Leicester City vs Arsenal (3-0)
Ten-man Arsenal slipped to a 3rd consecutive Premier League loss as Jamie Vardy’s late brace sealed Leicester City’s 3-0 win at the King Power structure.
Defeats to Crystal Palace and Wolves within the past week had already broken the Gunners’ hopes of securing a top-four spot however their latest reverse against the Foxes currently means that they might finish the day four points back of the Champions League qualification places if Chelsea overcomes Manchester United.
Arsenal was on the backfoot from the offset, and their cause created even tighter once Ainsley Maitland-Niles received a second yellow card within the thirty-sixth minute for a late challenge on James Maddison.
The Leicester midfielder was the supplier once Youri Tielemans opened the grading with a powerful header shortly before the hour, whereas Vardy affected within the 86th minute and stoppage time.
Brendan Rodgers’ facet dominated ahead of time – going shut through Jonny Evans and Maddison – however, it was Arsenal UN agency sculptured out the first clear chance as Alexandre Lacazette bundled wide from twelve yards midway through the first [*fr1].
Gunners goalkeeper Bernd Leno made an outstanding save to stay out Wilfred Ndidi’s header, whereas Vardy clipped over the crossbar once being competes through by brandy Albrighton.
Kasper Schmeichel repelled Alex Iwobi’s low shot together with his foot before Maitland-Niles received his march orders.
Leno was once more known as into action before the break, obtaining down quickly to paw away Vardy’s natural effort.
Leicester continued to press once the action resumed and was rewarded once fifty-nine minutes when Maddison’s whipped cross from the correct was headed home by Tielemans.
The Belgian whipped wide shortly once before Leno made glorious stops in fast succession to deny economic expert Pereira and substitute scientist Barnes.
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Goals Leicester City
| 59′ | Leicester City | Y. Tielemans |
| 86′ | Leicester City | J. Vardy |
| 90+5′ | Leicester City | J. Vardy |
Leicester City Lineups
| 1 | Kasper Schmeichel |
| 14 | Ricardo Pereira |
| 6 | Jonny Evans |
| 15 | Harry Maguire |
| 3 | Ben Chilwell |
| 25 | Wilfred Ndidi |
| 11 | Marc Albrighton |
| 21 | Youri Tielemans |
| 38 | Hamza Choudhury |
| 10 | James Maddison |
| 9 | Jamie Vardy |
Arsenal Lineups
| 19 | Bernd Leno |
| 15 | Ainsley Maitland-Niles |
| 20 | Shkodran Mustafi |
| 5 | Sokratis |
| 31 | Sead Kolašinac |
| 7 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan |
| 11 | Lucas Torreira |
| 34 | Granit Xhaka |
| 17 | Alex Iwobi |
| 14 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
| 9 | Alexandre Lacazette |
Leicester City – Arsenal Match Statistics
Leicester City |
Arsenal |
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| 24 | Shots Total | 6 |
| 12 | Shots on goal | 1 |
| 6 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 6 | Shots blocked | 2 |
| 15 | Shots inside box | 5 |
| 9 | Shots outside box | 1 |
| 13 | Fouls | 13 |
| 8 | Corners | 6 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 9 |
| 67% | Possession Time | 33% |
| 611 | Passes Total | 293 |
| 514 | Accurate Passes | 189 |
| 84% | Accurate Passes% | 65% |
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— Leicester City (@LCFC) April 28, 2019