Teenager Tom Edozie scored a 94th-minute goal on his debut as Arsenal blew a two-goal lead against bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 2-2 draw meant much more than the waste of an opportunity to take off in the race for the Premier League. He revealed that the team led by Mikel Arteta is beginning to operate under the effects of the pressure that already made it stumble in 2025 and 2026, when it seemed that the horizon was clearing for it to win the title. progressively flat game.
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José Sá, Ladislav Krejcí, Yerson Mosquera, Santiago Bueno, Angel Gomes (Tolu Arokodare, min. 21), Jackson Tchatchoua (Rodrigo Gomes, min. 69), André, Hugo Bueno, Mateus Mané, Adam Armstrong y Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Tom Edozie, min. 83)
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David Raya, Gabriel Magalhães, Jurriën Timber, Piero Hincapié, William Saliba, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka (Leandro Trossard, min. 72), Noni Madueke (Eberechi Eze, min. 64), Martín Zubimendi, Gabriel Martinelli and Viktor Gyökeres (Gabriel Jesus, min. 64)
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0-1 min. 4: Open Bag. 0-2 min. 55: Piero Hincapie Queen. 1-2 min. 60: Hugh Good. 2-2 min. 93: Tom Edozie
Referee Paul Tierney
yellow cards
Santi Bueno (min. 48), Jeanricner Bellegarde (min. 70), Gabriel Jesus (min. 98)
Arsenal has 58 points in 27 games, which occupies second place with one game less. If City beats Newcastle at the Etihad next Saturday, the difference between the pursuer Guardiola and the pursued Arteta will be shortened to two points.
The Wolves have 10 points in 27 games, one less than Derby County’s lowest record, which was 11. That is the level of the team that came back from 0-2 to the Premier League leader in a situation that invites us to think the worst. Never in the Premier era had the lowest-ranked team in the tournament come back two goals behind the leader.
IF THEY TELL YOU… YOU WON’T BELIEVE IT 🤯 The Wolves, last with 9 points in 26 games… TIE ARSENAL IN THE 94′ 💥
The confusion between Gabriel and Raya that ended in an own goal and that turns the Premier upside down ⚽ 🏴
— DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES)
The setback coincided with Bukayo Saka signing his new five-year contract. The youth player, Arteta’s favorite footballer, scored his first goal in 16 games on a freezing night in the West Midlands, before Piero Hincapié doubled the lead 10 minutes into the second half.
It should have been enough. The Norwegian remained sidelined with a recurring knee problem and Wolves stayed in contention when. Hugo Bueno made it 1-2 with an impressive curling shot and in injury time Edozie launched a shot that bounced off Calafiori and off the post before entering the net. Calafiori had just entered the field, presumably, to seal Arsenal’s goal with one more defender.
Arsenal have won only three of their last eight games in the Premier League. Something like panic takes over the team. “Disappointed. There’s not much more to say,” Saka told the BBC. “There was a big difference in how we played in the first half and the second half. We lowered our standards and we were punished for it. It’s time to focus on ourselves, raise our standards and improve our performance, and it’s in our control.”
The match was brought forward a month due to Arsenal’s qualification for the League Cup final on March 21, when they will face Pep Guardiola’s City. For a change. The visitors only needed four minutes to take the lead as Saka ended his longest goalless run for the club. Declan Rice’s brilliant lofted pass into the box set up Saka to bend and head into the back of the net from close range. Arsenal scored their second goal in the 55th minute when Hincapié ran on a pass from Gabriel Jesús and lifted the ball over José Sá.
The Wolves found a way back into the game when Bueno was allowed too much space on the edge of the box and curled a shot into the top corner. It was his first goal in the Premier. To cap Arsenal’s fall, 19-year-old Edozie headed in a low shot after David Raya failed to collect a cross and the ball deflected past Calafiori. It was originally given as an own goal.
“The ball fell to me and I tried to keep it as low as possible and just hit it as hard as I could. They couldn’t stop it, so it was my goal,” Edozie said.
