Ipswich v Arsenal LIVE: Gunners dominate 10-man Tractor Boys to keep title hopes alive
Ipswich 0-4 Arsenal: Leandro Trossard scored twice and Leif Davis was sent off as the Gunners stopped Liverpool mathematically sealing the title for another week at least
Arsenal cantered to a 4-0 victory over Ipswich Town to end Liverpool's hopes of winning the Premier League title on Sunday, with Leandro Trossard scoring twice and the hosts' Leif Davis sent off for a dangerous tackle on Bukayo Saka.
Arsenal moved on to 66 points in second spot but Liverpool, who face relegation-threatened Leicester City later, still only need to win two of their remaining games to secure the crown.
After dominating the opening exchanges, Arsenal took the lead through Trossard in the 14th minute and Gabriel Martinelli doubled the advantage with a simple finish in the 28th minute before Davis was shown a straight red card for raking his studs down the back of Saka's leg.
Trossard grabbed his second in the 69th minute and Ethan Nwaneri added a late fourth to leave Ipswich stuck in 18th place on 21 points. They will be relegated if they drop points again or 17th-placed West Ham United pick up one more point from their remaining five games.
Relive all the action from the Premier League clash in our live blog below:
Arsenal delay Liverpool’s title party to leave Ipswich on the brink of relegation
Arsenal denied Liverpool the opportunity to be crowned Premier League champions on Easter Sunday with a 4-0 victory against 10-man Ipswich Town at Portman Road.
Leandro Trossard put Mikel Arteta’s side ahead after just 14 minutes and Gabriel Martinelli doubled their advantage shortly before the half-hour mark.
Ipswich were then forced to play for an hour with 10 players after Leif Davis was shown a straight red card for a late tackle on Bukayo Saka.
Trossard added his second on 69 minutes with substitute Ethan Nwaneri completing the rout two minutes from time.
Arsenal delay Liverpool’s title party to leave Ipswich on the brink of relegation
WATCH: Nwaneri makes it four
Here’s how Arsenal rounded off the 4-0 win, with Ethan Nwaneri’s deflected goal
FULL-TIME! Ipswich 0-4 Arsenal
Easy street for Arsenal and they keep the Premier League title race alive, mathematically at least...
Meanwhile, Ipswich will be heading for the Championship - 15 points from safety with five games to go.
Ipswich 0-4 Arsenal, 90+3 mins
A couple of short corners as Arsenal run down the clock. Zinchenko then cuts in and shoots but it flies over the bar.
Ipswich 0-4 Arsenal, 90 mins
Into four minutes of added time as Arsenal see this out
GOAL! Ipswich 0-4 Arsenal (Ethan Nwaneri, 88 mins)
And it’s another one for Arsenal! Ethan Nwaneri cuts in on his left foot and fires goalwards from just inside the box. It takes two deflections and ends up in the bottom corner!
Nwaneri barely celebrates and it may go down as an own goal eventually but they all count.
Ipswich 0-3 Arsenal, 86 mins
No hat-trick for Trossard as he’s subbed off, with youngster Nathan Butler-Oyedeji coming on.
Free-kick in a dangerous position for Arsenal as Morsy fouls Zinchenko. Rice is off the pitch, so who fancies this for the Gunners?
Zinchenko himself lines this up but curls it straight into the wall
Ipswich 0-3 Arsenal, 82 mins
Liam Delap, who has been suffering with a rib injury in recent weeks, comes on for the final 10 minutes. Massimo Luongo also on as Cajuste and Hirst go off.
Ipswich 0-3 Arsenal, 76 mins
Hirst shows his pace to burst past Kiwior but his cross is too long and goes all the way through the area.
At the other end, Sterling tries to jink his way through defenders but gets stopped and the offside flag is up anyway.
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