Arsenal suffered a likely decisive blow to their fierce hope in the Premier League title race when they were held into a 1-1 draw in Everton.
The Gunners hoped to lower Liverpool’s lead at the top to nine points with the victory during their last trip to Goodison Park.
The men of Mikel Arteta looked on their way to achieving that performance when Leandro Trossard shot them in a 34th minute lead.
The 49th minute penalty from Iliman Ndiaye turned out to earn Everton share of the loot, so that Arsenal lags 11 points behind Liverpool, which can extend the gap to 14 points with the victory in Fulham on Sunday.
Everton v Arsenal
Both parties threatened in the first half from Set pieces without testing the goalkeeper and instead of a dead-ball delivery, it was a counterattack that brought the arsenal opener.
Idrissa Gana Gueye and Jarrad Branthwaite went for the same ball, with the header of the former landing that landed in a friendly way for Raheem Sterling, who rose to the edge of the box before he saved for Trossard to land Parrow over Jordan Pickford and in the top right corner.
Pickford had to be alert to deny Trossard for a second in the first half of the stopping time, because after breaking the impasse, with the recurring Ndiaye that Everton’s best moment of the opening period, Arsenal produced himself from a long distance about the crossbar.
But Everton got a route back in the game when Myles Lewis-Skelly Jack Harrison brought in within the area and, despite a long delay for a VAR control, Ndiaye kept his calmness to send David Raya in the wrong way and delivering things.
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– Everton (@EVerton) April 5, 2025
Abdoulaye Doucoure then pulled a smart rescue from David Raya when Everton turned the game upside down, but on the other hand Jordan Pickford was obliged to hit a well-beaten Declan Rice Free-Kick after an excellent Run by Lewis-Skelly.
Martin Odegaard should have done better with a chance of a short distance and Gabriel Martinelli forced Pickford in a different diving stop while Arsenal insisted on a late winner.
Mikel Merino then flashed a header, and that turned out to be the last chance for the Gunners, because they had not retained the pressure on Liverpool, which can be considered firmly as champions as they prevail in Craven Cottage.
Arsenal will at least be worried about a strong finish of the game that will be on Tuesday’s first stage in the first stage on Tuesday with Real Madrid, but the draw is another result that is indicative for a season in which they have missed too many opportunities to seriously challenge Liverpool.
