Arsenal eye PL record v Tottenham: Super Eagles star last player to score against table-toppers

Table-toppers Arsenal are aiming for a Premier League record when they face off with Tottenham Hotspur at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, April 28,reports the official website of the Gunners. 

Arsenal could become the third club to keep seven successive away clean sheets in the Premier League if they do not concede in the north London derby. 

The initial record was set by Chelsea under Luiz Felipe Scolari, between September and December 2008 when they posted seven shutouts and later in that season, Manchester United also replicated the feat from November 2008 to February 2009.

Nigeria legend John Obi Mikel was a key member of the Chelsea side that set the record for successive away clean sheets, going the distance in games against Stoke City, Middlesbrough, Hull City, Blackburn Rovers, West Brom, Bolton Wanderers and Everton.

No player has scored against Mikel Arteta's team in a Premier League away game since January 30, 2024 when Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi came off the bench to score what turned out to be a consolation in the 89th minute as Nottingham Forest were beaten 2-1 by Arsenal. 

Arsenal happen to be Awoniyi's joint favourite opponent since he turned professional, having netted three goals against them. 

He has scored against the Gunners on every occasion except for one, which was during his first match against them on matchday 14 of the 2022-2023 season at the Emirates Stadium.

The Nottingham Forest number 9 has also registered three goals apiece in matches against Standard Liege, Cologne, VfB Stuttgart, FSV Mainz, West Ham United and Southampton. 

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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