Leicester City vs Arsenal- Match results, highlights and more!

By Navya Sriram Published on February 28, 2021, 22:16 IST

Today’s Premier League match was one between Leicester City and Arsenal- here are some of the highlights.

Arsenal came from behind to claim a 3-1 away win over Leicester City, lifting themselves up into the Premier League’s top half and keeping their slim top-four hopes alive. Mikel Arteta made six changes to the team that beat Benfica in the Europa League on Thursday with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Bukayo Saka dropped to the bench for the trip to the King Power Stadium.

The Foxes took the lead after just six minutes when some slack defending from Arsenal allowed Youri Tielemans to drive into the penalty box and find the far corner of the net with a low finish past Bernd Leno.

However, Arsenal drew level after 39 minutes when David Luiz pulled away from his marker at a freekick to glance home a header from a Willian delivery.

Alexandre Lacazette completed the turnaround from the spot after a handball by Wilfred Ndidi just before the break. Harvey Barnes was forced off through injury not long into the second half and Arsenal worsened that injury, so to speak, by scoring a third through Pepe after good work by Martin Odegaard and Willian.

The result takes the Gunners up to ninth place in the Premier League table and sees Arteta’s men close the gap on West Ham United in the final Champions League spot to eight points.