Jamie Vardy came off the bench to score a customary goal against Arsenal and send Leicester to within a point of the Premier League summit with a first win at the Gunners' home since 1973.

Vardy, 33, had missed two games with a calf injury but was reintroduced after a largely sterile opening hour at Emirates Stadium and promptly ended a 262-minute Leicester goal drought in the league.

The former England international headed home fellow substitute Cengiz Under's smart pass to bring up a remarkable 11th Premier League goal against Arsenal in 12 appearances. Only Wayne Rooney, with 12, has more goals.

Until Vardy's arrival Leicester had barely threatened but they have now won their opening three away league games for the first time.

Arsenal were disappointing and, despite dominating possession and having 12 shots on goal, never looked like seriously testing Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel as they slipped to a first home league defeat of 2020.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta criticised the decision to disallow an Alexandre Lacazette header for offside early in the first half.

"I'm really disappointed. We had it in our hands in the first half and I don't know how the hell the goal was disallowed.

"They caught us with space at the back and in that moment we lost the game."

The scourge of Arsenal
Four summers ago Arsenal tried to prise Vardy away from Leicester and he continues to pile on the regret with every game.

He had only 11 touches after replacing Dennis Praet, but still scored the winner and was only denied a second by the head of Bernd Leno as he raced through on goal late on.

Leicester lined up with no forward at all in his absence, with winger Harvey Barnes nominally playing up front, and their lack of cutting edge meant James Maddison had all four of their efforts, all from outside the area, before number nine Vardy came on.

Their improvement was as marked as it was predictable with Vardy on the field, and it was no surprise when they grabbed the lead.

Youri Tielemans' excellent pass over the top freed Under, and he squared for the free Vardy to score with a stooping header.

There is no more clinical player in the Premier League. Vardy has scored six goals from just nine shots this season - 20 fewer than Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and one fewer than the champions' full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Last season Leicester capitulated from a position which seemed certain to deliver Champions League football, when they were 14 points ahead of Manchester United at the start of February. Could they seal the deal this time around?

Predictable Gunners firing blanks
Arsenal thought they had scored in the opening minutes when Lacazette headed in from a corner, but Granit Xhaka and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were both offside.

From that point Arsenal controlled the game for the most part, but, despite Kieran Tierney raiding with intent down the left, they struggled to bust open the organised visitors.

Arsenal had 11 shots in the first half but Schmeichel's only save of note came from the one effort after the break, pushing out a decent volley from Hector Bellerin.

Aubameyang, who has now gone five Premier League games without a goal for the first time, was largely anonymous.

Thomas Partey made a much-vaunted full league debut in midfield but was not alone in failing to shine as Arsenal moved the ball painfully slowly at times.

They have scored only eight goals in six league games this season. They have managed fewer at this stage in one of the previous 20 campaigns, when they scored five goals in 2015-16.

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I saw it coming after they trolled Everton for losing to Southampton earlier in d day.
the truth about this arsenal squad is dt they would suffer to win matches if auba is not on form and besides he isn't cr7 or messi that have dt gene of consistency all tru d season, arterta should look for a good plan b whenever auba isn't on form like it's happening right now dt he av gone blanks in their previous matches and also lacazette n oda attackers should step up but dey should jus forget dt clueless pepe bcoz dt gee na scammer..

E pain me sha

I know, i watch the match

Gunners gunners.
Breaking all manners of records on all fronts.
Here is another one

Even Enyimba can defeat the so called arsenal.

Logon59:
Mikel Arteta needs to do something about his team's creativity and FAST. I watched their last 2 EPL games to City and Leicester and I must say I've never seen a more negative minded team in all my years of watching the EPL. Yes he knew he wasn't going to use Ozil, why not pursue relentlessly another creative playmaker to play in the hole? All their competitors have atleast one. Someone that can unlock a defence when it's tight. Chelsea, City, United, Liverpool have Havertz, De bruyne, Fernandes and Thiago respectively. Even Everton went for Rodriguez. But an Arsenal player gets to the opposition box then turns and passes back to his defender, even when losing. It shows a serious lack of creativity. Awful

no lies bro...when I asked gunners fans, they said he is building team play starting back from the defenders like city normally do because he learnt from pep....forgetting dt city av fast and more quality play makers than arsenal...
arterta should get his priorities right because las las na punters like us de suffer am..

damnnn niggarrrr
Arsenal na club

Sell dis team

E be like say this Arteta want make them swear for am

Put Ozil, you dey make mouth

The glory days of Assnal are long gone.
Assnal be like Fullam these days.

Ok, it's high time Arteta included Ozil in his line up. He will be very useful, but no, pride won't let him.

Hello

Nothing special about the team. I don't see them making the top four.

They are to casual on the field of play

For real

Aubameyang has declined in form and Lacazette is just another low class striker.

Na Partey after Partey beating them go soon dey collect.

Arsenal will still qualify for champion league despict the loss

This season all the 20 teams are struggling so the league is still open, Any team can win it this season

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