{"id":485443,"date":"2026-02-19T14:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485443\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:13:14","slug":"wolves-2-2-arsenal-gunners-throw-away-two-goal-lead-to-draw-with-bottom-side-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485443\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves 2-2 Arsenal: Gunners throw away two-goal lead to draw with bottom side"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leaders Arsenal blew a 2-0 lead in dramatic fashion to draw at rock-bottom Wolves and missed the chance to go seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Gunners defender Riccardo Calafiori turned in debutant Tom Edozie’s shot in the fourth minute of added time for a late leveller after goalkeeper David Raya and centre-back Gabriel made a mess of clearing a high ball into the box.<\/p>\n

Hugo Bueno had started Wolves’ comeback with a stunning curling effort after Bukayo Saka – with his first goal in 15 games – and Piero Hincapie gave Arsenal what seemed a commanding lead.<\/p>\n

The Gunners had control at Molineux as Bukayo Saka celebrated his new contract with the fifth-minute opener.<\/a><\/p>\n

The England forward nodded in Declan Rice’s cross – just a day after signing a fresh five-year deal at the Emirates – before Hincapie added a 56th-minute second with a smart finish from a Gabriel pass for his first goal for the club.<\/p>\n

Yet after Saka – who ended a 15-game goal drought in all competitions – went off following treatment, Arsenal struggled under pressure as Hugo Bueno pulled a goal back with a stunning curler in the 61st minute.<\/p>\n

Wolves pushed at the end and when Gabriel got in the way as Raya tried to clear a cross, 19-year-old Edozie – on for his senior debut as a substitute – slammed in a shot that struck Calafiori and went in off the post.<\/p>\n

Arsenal were stunned, with tempers frayed at the end after Gabriel Jesus shoved over Yerson Mosquera, as their lead over Manchester City is five points, with Pep Guardiola’s side having a game in hand.<\/p>\n

It was a damaging night for Mikel Arteta’s men in their quest for a first league title since 2004.<\/p>\n

Yet they still remain in the hunt for a quadruple of trophies, also facing City in next month’s Carabao Cup final, into the Champions League last 16 – having topped the league phase – and FA Cup fifth round.<\/p>\n

But this result will once more spark doubts over Arsenal’s staying power, having finished second in the past three successive seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leaders Arsenal blew a 2-0 lead in dramatic fashion to draw at rock-bottom Wolves and missed the chance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-485443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}