Twitter reacts to Arsenal's 3-0 win against Watford

Arsenal hosted Watford at the Emirates today and it was a game that they needed to win. Despite suffering three losses in a row in the Premier League, Arsenal were coming on the back of a 2-0 win in Italy against AC Milan in the UEFA Europa League.

Shkodran Mustafi gave the Gunners the lead from a Mesut Ozil free kick in the eighth minute. The first-half was an end-to-end affair and both teams got decent chances to score, but it ended 1-0.

Arsenal doubled their lead at the hour mark when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rounded the keeper to slot it in after Henrikh Mkhitaryan put him through.

Minutes later, Watford were given a penalty when Roberto Pereyra was brought down inside the box. Petr Cech denied Troy Deeney from the spot and saved a penalty for Arsenal in his sixteenth attempt. Watford tried to get back in to the game but the result was put beyond doubt when Mkhitaryan scored to make it 3-0 from Aubameyang's pass.

The game had its nervy moments but Arsenal ran out 3-0 winners to give them a huge morale boost heading into the business end of the season. Petr Cech became the first Premier League goalkeeper to reach 200 clean sheets.

Here are the goals:

GOAL ! Great start. Ozils freekick is headed in by Mustafi. 1-0 to Arsenal ! pic.twitter.com/Iricg8xvoA

— ArsenalUpdates (@ArsenalEdits___) March 11, 2018

Aubameyang makes it 2-0 Arsenal pic.twitter.com/G7fGHwW9SV

— Terje (@TerjeGIFs) March 11, 2018

Mkhitaryan gets on the scoresheet as well, 3-0 pic.twitter.com/0BvSXtF8gv

— Terje (@TerjeGIFs) March 11, 2018

Cech saved a penalty to keep his clean sheet intact. In his 16th attempt!

And here is Peter Cech first ever penalty save for #arsenal. #football #epl. #ARSWAT pic.twitter.com/o5u4IGzV2k

— Omogbolahan (@GbolahanAkinwum) March 11, 2018

Twitter had its own share of fun:

Arsenal fans made their voice heard.

Fair play to the Arsenal fans that want to emulate Man City this season. Empty seats everywhere inside the Emirates. If you can’t beat them, join them. #ARSWAT

— SportsJOE (@SportsJOE_UK) March 11, 2018

Unhappy fans. Empty seats. 1st time I have seen that in more than 20 years. #Arsenal

— Bernard the Gooner (@bernard_gooner) March 11, 2018

Huge shock at the Emirates as Arsenal are 1-0 up against Watford.

— Major League Shocker (@MLShocker) March 11, 2018

Options that Alex Iwobi can make when he gets the ball:1. easy pass to destroy build up 2. give the ball away with a bad pass/dribble 3. take speculative shot with 1% chance of scoring #ARSWAT #IwobiOut #WengerOut

— Al van Aanholt (@alexvanaanholt) March 11, 2018

Arsenal doing that thing again. Trying to pass the ball into the net. 2-3 really good chances amounting to naught. Sharper. Come on. #ARSWAT

— Arsene Wenger 33179 (@Wenger33179) March 11, 2018

Elneny has been giving this team a lot of movement but shame on poor Iwobi @ArsenalFanTV @Arsenal #ARSWAT

— Emman (@solar_2203) March 11, 2018

I was alive when Petr Cech saved a penalty for Arsenal #ARSWAT #AFCvWFC

— Satyam Arya (@indiangooner7) March 11, 2018

🅰️ Mkhitaryan.⚽️ Aubameyang.🅰️ Aubameyang.⚽️ Mkhitaryan.🤙 Just like old times... #ARSWAT pic.twitter.com/54EOCchQEK

— Sky Bet (@SkyBet) March 11, 2018

Petr Cech has saved a penalty. Now he's just 10 mins from that elusive 200th Premier League clean sheet. Close.#ARSWAT pic.twitter.com/1xfMusIECM

— FourFourTwo ⚽️ (@FourFourTwo) March 11, 2018

Classic later period-Wenger @arsenal. Playing well and stringing some decent results together when the season is nearly over and they aren’t in contention. #ARSWAT pic.twitter.com/Tz6FKx9PTE

— grahamsmith83 (@grahamsmith83) March 11, 2018

Hats off to @PetrCech - what a save! #ARSWAT pic.twitter.com/9HIa7ny6O2

— David Hayles 🇷🇺 (@dibhayles) March 11, 2018

Watford's fans did not disappoint either!

Doucoure for Watford is mad good

— dec (@_declanmurphyxx) March 11, 2018

Even Deeney's parents hate him. Why else would they name him Troy?#ARSWAT

— Richard Jones (@Reg791) March 11, 2018

@richarlison97 Be Thinking He's @dele_official Like #ARSWAT #COYG #Diving #AFC pic.twitter.com/xoUkRLYUau

— Sean 'Pollux' Whitehead (@Pree_King_) March 11, 2018

There were some stats to take away from the match.

Arsenal are now the second team to score 1000 home goals in the Premier League.Man United (1066) the first. pic.twitter.com/CSvDkDR9Of

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) March 11, 2018

Mesut Özil has become the fastest player to reach 50 Premier League assistsOzil: 141 games⚡Cantona:143 games#ARSWAT pic.twitter.com/kuW7wqqjcd

— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) March 11, 2018

Petr Cech: Has saved his first penalty for Arsenal on his 16th attempt #ARSWAT

— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) March 11, 2018

RECORD: Petr Cech is now the first player to keep 200 clean sheets in the Premier League doing it in 431 games:Chelsea (162)Arsenal (38)Legend of the game. pic.twitter.com/DFVBqfKz5I

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) March 11, 2018