Arsenal are aiming to maintain their strong run of home form against Leicester City, and their win rate in the month of October. Claude Puel's side, meanwhile, are seeking to get back on track after a defeat to Everton before the international break.
Late goals from Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud earned Arsenal a comeback 4-3 win over Leicester City in a thrilling 2017/18 Premier League season opener.The scoring started inside two minutes when Alexandre Lacazette found the net with a header on his PL debut.
But Shinji Okazaki nodded in from close-range three minutes later before Jamie Vardy converted a superb Marc Albrighton cross to put the Foxes 2-1 up.Danny Welbeck scored in first-half stoppage time before Vardy restored Leicester's advantage with a header from Riyad Mahrez's corner on 56 minutes.But Ramsey struck from a Granit Xhaka cross on 83 minutes and Giroud's header went in off the crossbar from another Xhaka delivery two minutes later to settle a gripping contest.
Arsenal start league play again as they welcome Leicester City to the Emirates, and the Gunners have a chance to extend their winning streak to ten games in all competitions. Fun fact: the last time that Arsenal won ten games in a row was in 2007. That streak of twelve wins started with a 1-0 defeat of Manchester City and ended with a 1-1 draw against Liverpool, and it included a North London Derby win and a 7-0 drubbing of Slavia Prague in the Champions League.
The run of good form may be a sign that the Gunners are getting used to Unai Emery’s tactics—and their next steps will be to shore up their defense and avoid a rash of midseason injuries. Arsenal’s schedule is getting busy now, with seven games in the next three weeks, and they’ll have to keep up the good work and keep everyone healthy if they want to continue moving up the league table
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