Resurgent Arsenal win at Leicester

Resurgent Arsenal win at Leicester

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Emile Smith Rowe scores for Arsenal
Emile Smith Rowe has scored four goals in his past seven appearances for Arsenal in all competitions.

Arsenal continued their recent resurgence with a comfortable Premier League win over Leicester City at King Power Stadium.

The visitors capitalised on a lacklustre start from the hosts to dominate the early exchanges and were rewarded with a two-goal lead inside 20 minutes.

Gabriel put the Gunners in front, climbing above several static Leicester defenders to head in from Bukayo Saka’s corner, while Emile Smith Rowe picked his spot when the ball broke to him after good work from Saka and Alexandre Lacazette.

Mikel Arteta’s side are now unbeaten in seven top-flight games and climb from 10th to fifth in the table, level on points with fourth-placed West Ham, before Saturday’s other fixtures.

It was a disappointing afternoon for Leicester who remain in mid-table.

Brendan Rodgers’ side were roared on by an enthusiastic home crowd but struggled to find the rhythm and poise that helped them to successive victories over Manchester United and Brentford.

James Maddison’s curling free-kick just before the break brought a fine save from Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale but despite a significant improvement after the break they were unable to claw themselves back into the contest.

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Leicester City

  1. Squad number1Player nameSchmeichel

  2. Squad number18Player nameAmartey

  3. Squad number6Player nameEvans

  4. Squad number4Player nameSöyüncü

  5. Squad number27Player nameCastagne

  6. Squad number8Player nameTielemans

  7. Squad number42Player nameSoumaré

  8. Squad number33Player nameThomas

  9. Squad number10Player nameMaddison

  10. Squad number14Player nameIheanacho

  11. Squad number9Player nameVardy

  1. Squad number7Player nameBarnes

  2. Squad number29Player nameDaka

  3. Squad number37Player nameLookman

Arsenal

  1. placeholderSquad number8Player nameØdegaard
  2. placeholderSquad number19Player namePépé
  3. p065r4b0Squad number31Player nameKolasinac

Line-ups

Leicester

Formation 3-4-1-2

  • 1Schmeichel
  • 18AmarteySubstituted forBarnesat 45′minutes
  • 6EvansBooked at 68mins
  • 4Söyüncü
  • 27Castagne
  • 8Tielemans
  • 42Soumaré
  • 33Thomas
  • 10MaddisonSubstituted forDakaat 71′minutes
  • 14IheanachoSubstituted forLookmanat 45′minutes
  • 9VardyBooked at 75mins

Substitutes

  • 5Bertrand
  • 7Barnes
  • 12Ward
  • 20Choudhury
  • 22Dewsbury-Hall
  • 23Vestergaard
  • 25Ndidi
  • 29Daka
  • 37Lookman

Arsenal

Formation 4-4-1-1

  • 32Ramsdale
  • 18Tomiyasu
  • 4White
  • 6Gabriel
  • 20Varela Tavares
  • 7SakaSubstituted forPépéat 85′minutes
  • 5Partey
  • 23Sambi Lokonga
  • 10Smith RoweSubstituted forKolasinacat 90′minutes
  • 9LacazetteSubstituted forØdegaardat 58′minutes
  • 14Aubameyang

Substitutes

  • 1Leno
  • 8Ødegaard
  • 15Maitland-Niles
  • 16Holding
  • 17Cédric Soares
  • 19Pépé
  • 25Elneny
  • 31Kolasinac
  • 35Martinelli

Referee:
Michael Oliver

Attendance:
32,209

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