Leicester City 0-1 Arsenal: Gabriel Martinelli goal gives Gunners win

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Gabriel Martinelli scores versus LeicesterGabriel Martinelli's victor was his ninth extremity of the Premier League season

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

  1. Squad number1Player nameWard

  2. Squad number27Player nameCastagne

  3. Squad number15Player nameSouttar

  4. Squad number3Player nameFaes

  5. Squad number16Player nameKristiansen

  6. Squad number26Player namePraet

  7. Squad number25Player nameNdidi

  8. Squad number22Player nameDewsbury-Hall

  9. Squad number37Player nameTetê

  10. Squad number14Player nameIheanacho

  11. Squad number7Player nameBarnes

  1. Squad number8Player nameTielemans

  2. Squad number9Player nameVardy

  3. Squad number20Player nameDaka

  4. Squad number21Player nameRicardo Pereira

  5. Squad number42Player nameSoumaré

Arsenal

  1. Squad number1Player nameRamsdale

  2. Squad number4Player nameWhite

  3. Squad number12Player nameSaliba

  4. Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães

  5. Squad number35Player nameZinchenko

  6. Squad number8Player nameØdegaard

  7. Squad number20Player nameJorginho

  8. Squad number34Player nameXhaka

  9. Squad number7Player nameSaka

  10. Squad number19Player nameTrossard

  11. Squad number11Player nameGabriel Martinelli

  1. Squad number5Player namePartey

  2. Squad number14Player nameNketiah

  3. 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

  1. Match ends, Leicester City 0, Arsenal 1.

  2. Second Half ends, Leicester City 0, Arsenal 1.

  3. Hand shot by Harvey Barnes (Leicester City).

  4. Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Harry Souttar.

  5. Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.

  6. Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.

  7. Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Youri Tielemans (Leicester City).

  8. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  9. Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).

  10. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.

  11. Foul by Youri Tielemans (Leicester City).

  12. Substitution, Leicester City. Ricardo Pereira replaces Timothy Castagne.

  13. Offside, Arsenal. Ben White tries a done ball, but Eddie Nketiah is caught offside.

  14. Substitution, Arsenal. Thomas Partey replaces Martin Ødegaard.

  15. Delay over. They are acceptable to continue.

  16. Delay successful lucifer due to the fact that of an wounded Jorginho (Arsenal).

  17. Offside, Leicester City. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall tries a done ball, but Harvey Barnes is caught offside.

  18. Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Wilfred Ndidi.

  19. Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Dennis Praet.

  20. Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).

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