Arsenal Beats Leicester 5 – 2

Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez rediscovered his goalscoring touch as his hat-trick ended Leicester’s unbeaten

start to the season.

Jamie Vardy had put the Foxes ahead with a superb finish from a tight angle after a clinical counter attack.

Theo Walcott equalised when Leicester were themselves caught on the break.

Sanchez then took control of the contest with his treble – the pick his third from long range – as Vardy and Olivier Giroud netted late on.

Sanchez, who scored 25 goals last season for the Gunners, had failed to find the net in eight games across all competitions before this contest.

The result means Leicester are now without a win against Arsenal in 18 league games, stretching back to November 1994.

Leicester 2                     –            5 Arsenal 

Vardy 13′, 89′                          Walcott 18′ Sánchez 33′, 57′, 81′ Giroud 90′

IN OTHER ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE MATCHES 

Tottenham 4 – 1 Man City

Leicester 2 – 5 Arsenal

Liverpool 3 – 2 Aston Villa

Man Utd 3 – 0 Sunderland

Southampton 3 – 1 Swansea

Stoke 2 – 1 Bournemouth

West Ham 2 – 2 Norwich

LINEUP, BOOKINGS (2) & SUBSTITUTIONS (6)

Leicester City

01 Schmeichel

02 de Laet

06 Huth

05 Morgan

15 Schlupp

26 Mahrez

14 Kanté

04 Drinkwater Booked (Kramaric – 78′ )

11 Albrighton (Ulloa – 64′ )

20 Okazaki (King – 45′ )

09 Vardy

Substitutes

10 King

17 Simpson

19 Kramaric

23 Ulloa

32 Schwarzer

33 Inler

36 Dodoo

Arsenal

33 Cech

24 Bellerín

04 Mertesacker

06 Koscielny

18 Monreal

20 Flamini (Arteta – 21′ Booked )

19 Cazorla

16 Ramsey (Oxlade-Chamberlain – 77′ )

11 Özil

17 Sánchez

14 Walcott (Giroud – 80′ )

Substitutes

02 Debuchy

03 Gibbs

08 Arteta

12 Giroud

13 Ospina

15 Oxlade-Chamberlain

21 Chambers

Ref: Craig Pawson

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