Alexander Lacazette showed a typical captain's performance with a wonderful milestone to record for himself as well, as Arsenal got 3 points against Leicester City. Thomas Partey gave Arsenal the lead before Lacazette scored from the penalty spot after Soyuncu handled the ball inside the penalty spot.
Lacazette hadn't scored in 10 games for Arsenal but you can see his involvement and contribution in games. The joy and celebration when he scored from the penalty spot show how the team values him and how they are happy for him to finally get back on the score sheet.
With Aubameyang gone to Barcelona and banging in the goals too, a lot rests on the shoulders of Lacazette to fire Arsenal into the top 4. He is doing a remarkable job at that and they sit pretty in 4th place after knocking Manchester United away from there again despite United's heroics against Tottenham Hotspur.
Arsenal are in a good and commanding position and they have their destiny in their own hands with 3 games outstanding still to play. If by any chance they managed to win all 3, they would be clearly out of sight, no doubt. This Arsenal side has improved and banished their early season's form that saw Mikel Arteta questioned over his credentials as a coach to lead this Arsenal team forward. He has turned the team around and they are buzzing with confidence, ready to take on any team without fear.
Martinelli is an interesting player and he has given Mikel Arteta the pace and threat upfront as he enjoys coming in from the side. Saka is another phenomenal player who, despite his young age, he is causing trouble for opposition teams. Thomas Partey has come good for Arsenal after not so impressive performance and Martin Odegaard has improved considerably well too. This bodes well for Arsenal and we can see why their performances have improved over the season.
These players picked form at the right time just when they are needed. Ramsdale is another phenomenal player as he kept Leno away from being the number 1 starter just as Martinelli has kept Pepe away as well. Arsenal now has players to call upon from the bench when they need to turn the game around and that's important, especially at this stage of the season.
Leicester City's form has been worrying and it looked like Brendan Rodgers is running out of ideas. The stop-start form they have been having won't help them in any way especially seeing how others are picking form at this stage of the season. A lot needs to change with Leicester City and they need to start getting those points if they want to finish the season well. I believe qualifying for Europe is still their goal and if they keep dropping points like this, then they would have to make do with a season without being in Europe.
They have been shaky at the back and kept on conceding goals from set-pieces. They have been caught napping too many times and they need to start getting the goals upfront too. They dominated possession against Arsenal but that's after Arsenal already got their 2 goals. It was a lovely headed goal by Partey from a corner kick delivery and how they gave Partey that much space in their half, near the post, is certainly something their coach would have to review with them. There was little that can be done with the penalty call and Lacazette blasted the ball into the back of the net to end his drought.
Looks like the past week has been a week of records as Lewandowski, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo all had brilliant hat-tricks and Ronaldo recorded his 807th career goal which is the official record in world football. Lacazette started the new week with a record of his own; 200 senior career goals.
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