Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli found the net against Luton Town to help Arsenal set a rare Premier League scoring record.
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Arsenal far from a one-man armyLast 11 goals scored by 11 different playersHave netted more than 100 times in 2023WHAT HAPPENED?
The Gunners took an early lead in the 20th minute through Gabriel Martinelli at Kenilworth Road on Tuesday evening. Although Gabriel Osho equalised five minutes later, Gabriel Jesus pounced on the cross at the far post by Ben White and thundered in a header to put his team ahead just before half-time. It was a landmark goal for the north London side as it meant that 11 different players scored each of Arsenal's last 11 goals in the Premier League, which is a competition record.
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Mikel Arteta has always been vocal about focusing on the collective rather than any individual, and it seems his side is walking the walk. Eddie Nketiah, Fabio Vieira, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Leandro Trossard, William Saliba, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, and Martin Odegaard were the nine previous scorers for Arsenal before Martinelli and Jesus joined the list against Luton.
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It was a wild one in Luton as the hosts scored twice in the first 12 minutes of the second half through Elijah Adebayo and Ross Barkley to go 3-2 up. However, their joy was short-lived as Kai Havertz continued his purple patch and netted on the hour mark to put his team back on level terms. Declan Rice went on to score another for Arsenal, securing a 4-3 victory.
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Arsenal have been fluid in attack under Arteta as they have already scored more than a century of goals in 2023. Bukayo Saka's strike against Wolves in their 2-1 win last weekend at the Emirates was the Gunners' 100th goal across all competitions in 2023, making them just the fifth team from the big five European leagues to reach the magic figure. Other teams in the list included Premier League rivals Manchester City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen.