Gabriel Martinelli's extremity was capable to assistance Arsenal widen their pb astatine the apical of the Premier League with a hard-fought 1-0 triumph astatine Leicester City.
The Brazilian struck successful the archetypal infinitesimal of the 2nd half, latching connected to a deft walk from Leandro Trossard to rotation his changeable past Danny Ward.
Trossard had a good first-half extremity disallowed aft Arsenal's Ben White held Ward successful the build-up.
Arsenal pb Manchester City by 5 points earlier they look Bournemouth successful Saturday's 17:30 GMT kick-off.
Leicester stay 14th.
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Leicester City
Squad number1Player nameWard
Squad number27Player nameCastagne
Squad number15Player nameSouttar
Squad number3Player nameFaes
Squad number16Player nameKristiansen
Squad number26Player namePraet
Squad number25Player nameNdidi
Squad number22Player nameDewsbury-Hall
Squad number37Player nameTetê
Squad number14Player nameIheanacho
Squad number7Player nameBarnes
Squad number8Player nameTielemans
Squad number9Player nameVardy
Squad number20Player nameDaka
Squad number21Player nameRicardo Pereira
Squad number42Player nameSoumaré
Arsenal
Squad number1Player nameRamsdale
Squad number4Player nameWhite
Squad number12Player nameSaliba
Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães
Squad number35Player nameZinchenko
Squad number8Player nameØdegaard
Squad number20Player nameJorginho
Squad number34Player nameXhaka
Squad number7Player nameSaka
Squad number19Player nameTrossard
Squad number11Player nameGabriel Martinelli
Squad number5Player namePartey
Squad number14Player nameNketiah
Squad number18Player nameTomiyasu
Line-ups
Leicester
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Ward
- 27CastagneSubstituted forRicardo Pereiraat 85'minutes
- 15Souttar
- 3Faes
- 16Kristiansen
- 26PraetSubstituted forDakaat 77'minutes
- 25NdidiSubstituted forSoumaréat 77'minutes
- 22Dewsbury-Hall
- 37TetêSubstituted forTielemansat 62'minutes
- 14IheanachoSubstituted forVardyat 62'minutes
- 7Barnes
Substitutes
- 8Tielemans
- 9Vardy
- 18Amartey
- 20Daka
- 21Ricardo Pereira
- 24Mendy
- 31Iversen
- 33Thomas
- 42Soumaré
Arsenal
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Ramsdale
- 4White
- 12Saliba
- 6Gabriel
- 35ZinchenkoSubstituted forTomiyasuat 90+3'minutes
- 8ØdegaardSubstituted forParteyat 84'minutes
- 20Jorginho
- 34Xhaka
- 7Saka
- 19TrossardSubstituted forNketiahat 70'minutes
- 11MartinelliBooked astatine 38mins
Substitutes
- 3Tierney
- 5Partey
- 10Smith Rowe
- 14Nketiah
- 15Kiwior
- 16Holding
- 18Tomiyasu
- 21Fábio Vieira
- 30Turner
Referee:Craig Pawson
Attendance:32,227
Live Text
Match ends, Leicester City 0, Arsenal 1.
Second Half ends, Leicester City 0, Arsenal 1.
Hand shot by Harvey Barnes (Leicester City).
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Harry Souttar.
Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Youri Tielemans (Leicester City).
Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Youri Tielemans (Leicester City).
Substitution, Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira replaces Timothy Castagne.
Offside, Arsenal. Ben White tries a done ball, but Eddie Nketiah is caught offside.
Substitution, Arsenal. Thomas Partey replaces Martin Ødegaard.
Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.
Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Jorginho (Arsenal).
Offside, Leicester City. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall tries a done ball, but Harvey Barnes is caught offside.
Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Dennis Praet.
Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
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