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  • Feb, Sun, 2020
Sport

Aubameyang goals give Arsenal 3-2 win over Everton

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London, Feb. 23, 2020 (Reuters/NAN) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice to earn Arsenal a 3-2 English Premier League (EPL) win over Everton on Sunday, extending the Gunners’ unbeaten start to 2020.

The victory moved them back into the battle for European places and also lifted Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal side up to ninth place in the league with 37 points.

Everton remain without a victory at the Gunners in 24 years and a point adrift in 11th.

As well as the goals of the prolific Aubameyang, who is now joint top scorer in the league on 17 with Jamie Vardy, Arsenal had goalkeeper Bernd Leno to thank.

Some of his late saves preserved the lead.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin put Carlo Ancelotti’s team ahead in the first minute with a superb acrobatic volley, after David Luiz had failed to deal with a Gylfi Sigurdsson free-kick.

Yet Arsenal reacted well, with young forward Eddie Nketiah, who started ahead of Alexandre Lacazette, levelling in the 27th minute.

It was his first goal at the Emirates, and it came from a fine cross from the left from substitute Bukayo Saka.

Six minutes later and Arsenal were ahead —- Luiz making amends for his earlier mistake with a lovely, defence-splitting pass to Aubameyang who calmly slotted past Jordan Pickford.

Brazilian Richarlison brought Everton back on level terms though just before the interval, poking home from close range.

Arsenal, however, struck straight after the break with Aubameyang heading in a Nicolas Pepe cross, 23 seconds after the restart.

Leno then produced a brilliant point-blank reflex save from Calvert-Lewin and did well to keep out a Richarlison effort as Everton pushed for an equaliser.

Arsenal went close to a fourth goal when Nketiah, who spent the first half of the season on loan at Championship (second-tier) Leeds United, struck the bar with a curling shot.

Everton almost grabbed a point at the end, but Calvert-Lewin’s header from a Bernard cross went just wide.

The victory completed an excellent week for Arteta’s side after their 4-0 Premier League win over Newcastle United and the 1-0 win at Olympiakos in the Europa League on Thursday.

“The best thing is the spirit we showed after coming back from Europe —- three games in seven days. And coming back after we went behind.

“The resilience they showed after they were absolutely shattered. Three wins in seven days, for sure it is my best week,” said the Spaniard.

Ancelotti said his striker Calvert-Lewin was continuing to progress but needed to work on his focus.

“He is doing well but (it is) not enough. If he wants to be a top striker, he has to work more hard, focus hard, work more. He is doing well but he has to have the game to be focused all the time,” he said.

“Defensively, we were terrible. We have to improve. There were three goals we could have avoided. It was too easy for Arsenal to score three goals.

“We had a lot of opportunities at the end of the game to equalise and we did not get it. We are working, and we believe in what we are doing.

“Today was a step down. We need to refocus. We need to re-balance,” said the Italian.(Reuters/NAN)
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(Edited by Olawale Alabi)

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Lacazette, Aubameyang help Arsenal edge past Everton

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London, Sept. 23, 2018 (Reuters/NAN) Arsenal broke down a determined Everton defence to win 2-0 on Sunday, with Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring two second-half goals in two minutes to give the Gunners their fourth straight Premier League win.

Everton had created most of the early chances as they looked for their first victory at Arsenal since January 1996, but they were unable to find their way past goalkeeper Petr Cech.

French striker Lacazette broke the deadlock just short of the hour mark for the Gunners.

He ran in from the left before elegantly curling the ball into the far corner just beyond the reach of outstretched England keeper Jordan Pickford.

Gabon international Aubameyang doubled the lead two minutes later from what appeared to be an offside position, sending Pickford the wrong way from close range.

The win — and Arsenal’s first clean sheet of the season — pushes the Gunners up to sixth in the table, while the Toffees stay in 12th place. (Reuters/NAN)

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Aubameyang handed Arsenal’s icon number 14 jersey

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Abuja, Jan. 31, 2018 (NAN) In just his first day as a Gunner, new Arsenal buy Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been handed the club’s iconic number 14 jersey.

The Gabon international arrived at the Emirates Stadium for a club record fee of 56million pounds from Borussia Dortmund on a long-term deal.

The former Saint-Etienne striker has scored 13 goals in 16 Bundesliga appearances in a disrupted campaign for Dortmund.

He looks forward to enjoy similar success with Arsenal and, with his pace and prowess in front of goal possesses the same qualities that helped make Thierry Henry an Arsenal legend.

Aubameyang will reportedly wear the number 14 jersey that Henry made famous and he has set his sights on replicating the France World Cup winner’s achievements.

The club’s official website quoted him as saying he decided to take on the iconic jersey number because he wants to emulate record goalscorer Thierry Henry who made the shirt legendary.

“I’m really happy to be here. Of course, I can join Micki [former Dortmund team-mate Henrikh Mkhitaryan] in this team. So, I’m really happy to be here in this great team,” Aubameyang told Arsenal’s official website.

“I think the club has such a big history and great players like Thierry Henry. He’s an example for us strikers. I’m really happy, like I said before.

“He was fast and scored a lot of goals. He’s really an example.

“I think I have to work a lot to be like him, but I will do.

“I’m a fast player and I score goals too, like Henry a little bit. But, as I said, I have to work a lot more.”

Asked to provide a message to Arsenal’s fans, Aubameyang said: “I hope that we will come back to the top as soon as possible. I will do my best to join in.”(NAN)
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(Edited by Muhyideen Jimoh and Olawale Alabi)