26 November 2020, remembering winning all group matches in Europe

 

 

 

By Tony Attwood

On 26 November 2020 Arsenal played away to Molde in the Europa League.  It was the fourth game in the qualifying rounds and Arsenal had already won the first three. 

 

Date Match Result Score Competition
22 Oct 2020 Rapid Wien v Arsenal W 1-2 UEFA Europa League
29 Oct 2020 Arsenal v Dundalk W 3-0 UEFA Europa League
05 Nov 2020 Arsenal v Molde W 4-1 UEFA Europa League
26 Nov 2020 Molde v Arsenal W 0-3 UEFA Europa League
03 Dec 2020 Arsenal v Rapid Wien W 4-1 UEFA Europa League
10 Dec 2020 Dundalk v Arsenal W 2-4 UEFA Europa League

 

In fact as can be seen Arsenal won all six games in the opening round – a very rare achievement although even the commentaries on this achievement were laced with ceaseless moaning about Arsenal not achieving more.

For this game Arsenal’s team was

Runarsson

Soares  Mustafi  Luiz Maitland-Niles

Xhaka Nelson Willock 

Pepe Lacazette Nketiah

In the second half Arsenal made five substitutions …

 

Player change Time
Rob Holding for David Luiz 46
Dani Ceballos for Granit Xhaka 62
Emile Smith Rowe for Alexandre Lacazette 75
Kieran Tierney for Joe Willock 75
Folarin Balogun for Eddie Nketiah 82

 

However things were not looking so good at the time in the Premier League

 

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Tottenham Hotspur 9 6 2 1 21 9 12 20
2 Liverpool 9 6 2 1 21 16 5 20
3 Chelsea 9 5 3 1 22 10 12 18
4 Leicester City 9 6 0 3 18 12 6 18
5 Southampton 9 5 2 2 17 13 4 17
6 Everton 9 5 1 3 19 16 3 16
7 Aston Villa 8 5 0 3 19 11 8 15
8 West Ham United 9 4 2 3 15 10 5 14
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 4 2 3 9 10 -1 14
10 Manchester United 8 4 1 3 13 14 -1 13
11 Crystal Palace 9 4 1 4 12 13 -1 13
12 Arsenal 9 4 1 4 9 10 -1 13

 

Arsenal finished the league 8th in 2020, 5th in 2021, and at the time of writing this (26 November 2022) are top of the Premier League.

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