Arsenal sun ci 2-0 a kan Sunderland don samun nasara ta tara a jere a Premier League — tarihi da Gunners ba su taba cimma ba tun zamanin Invincibles na 2003-04. Duk da haka, komai na iya tafiya ta hanya daban-daban idan wani muhimmin lokaci na seconds 121 ya yi ɓarna.

Lokacin da wasan ya canza

Da kusan awa ɗaya ta wasa ita ta wuce, tare da Sunderland suna matsa lamba, alkalin wasa John Brooks ya ba wa masu gidan bugun fanariti bayan rigima tsakanin Ezri Konsa da Dan Ballard a wani kwana. Hukuncin ya raba ra'ayoyi sosai. Manajan Mikel Arteta ya yi fushi ƙwarai, yana mai cewa Ballard ya faɗa ƙasa ta hanyar da ya kwatanta da jefa na judo, kuma cewa Konsa bai aikata laifi ba.

"Judo roll ne daga abokin hamayya. Ezri [Konsa] bai yi komai ba. Ku duba kawai," Arteta ya shaida wa BBC Match of the Day. "Muna da kyamarori da yawa da VAR, dole ne mu ɗauki alhakin kare wasan. A yau ba a kare wasan ba kuma da iya kashe mana wasan da kuzari — wanda ya zama abin kula sosai."

Arteta, wanda ya riga ya sami katin rawaya a rabin farko saboda fita-fita daga yankinsa na fasaha, ya ƙara bayani a taron jaridu bayan wasan. "Wannan bai kamata ya faru ba, ba adalci ba ne, kuma ina baƙin ciki, ina baƙin ciki ƙwarai, a wannan ma'anar," in ji shi. "Ba a yarda da shi ba, na kalli sau 20 ban fahimci dalilin da ya sa aka ba shi ba."

Tsohon mai tsaron gida na Wales Ashley Williams ya goyi bayan ra'ayin Arteta. "Wannan ba fanariti bane kwata-kwata. Ballard ya ja kafaɗar Konsa ƙasa ya faɗo sama da shi — kamar jefar judo ta cikakkiya ce. Hikima sosai daga Ballard, amma fanariti ba ne ta kowane irin hanya," Williams ya ce a BBC Match of the Day.

Wasu basu ji tausayi haka ba. "Da sabon dokokin da ke neman kawar da rikici, Konsa yana kan Ballard cikakke," tsohon dan wasan tsakiyar Ingila Karen Carney ta lura a TNT Sports. Tsohon mai tsaron gida na Arsenal Martin Keown ya yarda cewa doka tana bayyane: "Ballard yana riƙe da hannayen Konsa amma kana ɗaukar haɗari. Suna so su kawar da shi don babu wata ma'ana wajen muhawara."

Ƙwarewa ta Raya ta canza komai

Ko da sharhin hukuncin ya kasance yaya, David Raya shi ne ya warware muhawara. Mai tsaron gida na Arsenal — wanda ke yi wa bugun fanariti nasa na biyu kawai a Premier League — ya jefa jikinsa gaba ɗaya don dakile bugun Enzo Le Fee zuwa gungumen ƙwallo. Ƙwallon ya tsaya waje, kuma a cikin ƙasa da mintuna biyu Arsenal sun juya sakamako zuwa nasu fifiko.

Tsohon manajan Brentford Thomas Frank, mutumin da ya sanya hannun Raya a asali, ya yabi ayyukansu da ƙwazo. "Wannan kame fanariti ya wuce gona da iri. Yana fita da sauri sosai. A gare ni shi ne mafi kyawun mai tsaro a Premier League da ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyau a duniya," Frank ya shaida wa BBC Match of the Day. Keown ya ƙara: "Yana da matukar muhimmanci ga Arsenal da abin da suke cimma. Yana da ban sha'awa kuma baya karɓar yabo da ya cancanta."

Arsenal yanzu sun kiyaye ragar su a tsabta a wasanni biyar daga shida a duk gasa a wannan kakar, ciki har da duk wasanninsu uku na waje — ci gaba da ƙarfin tsaro da ya ginsa lakabin kakar da ta wuce.

Guimaraes yana sanar da kansa

Jimawa bayan kame Raya, mai maye gurbi Bruno Guimaraes ya harba ƙwallon ya shiga cikin raga bayan bugun ƙarƙashin mashigin don burin farko. Sa'an nan ya ƙara harbi mai karkacewa daga gefen yankin fanariti don na biyu — ɗan takara mai ƙarfi ga mafi kyawun burin kakar wanda ya sanar da shi da ƙarfi ga masu goyon bayan Arsenal.

Sa hannun rani na £75 miliyan daga Newcastle ya sami farko mara kyau a rayuwarsa a Arsenal, yana kasa fara wasa guda ɗaya tun Community Shield bayan ƙaramar rauni a guringuntsi. Yanayin da ya nuna a Stadium of Light ba shi da wata shakkar ko ɗaya.

"Kyakkyawan burin ne. Kowa ya san tarihin da na yi — ina tarihin ban sha'awa a Newcastle," Guimaraes ya shaida wa TNT Sports. "Amma yanzu ina ƙoƙarin ƙirƙiro wani tarihi a nan kuma ina farawa da ƙafar dama."

Keown ya kwatanta muhimmancin wasan: "Wannan burin yana magana game da hali da ɗabi'a. Yana cewa: zan bar alamata a wannan kulob. Ya rufe bakakan jama'ar tabbas — ƙwararren ɗan wasa, yana tafiya zuwa matakin gaba."

Arsenal sun bar arewa maso gabashin Ingila cikin gajiya, an ɗan yi musu barazana, amma a ƙarshe ba a karya su ba — nasara tara a jere kuma har yanzu ana neman wasanninsu.