fly up the pitch

[Kontol]

What is the meaning of "fly up the pitch" in this sentence?

GOAL! Everton 0-1 Arsenal (Odegaard 45+2)
Arsenal lead!
Arsenal fly up the pitch into Everton's half, and Tierney crosses into the box. Odegaard arrives to stroke home a beautiful first-time volley into the net.

Lovely finish. His second in two matches.

Everton FINALLY win again to ease pressure on Rafa Benitez

EVERTON 2-1 ARSENAL - IAN LADYMAN AT GOODISON PARK: Signs of life from Everton at last. Rafael Benitez's team only played for about 20 minutes here.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Rover_KE]

You were told yesterday what 'up the field' means, so you should be able to figure out what 'up the pitch' means, and have a good guess what 'fly' could mean.

Please make your own effort to interpret this stuff first before asking us.