Arsenal 2-0 Wolves

 

We got the 2024/25 Premier League season off to the perfect start with victory over Wolves at Emirates Stadium.

Kai Havertz got the scoring started when he nodded home a Bukayo Saka cross after 25 minutes, but the visitors would cause us some nervy moments either side of the break with David Raya needing to be at his best to keep us in front.

However Saka added a goal to his afternoon’s work when he blasted home at the near post to ensure we recorded a seventh-straight win against the Molineux side, and see the superb form from the final few months of last season flow into the new campaign.

As is tradition on the opening day, the game kicked off at a sunkissed Emirates Stadium with our Gooners filled with hope and belief - and our first-half performance only added to that as we began as bright as the conditions the game was played in.

We bossed the opening stages, and peppered the Wolves goal with a host of early attempts. Ben White saw a couple of sighters from outside the box fizz wide, while Saka slipped his way around a defender to fire low - but Jose Sa was equal to it.

Saka shot off target soon after, as did Declan Rice moments later as the confidence grew. Our dominance was rewarded after 25 minutes when the first goal of the season arrived.

Oleksandr Zinchenko did well to win possession in the middle of the park and slipped a neat pass off to Saka. He waited to pick his moment to fire in a devilish delivery, and Havertz beat Sa to the ball and headed powerfully into the empty net to get our campaign off and running.

Taken from Arsenal.com