Izuchukwu Okosi
Premier League leaders Arsenal on Tuesday night extended their lead at the top of the log to five points after beating hard-fighting Luton Town 4-3 in a breathtaking contest at Kenilworth Road.
The contest livened up when a trio of Gabriel’s got their names on the scoresheet. Gabriel Martinelli’s 20th-minute opener was cancelled out just five minutes later by Anglo-Nigerian, Gabriel Osho before Gabriel Jesus restored Arsenal’s lead on the stroke of halftime.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelLuton then turned the game on its head with two goals scored by another player of Nigerian descent, Elijah Adebayo, and Ross Barkley who has a Nigerian father and British mother.
Eight minutes into the second half, Kai Havertz pounced on a Jesus flicked ball to poke home.
Arsenal pushed for a winner in the closing stages. As a spirited Luton outfit thought they had done enough to claim a point, Declan Rice headed home a dramatic late winner for the Gunners after Martin Odegaard floated the ball inside the eighteen-yard box.
Mikel Arteta’s side has consolidated their place at the Premier League summit as they sit five points clear of second-placed Liverpool, who face basement club Sheffield United on Wednesday.
Luton remains 17th in the top-flight table and just three points above the relegation zone, with 18th-placed E tüüverton facing Newcastle United in their game in hand on Thursday.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
