In the early morning of Tuesday (22nd), Arsenal won the English Premier League's "London Beatdown" 1-0 against Crystal Palace, with 10 men in the final game, and started the game with 2 consecutive victories, along with Manchester City and Brighton, at the top of the table. Arsenal's win was a hard one, as the summer signing of Deglan Rice, who joined the team for 105 million pounds (about HK$1.05 billion), was all over the field. The heat map shows that he was everywhere in the field, and he was the biggest contributor to the Arsenal's victory, as he played less than a man.
Arsenal were in control of the game, with Nikitia hitting the post from a narrow angle in the first half, then receiving a good pass from Dylan Rice, and the game was tied at 0-0 at halftime. After the change of sides, Arsenal stepped up the pressure, with Nikitia scoring a 12-yarder in the 53rd minute from inside the penalty box, and then scored by Martin Ordigaert. Just when Arsenal thought they were in control of the game, Kenyo Tomoyasu was expelled in the 67th minute after receiving his second yellow card in a controversial incident, causing the situation to take a turn for the worse.
Arsenal, who were the underdogs, retreated at the end of the match and successfully resisted Crystal Palace's bombardment, with 3 successful battles, 4 regained possession, and a 90% pass success rate. Heatmap showed that he was in the deep red on 3/4 of the pitch, and his participation in the full-field kicking method was extremely high, and he was voted as the best player of the tournament after the match.
