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Emile Smith Rowe has scored four goals in his past seven appearances for Arsenal in all competitions.Arsenal continued their recent resurgence with a comfortable Premier League win over Leicester City at King Power Stadium.
The visitors capitalised on a lacklustre start from the hosts to dominate the early exchanges and were rewarded with a two-goal lead inside 20 minutes.
Gabriel put the Gunners in front, climbing above several static Leicester defenders to head in from Bukayo Saka's corner, while Emile Smith Rowe picked his spot when the ball broke to him after good work from Saka and Alexandre Lacazette.
Mikel Arteta's side are now unbeaten in seven top-flight games and climb from 10th to fifth in the table, level on points with fourth-placed West Ham, before Saturday's other fixtures.
It was a disappointing afternoon for Leicester who remain in mid-table.
Brendan Rodgers' side were roared on by an enthusiastic home crowd but struggled to find the rhythm and poise that helped them to successive victories over Manchester United and Brentford.
James Maddison's curling free-kick just before the break brought a fine save from Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale but despite a significant improvement after the break they were unable to claw themselves back into the contest.
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Leicester City
Squad number1Player nameSchmeichel
Squad number18Player nameAmartey
Squad number6Player nameEvans
Squad number4Player nameSöyüncü
Squad number27Player nameCastagne
Squad number8Player nameTielemans
Squad number42Player nameSoumaré
Squad number33Player nameThomas
Squad number10Player nameMaddison
Squad number14Player nameIheanacho
Squad number9Player nameVardy
Squad number7Player nameBarnes
Squad number29Player nameDaka
Squad number37Player nameLookman
Arsenal
Squad number32Player nameRamsdale- Squad number18Player nameTomiyasu
- Squad number4Player nameWhite
- Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães
- Squad number20Player nameNuno Tavares
- Squad number7Player nameSaka
- Squad number5Player namePartey
- Squad number23Player nameSambi Lokonga
- Squad number10Player nameSmith Rowe
Squad number9Player nameLacazette
Squad number14Player nameAubameyang
- Squad number8Player nameØdegaard
- Squad number19Player namePépé
Squad number31Player nameKolasinac
Line-ups
Leicester
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 1Schmeichel
- 18AmarteySubstituted forBarnesat 45'minutes
- 6EvansBooked at 68mins
- 4Söyüncü
- 27Castagne
- 8Tielemans
- 42Soumaré
- 33Thomas
- 10MaddisonSubstituted forDakaat 71'minutes
- 14IheanachoSubstituted forLookmanat 45'minutes
- 9VardyBooked at 75mins
Substitutes
- 5Bertrand
- 7Barnes
- 12Ward
- 20Choudhury
- 22Dewsbury-Hall
- 23Vestergaard
- 25Ndidi
- 29Daka
- 37Lookman
Arsenal
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 32Ramsdale
- 18Tomiyasu
- 4White
- 6Gabriel
- 20Varela Tavares
- 7SakaSubstituted forPépéat 85'minutes
- 5Partey
- 23Sambi Lokonga
- 10Smith RoweSubstituted forKolasinacat 90'minutes
- 9LacazetteSubstituted forØdegaardat 58'minutes
- 14Aubameyang
Substitutes
- 1Leno
- 8Ødegaard
- 15Maitland-Niles
- 16Holding
- 17Cédric Soares
- 19Pépé
- 25Elneny
- 31Kolasinac
- 35Martinelli
Referee:Michael Oliver
Attendance:32,209
Live Text
Match ends, Leicester City 0, Arsenal 2.
Second Half ends, Leicester City 0, Arsenal 2.
Ademola Lookman (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nuno Tavares (Arsenal).
Timothy Castagne (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Nuno Tavares (Arsenal).
Substitution, Arsenal. Sead Kolasinac replaces Emile Smith Rowe.
Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Thomas Partey (Arsenal).
Substitution, Arsenal. Nicolas Pépé replaces Bukayo Saka.
Attempt blocked. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) with an attempt from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Youri Tielemans with a cross.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Attempt blocked. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Timothy Castagne.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Aaron Ramsdale.
Attempt saved. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
Foul by Ademola Lookman (Leicester City).
Albert Sambi Lokonga (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
Benjamin White (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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