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Arsenal extend lead at top of league with nervy win over Wolves
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka scores their side's first goal of the game during the Premier League match at the Emirates Stadium, London. Picture date: Saturday December 2, 2023.

Arsenal 2-1 Wolves
by Layth Yousif
at Ashburton Grove 

MIKEL ARTETA’S Arsenal moved four points clear at the top of the Premier League after easing past Wolves on a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon in north London.

Bukayo Saka, who was magnificent throughout, put the home side ahead on six minutes, after showing drive and persistence to maraud through the Wolves backline, before firing a low right-footed shot past Jose Sa to make it 1-0.

The lead was doubled seven minutes later when Martin Odegaard side-footed home for 2-0 with precision, the Gunners captain finishing Oleksandr Zinchenko’s cross into the box, following the Ukrainian’s one-two with Gabriel Jesus, as part of his role as an attacking inverted left-back, to cap a spell of utter dominance for the home side.

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