Arsenal moved up to second in the Premier League table as they bounced back from Bukayo Saka’s injury blow to see off Ipswich in a sleepy festive affair.
In their final fixture of 2024, the wasteful Gunners did not deliver a vintage display but, thanks to Kai Havertz’s first-half goal, still produced a third consecutive win across all competitions that was good enough to see them leapfrog both in-form Nottingham Forest and Chelsea and pull within six points of leaders Liverpool, who have a game in hand.
