LONDON: Lucas Torreira rode to Arsenal's rescue as the Uruguayan's spectacular start to life as a Gunner persevered with an overhead kick winner seven minutes from time to beat an stubborn Huddersfield 1-0 at the Emirates.
Torreira hooked house a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pass from close-range, yet the image that will bear of a feisty contest that saw Arsenal stretch their unbeaten run to 21 video games will probably be of 3 of their gamers amassing yellow playing cards for simulation.
Granit Xhaka, Shkodran Mustafi and Matteo Guendouzi have been all booked via referee Paul Tierney for flinging themselves to the ground.
Mustafi and Guendouzi have been seeking to fool the referee into awarding a desperate house side a penalty, whilst Xhaka was merely seeking to earn his side a free-kick unjustly in the course of the pitch.
That desperation to make the step forward summed up a frustrating afternoon for Unai Emery's men until Torreira's past due intervention.
Emery once more demonstrated a ruthless streak as after another fitful first-half display from his side, he made a double substitution at half-time.
His creation of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alex Iwobi induced an Arsenal performance that was more centred on a choice to assault relatively than to turn into embroiled in trading tackles, as they'd in the first half.
The desire of the Huddersfield gamers not to give their Arsenal opposite numbers a second to dwell on the ball in midfield earned them the wrath of the Emirates crowd and no doubt influenced referee Tierney to warning Alex Pritchard, Danny Williams and Tommy Smith all within eight minutes of each other.
Xhaka, one in all five Arsenal gamers to see yellow, was no less than accountable for the sport's opening probability after 28 minutes. His intelligent ball to the near post should have been transformed via Aubameyang. Yet, as an alternative of assembly the ball together with his proper foot, the striker tried to use his left but may best stab the ball vast.
If that was a foul omit, Aubameyang was outdone via Alexandre Lacazette 60 seconds later. The Frenchman was found all by myself inside the house via Guendouzi. He dallied too lengthy and then slipped, scooping the ball embarrassingly over the bar from 12 yards.
Two minutes before half-time, Pritchard should have given Huddersfield the lead, swivelling to strike a Smith pass top and vast.
Finally the match was livening up and at the different finish Torreira saw his curling effort from out of doors the area brilliantly palmed away for a nook via Huddersfield keeper Jonas Lossl.
While the second one half wasn't replete with probabilities, Mkhitaryan despatched a low effort simply vast within two minutes of his creation, whilst Iwobi drove Arsenal ahead constantly as they searched for the decisive objective.
Emery may have defensive issues to maintain over the festive length as Mustafi limped off simply after the hour with an apparent hamstring harm, adding to the long-term absence of Rob Holding because of a cruciate knee ligament harm suffered in midweek.
However, the Spanish trainer no less than had another three issues to console him when Torreira furthered his case as a cult hero among the Arsenal reinforce with a impressive finish to move the Gunners above Tottenham into third in the Premier League.
Torreira hooked house a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pass from close-range, yet the image that will bear of a feisty contest that saw Arsenal stretch their unbeaten run to 21 video games will probably be of 3 of their gamers amassing yellow playing cards for simulation.
Granit Xhaka, Shkodran Mustafi and Matteo Guendouzi have been all booked via referee Paul Tierney for flinging themselves to the ground.
Mustafi and Guendouzi have been seeking to fool the referee into awarding a desperate house side a penalty, whilst Xhaka was merely seeking to earn his side a free-kick unjustly in the course of the pitch.
That desperation to make the step forward summed up a frustrating afternoon for Unai Emery's men until Torreira's past due intervention.
Emery once more demonstrated a ruthless streak as after another fitful first-half display from his side, he made a double substitution at half-time.
His creation of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alex Iwobi induced an Arsenal performance that was more centred on a choice to assault relatively than to turn into embroiled in trading tackles, as they'd in the first half.
The desire of the Huddersfield gamers not to give their Arsenal opposite numbers a second to dwell on the ball in midfield earned them the wrath of the Emirates crowd and no doubt influenced referee Tierney to warning Alex Pritchard, Danny Williams and Tommy Smith all within eight minutes of each other.
Xhaka, one in all five Arsenal gamers to see yellow, was no less than accountable for the sport's opening probability after 28 minutes. His intelligent ball to the near post should have been transformed via Aubameyang. Yet, as an alternative of assembly the ball together with his proper foot, the striker tried to use his left but may best stab the ball vast.
If that was a foul omit, Aubameyang was outdone via Alexandre Lacazette 60 seconds later. The Frenchman was found all by myself inside the house via Guendouzi. He dallied too lengthy and then slipped, scooping the ball embarrassingly over the bar from 12 yards.
Two minutes before half-time, Pritchard should have given Huddersfield the lead, swivelling to strike a Smith pass top and vast.
Finally the match was livening up and at the different finish Torreira saw his curling effort from out of doors the area brilliantly palmed away for a nook via Huddersfield keeper Jonas Lossl.
While the second one half wasn't replete with probabilities, Mkhitaryan despatched a low effort simply vast within two minutes of his creation, whilst Iwobi drove Arsenal ahead constantly as they searched for the decisive objective.
Emery may have defensive issues to maintain over the festive length as Mustafi limped off simply after the hour with an apparent hamstring harm, adding to the long-term absence of Rob Holding because of a cruciate knee ligament harm suffered in midweek.
However, the Spanish trainer no less than had another three issues to console him when Torreira furthered his case as a cult hero among the Arsenal reinforce with a impressive finish to move the Gunners above Tottenham into third in the Premier League.
EPL: Torreira's late winner moves Arsenal into third
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Reviewed by Kailash
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December 09, 2018
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