Arsenal 4-2 Leicester: We love a bit of drama (on a sad day)

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Step right up folks, and strap yourself in for another dose of Arsenal drama. Nobody does it like us. Nobody does it more than us, and nobody does it better than us. If there’s an easy way to do something, we’ll a different way. A harder way, a more challenging way, but we will find a way. Never a dull moment at the Emirates for Mickey and his Boys!

What can you say? This had the hallmarks of the most routine win you could ever want. At home, against a newly promoted side. You’re 2-0 up at the break having dominated the first half, and then midway into the second period it’s 2-2 and you’re wondering how we got here. Then you remember it’s Arsenal are we addicted to drama. Or farce. Take your pick.

The game started well, Gabriel Martinelli shot over with his left foot and that worried me because that lad needed a goal. Thankfully it came not long after, Jurrien Timber providing the ball across, Martinelli applying the finish. Not the most powerful you’ll ever see, but he just needed one to go in, so for 1-0 that was very nice.

We had 13 attempts on goal in the first half (a nice warm-up for the second), and the lead was doubled just before the break when Martinelli found Leandro Trossard in some space in the box, and the Belgian’s finish was as clinical as you’d expect from him in that position. Some breathing room I don’t think anyone could argue we didn’t deserve.

Even though he’s now nearly 70 and looking more like Harold Steptoe than a Premier League player, Jamie Vardy still caused us a little problem. He ran in front of Saliba, tripped himself up in the process, and Leicester got a free kick (and a booking for Big Willy). Canny old fox (Fox). From the resulting free kick Kai Havertz just dropped a bit too deep, James Justin’s header deflected off him and in. At first it just looked like David Raya had made a mistake, we should know better, the deflection did him.

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Publish date : 2024-09-29 06:44:38

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