, BenWhite, Timber and Smith. -Rowe, before that, Arteta's final hand was to replace Trossard sending on Jesus on 78 mins, and before that he had withdrawn his defenders and become an attacking player. odegaard had already made a draw from 11 yards, it was Pickford who barely blocked, and it was only the last kick of the ball away from a goal.
