Kai Havertz And Bukayo Saka's Goals Win Arsenal Over Wolves

Arsenal striker Kai Havertz celebrated a goal in the match against Wolverhampton Wanderers. (X/@Arsenal)

JAKARTA - Asental started the fight in the English Premier League by winning 2-0 over Wolverhampton Wanderers. In a duel at the Emirates Stadium, Saturday, August 17, 2024 evening WIB, forward Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka scored for Arsenal.

Awal satisfies Arsenal when they host Wolves. Arsenal's offensive appearance gave Arsenal the first three points in the domestic competition.

The victory made Arsenal gain three points and competed with Liverpool at the top of the standings. Both teams won 2-0. In the previous match, Liverpool beat promoted Ipswich Town. Meanwhile, Manchester United, who had been in first place, had to step down. Now MU is stuck in third place even though he has three points.

In that duel, manager Mikel Arteta continued to rely on the players who brought Arsenal to second place last season. New Riccardo Calafiori players were not played by Arteta. In the back sector, Ben White's quartet, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes and Oleksandr Zinchenko were the first options to stem Wolves' attacks.

Likewise Wolves remain on South Korean star Hwang Hee-chan. He and Rodrigo Gomes and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde support Jorgen Strand Larsen who serves as center forward.

Arsenal, who played at home, showed dominance. The Gunners attack was able to make Wolves' defense, which was held by the duo Toti Gomes and Yerson Mosquera, have to work hard.

But their defense finally broke after Havertz scored in the 25th minute. The German national team striker collaboration with Bukayo Saka ended with Havertz's header beating goalkeeper Jose Sa

Winning 1-0 made Arsenal play more aggressively. However, their attack still failed so that the score lasted until the end of the first half.

Entering the second half, Arsenal did not lower the tempo of the game. They still pressed the opponent's defense. However, the efforts of Arsenal players have not yielded results.

Their patience in dismantling the Wolves defense finally led Arsenal to increase their advantage. Saka successfully broke the deadlock after completing the assist from Havertz. The England player's goal was created in the 74th minute.

The score is 2-0 for Arsenal. Only no more additional goals were created. The advantage of the two goals lasted until the end of the match.