
<p>Gabriel Martinelli’s second-half goal gave Arsenal a vital away win against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon. </p>



<p>The crucial victory means that the Gunners now lead reigning Champions Manchester City by 5 points at the summit of the <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/premier-league-tv-schedule/">Premier League</a> standings.</p>



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<h5>Arsenal dominate from beginning to end</h5>



<p>Mikel Arteta’s side dominated possession right from the go and appeared to have taken the lead in the 26<sup>th</sup> minute when January signing Leandro Trossard smacked in a delightful finish in the top corner following Bukayo Saka’s in-swinging corner. </p>



<p>However, the away side’s joy was short-lived as <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-leicester-trossard-var-disallowed-29312023" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">VAR chalked off</a> the goal after replays suggested that Ben White had fouled Leicester goalkeeper Danny Ward leading to the goal.</p>



<p>Three minutes later, the hosts had the ball in the back of the net again, but the effort was ruled out for offside. </p>



<p>Oleksandr Zinchenko had given the ball away to Tete; the Brazilian played through Kelechi Iheanacho, who kept his composure and chipped Arron Ramsdale to put the ball in the back of the net. </p>



<p>However, the striker had made his run too early and was yards offside much to the frustration of the home faithful.</p>



<p>Arsenal were by far the better of the two sides playing with composure in the middle of the park and dominating possession with their wide range of passing.</p>



<h5>Arsenal make fast start to second half</h5>



<p>Just seconds after the restart, Martinelli finally gave <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/teams/arsenal-tv-schedule/">Arsenal</a> the lead with a smart finish. &nbsp;</p>



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<div class="ck-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gabriel Martinelli fires Arsenal into the lead but stays down holding his knee after the goal. <br><br>📺: <a href="https://twitter.com/peacock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@peacock</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MyPLMorning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MyPLMorning</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LEIARS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LEIARS</a> <a href="https://t.co/8BMcP2Jerv">pic.twitter.com/8BMcP2Jerv</a></p>— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCSportsSoccer/status/1629513342111956994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2023</a></blockquote></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>Trossard found the Brazilian winger with a toe poke pass, and the 21-year-old burst into the box with a darting run and then curled his effort into the bottom corner beyond the helpless Ward. </p>



<p>Arsenal thought they had gone 2-0 up 10 minutes later when Saka scored, but the goal-scorer, Martinelli, was offside.</p>



<p>The home side hardly came close to restoring parity as the Londoners grabbed yet another away win following their last week’s thrilling victory over Aston Villa. </p>



<p>Arteta’s side now lead the pack with 57 points from 24 games, whilst Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester are in 14<sup>th</sup> with 24 points, continuing their disappointing campaign.</p>



<p>Photo credit: IMAGO / Action Plus</p>


Gabriel Martinelli’s second-half goal gave Arsenal a vital away win against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

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