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:
GOAL! Ipswich 0-3 Arsenal (Leandro Trossard, 69 mins)
A short corner finally works for Arsenal! Rice slips a pass into Leandro Trossard, who is inexplicably unmarked eight yards out, just to the left of the goal and he slots the ball through a defender’s legs and into the corner.
The second time he’s nutmegged en route to a goal today!
Ipswich 0-2 Arsenal, 67 mins
Martinelli’s shot is deflected wide for a corner. Again, Arsenal go short and they win another corner from Trossard’s blocked cross.
Martinelli then rifles a shot at goal but Greaves blocks well.
Ipswich 0-2 Arsenal, 62 mins
Arsenal still probing here with a couple of dangerous crosses but can’t find another killer breakthrough. Odegaard sends a dipping shot towards the bottom corner but Palmer saves
CLOSE! Ipswich 0-2 Arsenal, 57 mins
Ipswich’s best moment of the game. Morsy lofts a pass over the top into the channel for Hirst to chase. He cuts inside on to his right foot and tries to power a shot into the far corner but it goes wide
Double substitute for Arsenal as Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri comes for Saka and Merino. Arteta having the luxury to protect Saka here
Ipswich 0-2 Arsenal, 55 mins
Saka stands up a cross for Merino at the back stick but Tuanzebe defends it well. It’s still quite a niggly encounter on the whole
Ipswich 0-2 Arsenal, 52 mins
Ipswich struggling to get out of their own defensive third. They wina free-kick as Merino fouls Morsy, who reacts angrily and there’s a bit of afters between them. A talking-to from the ref and it calms down.
Saliba then pulls Taylor’s shirt in his own box but both men are holding so nothing doing in terms of a penalty.
Ipswich 0-2 Arsenal, 48 mins
Arsenal win an early corner. They go short, it’s worked to Odegaard at the byline, he flashes a shot goalwards and Palmer saves with his feet for another corner.
Short again, eventually Tuanzebe concedes a third corner in quick succession. They go short once more but this time Ipswich can run the ball out of danger. They survive.
HALF-TIME! Ipswich 0-2 Arsenal
A slightly breathless first half comes to an end. Arsenal have had 11 shots to Ipswich’s two and they’ve completely dominated.
Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli have scored nice goals, while Leif Davis was sent off to reduce Ipswich to 10 men. Bukayo Saka has been sublime other than his finishing, which has been diabolical.
It probably should be more than 2-0 to Arsenal and it’s hard to see a way back for Ipswich in the second half.
Ipswich 0-2 Arsenal, 45+3 mins
Five minutes of added time. Ipswich almost create something clear-cut as Hirst nods down a free-kick in a dangerous-looking area but they commit a foul and Arsenal clear.
At the other end, things are slightly frantic and there are some big challenges going in. eventually Hirst is pinged for a foul
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