Arsenal vs Everton: Five reasons why it was the most exciting game of the season so far

Arsenal vs Everton was the perfect game in many ways. The football was end to end and positive; the game evenly balanced itself out at the end in terms of possession and chances created. Both teams scored late goals which ended up in either of them dropping points with a sigh of relief transcending across the top half of the Premier League.

Here are some of the most intriguing factors that produced such a pulsating game or as the commentators so aptly put it, “the Premier League at its intense best”.

1) Centre-Half Perfection

One of the key elements in the game that ensured neither team ran away with goals was the performances of the centre halves on the pitch. Lukaku and Giroud were restricted to tandom individual moments threatening on the odd occasion.

Laurent Koscielny in particular was having a stellar game using his pace to intercept passes played behind the Arsenal defensive line, ensuring he did the same in front of the back line as well. Phil Jagielka produced a captain’s display marshalling the Everton defence even as Coleman and Oviedo galloped forward to aid the Evertonian attacking force.

Only such performances could restrict a game of such intensity, drama and goal scoring chances to what looked a dismal but fair score line at the end.