🚨 High-flying Arsenal put Leicester to the sword

Arsenal’s spectacular run within the Premier League continued on Sunday as they edged a hapless Leceister 2-0 on the Emirates Stadium. 

A Thomas Partey early purpose set the Gunners on their option to victory, with Alexander Lacazette scoring from the spot within the second half to wrap up the win. 

Backed by a roaring Emirates, Arsenal obtained off to a flying begin and will have been given a seventh-minute penalty when Gabriel Martinelli went down within the field after a problem, however the referee, who was unsighted, waved play on.

It didn’t take lengthy for them to take the lead as Partey outjumped the defence and glanced a header into the again of the web within the eleventh minute for the lead.

The Ghanaian nearly made it two within the nineteenth minute after he picked up a exact cross on the sting of the field and instantly unleashed a shot on purpose, however his effort solely rattled the precise submit.

The Foxes have been overrun for lengthy intervals, however got here near equalising within the thirty sixth minute. 

Harvey Barnes jumped excessive to fulfill a cross and glanced a promising header from shut vary in the direction of the roof of the web, however Aaron Ramsdale pulled off a superb save to maintain it out.

The Gunners picked the second half with related momentum they completed the primary, and got here near grabbing a second within the 51st minute when Saka picked up a lofted cross contained in the field and fired a fast shot to the left submit. His promising effort was stored out by Kasper Schmeichel, who pulled off a shocking save. 

4 minutes later, Schmeichel was known as into motion as soon as once more, this time stopping Ben White’s try from hitting the again of the web. 

Caglar Soyuncu then dealt with the ball contained in the field simply earlier than the hour-mark, and after an extended VAR examine, the referee awarded Arsenal a penalty. 

Lacazette then stepped as much as stub the ball residence into the highest of the roof to finish his nine-match purpose drought. 

With Leicester subdued, the Gunners had a lot of probabilities so as to add to their tally, however good goalkeeping and determined defending stored the rating at 2-0 at full-time. 

The win, their fifth in a row, put the Gunners in an enviable place within the race for Europe as they moved a degree above Man United into fourth with three matches at hand.