Everton 0-1 Arsenal: Leandro Trossard strike gives Gunners points after Gabriel Martinelli's disallowed goal
Report and highlights as Leandro Trossard's second-half goal gives Arsenal a narrow victory over Everton; Gabriel Martinelli had earlier seen an effort contentiously ruled out by VAR for offside; win takes Arsenal up to fourth; Everton remain 18th
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Sunday 17 September 2023 21:07, UK
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Leandro Trossard's second-half strike secured a hard-fought 1-0 victory for Arsenal against Everton as the Gunners ended a five-game winless run at Goodison Park.
Trossard, a first-half substitute for the injured Gabriel Martinelli, struck his winner in style, firing a first-time finish in off the post from Bukayo Saka's pass following a smartly-worked corner.
It came after a controversially-disallowed Martinelli strike in the first half, when Eddie Nketiah was found to be fractionally offside by VAR earlier in the passage of play, despite the ball only reaching him via a heavy deflection off Everton striker Beto.
Beto's intervention drastically altered the course of Gabriel Magalhaes' sideways pass, but PGMOL rules state that a deflection must be deliberate, which is defined as a player having control of the ball, and Beto was deemed not to be in control.
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Arsenal continued to probe, however, with Trossard's first Premier League goal of the season eventually clinching a long-awaited Goodison victory which moves the Gunners up to fourth while continuing Everton's winless start to the campaign.
Gabriel meets a bouncing ball just inside the Arsenal half and attempts to play a short pass inside to his centre-back partner William Saliba.
As he releases the pass, Everton striker Beto comes
