Without an attacker, life promises to be difficult for Arsenal. But for this Saturday, in Leicester, the Gunners managed to get out (0-2) and bring back three precious points of their trip to the King Power Stadium.
While Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus are injured until next season, and while Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli will not come back until March, Mikel Arteta had aligned what he has left as a specialist: Raheem Sterling and Ethan Nwaneri on The wings, and Leandro Trossard in an unusual center of center forward.
Arsenal saved by Merino
This did not give anything for an hour, until the danger begins to come from the Nwaneri nugget, author of two beautiful strikes (61st, 76th). But Arteta had the good idea to replace the ghostly sterling with Mikel Merino, propelled No. 9 of fortune. A winning bet.
The Spanish middle first placed a victorious head on a ball placed by Nwaneri (0-1, 81st), and it was still perfectly placed on a counter where Trossard served as a good center (0-2, 87th).
It is thanks to this improbable hero that Arsenal continues his good series and remains completely in the title race. Casually, these are the four -point Gunners from Liverpool, only, before the meeting between the Reds and Wolverhampton on Sunday.
