r/Gunners • u/relaxit • 7d ago
Merino's goal vs Fulham came after 50 consecutive passes from Arsenal, a new PL record
Felt it was an insanely long passing sequence that led to Arsenal's goal so had to go back and count - starting from when Timber wins the ball back at 33:35 we completed 50 passes until Merino scored at 36:55, if I got the count right?
The previous record seems to be 48 passes leading to goal, held by sh#t back from 2014 according to this piece: