The Premier League is the best league in the world and anything can happen. At the Emirates Stadium in London, the leaders, Arsenal, received Bournemouth, arrived in the relegation zone. But no game is easy in England. Those led by Mikel Arteta needed a win to maintain a five-point lead over their guard Manchester City, who had beaten Newcastle 2-0 and put the pressure on. But things weren’t going to start as the Gunners’ Spanish manager expected.
Gary O’Neil’s side won the toss and elected to serve from half back to start the game. But he wouldn’t take the usual kick with a pass to a midfielder. There was a plan and he executed it perfectly.
They moved from the center and quickly opened the ball down the right where Burkinabe’s Dango Ouattara received while five of his teammates shot towards the Arsenal area. The African footballer feints and kicks a cross into the heart of the area, where the Danish Philip Billing filters and defines for 1-0. Just 9 seconds of the game had passed.
Instantly, Twitter users in Argentina recalled Lucas Pratto’s goal at La Bombonera in the first leg of the 2018 Copa Libertadores final. Boca had taken the lead through a goal from Wanchope Ábila, but River shot wide from the center and the Bear stamped the tie.
Bournemouth’s is the second fastest goal in Premier League history. The fastest was in 2019 and the perpetrator was Irish striker Shane Long, taking just 7.6 seconds to give Southampton the lead against Watford.
Source: Clarin
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