Arsenal sun buɗe kare taken Premier League da salon burge zuciya, suna kayar da Coventry 3-0 a Emirates Stadium — alama a bayyane cewa yunwarsu na kara kofuna ba ta ragu ba.
Sabon rubutu na zinariya mai rubuta 'Champions' yanzu yana maraba da baƙi sama da ƙofar shiga filin wasa — tunawa na zahiri na taken farko na lig ɗin da kulob ɗin ya samu cikin shekara 22. Yanayin ciki filin ya yi daidai, masoya suna rera "champions of England" a duk tsawon wasan.
Tunani na Odegaard: kai hari, kada ka kare
Kyaftin Martin Odegaard ya ba da sauti kafin wasan, yana rubutu a cikin bayanin shirin cewa taken ya ba tawagar "ƙarin aminci." A gare shi, ba al'amarin kare abin da aka samu ba ne, sai dai neman ƙari.
"Ba mu ji muna da wani abu da za mu kare ba," ya gaya wa Match of the Day. "Muna son sake yin haka, kuma hakan shi ne tunani. Kakar da ta gabata ta ƙare yanzu. Muna son kai hari kuma muna son sake fafatawa dominon taken."
Nasara mai sauƙi a kan Coventry ta ba Mikel Arteta damar rubuta tarihi: ya zama kocin biyar kawai da ya kai nasaru 150 a Premier League cikin ƙasa da wasanni 250, yana shiga cikin Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp, da Sir Alex Ferguson.
Manyan 'yan wasa sun dawo, yanayin filin ya sauya
Ɗaya daga cikin manyan damuwa a kakar da ta gabata shi ne yanayin damuwa a cikin Emirates Stadium, wanda ya shafi ayyukan tawagar sau da yawa. A kan Coventry, wannan damuwa ba ta bayyana kwata-kwata ba.
"Bari mu ga yadda za mu yi mayar da martani muna 0-0 ko wataƙila muna asara," Arteta ya ce. "Yau, kwallaye biyu na farko sun ba kowa dandali mai kyau. Amma dukkanmu mun koyi cewa yanayin filin yana taimaka wa tawagar gaske."
Masu zura kwallo a daren nan — Kai Havertz, Martin Odegaard, da Bukayo Saka — sun taka leda tare a cikin farkon layi guda ɗaya sau ɗaya kawai a kakar da ta gabata. Da dukkansu uku suna farko a kan Coventry, Gunners sun nuna wasan da ya fi ƙarfinsu. A cikin mintuna 23 kawai, Arsenal suna 2-0 a gaba — mafi sauri da suka sami wannan farashin tun wasan da suka yi a kan Wolves a 2023.
Odegaard, wanda raunuka suka taƙaita shi sosai a kakar da ta gabata, ya bayyana yana maido da matakansa mafi kyau. Bayan aikinsa na ɗaukaka mai ɗaukar lambar gwarzon wasa a Community Shield a kan Manchester City, ya sake haka a kan Coventry. Da ya zura kwallo Lahadin da ya gabata sannan kuma a wasannin farkon Premier League, yanzu yana da kwallaye fiye da ɗaya da ya zura cikin wasanni 36 a kakar da ta gabata.
Tzolis yana burge daga farko
Sayo na bazara Christos Tzolis ya hanzari lashe zukatan masoya. Ya zo da fam miliyan 34 daga Club Brugge — inda ya zura kwallaye 17 kuma ya ba da taimako 23 a kakar nasara a Belgium — kuma ya riga ya jan hankali a lokacin atisayen kafin kakar, yana ba da taimako 2 a nasarar Community Shield a kan Manchester City.
A kan Coventry, ƙwallo ta tsaga wanda ya ƙirƙiro hanya ga Saka ta ci kwallo ta biyu ta Arsenal. Odegaard ya yabe shi da dukkan zuciyarsa: "Mai ban sha'awa, ya taka leda mai kyau sosai. Yana da matukar rai. Yana da wahalar kare shi. Yana da hankali sosai, kullum yana kallo sama kuma ya nemo wucar daidai."
Arteta ya raba wannan farin ciki. "Ina son ganin ɗan wasa da bai kasance tare da mu face makonni kaɗan yana samar da wannan kuzari a kowane lokaci da yake taɓa ƙwallon," ya ce manajan. "Yadda ya yi aiki a wasanni kaɗan da suka gabata ya kasance abin mamaki. Abin da yake nuna a matsayinsa na ɗan wasa kai tsaye ne, mai yanke kai, kullum. Ina matukar farin ciki da shi."
