LEICESTER - Jamie Vardy scored twice as Arsenal's hopes of Champions League football suffered another serious setback as familiar failings saw the 10-man Gunners lose 3-0 at Leicester on Sunday.
LEICESTER - Jamie Vardy scored twice as Arsenal's hopes of Champions League football suffered another serious setback as familiar failings saw the 10-man Gunners lose 3-0 at Leicester on Sunday.
It left Unai Emery's men facing an uphill battle to force their way back into the top four, although victory in the Europa League could also secure a Champions League place. Arsenal had shown little attacking threat but, when Maddison squandered possession on 22 minutes, the Gunners built a quick counter-attack from which they could have opened the scoring.
Then, 13 minutes from the interval, Arsenal were nearly undone by Marx Albrighton's straightforward ball over the backline.Suddenly, though, Leicester were hit by a rapid counter-attack from the visitors, ending with a neat pass from Aubameyang to Iwobi and a good, low save from Kasper Schmeichel to keep out his shot.
Despite Arsenal's introduction of an extra defender and Leicester's of an extra forward at the interval, the opening moments of the second half brought an evenly-matched contest.Albrighton and Maddison were given time to exchange passes before Maddison delivered a cross which Tielemans strolled in between Sokratis and Laurent Koscielny to head home with little resistance.
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