Win over Sheffield United ends Arsenal’s 28-year Steel City jinx

Win over Sheffield United ends Arsenal’s 28-year Steel City jinx

Arsenal ended their 28-year winless league drought in Sheffield at Bramall Lane (Rui Vieira/PA)

Arsenal ended their 28-year league hoodoo in the Steel City following a convincing 3-0 victory at Sheffield United on Sunday evening.

Arsenal fans had to go back into the archives since they last recorded a Premier League victory in the city of Sheffield, when Ian Wright’s eighth-minute goal proved enough against Sheffield Wednesday in August 1993.

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