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KOMPAS.com – Leicester City managed to steal a victory when they visited Arsenal headquarters in the sixth week of the Premier League, the highest caste in the Premier League, the 2020-2021 season.
The Arsenal vs Leicester duel that was played at the Emirates Stadium on Monday morning (10/26/2020) of the WIB ended with a score of 0-1 for the visitors victory.
Leicester’s only goal came from Jamie Vardy’s action in the 80th minute.
These results place Arsenal in 10th place in the Premier League standings with a collection of nine points.
Meanwhile, Leicester is in fourth place with 12 points.
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The game Arsenal vs Leicester City
Arsenal, as a home team, seemed to push from the start of the match.
As a result, they created many opportunities that threaten Denmark’s Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
Throughout the first half, Arsenal even fired 11 shots in total, three of them aimed directly at Leicester’s goal.
However, Kasper Schmeichel had a brilliant performance and was able to thwart Arsenal’s chances.
He was able to keep the network clean from the concession until the break of the first part.
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Going into the second half, the match was more intense. Leicester plays more openly to create a number of opportunities.
Arsenal were not silent. Mikel Arteta’s squad continues to try to break into Kasper Schmeichel’s goal.
When attacking, the gunner troops were unprepared against the defense.
They failed in Leicester’s attack scheme that took advantage of the left side of Arsenal’s defense.
The player who had just entered the second half, Cengiz Uender, escaped from the guard to be able to move freely as he received the mature bait from the Leicester’s back.
He then sent a measured pass that aimed directly at the head of goal-hungry forward Jamie Vardy.
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Vardy, who had just entered the second half, managed to maximize Uender’s pass and lead his team 1-0 up.
After losing 0-1, Arsenal kept trying to equalize.
However, they were unable to score until the referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the match.
The 1-0 scoreboard for the excellence of Leicester City ended this duel.
The composition of the players Arsenal vs Leicester City:
Arsenal (3-4-3): 1-Bernd Leno (GK); 6-Gabriel Magalhaes, 23-David Luiz, 34-Granit Xhaka; 2-Héctor Bellerin, 3-Kieran Tierney, 8-Dani Ceballos, 18-Thomas Partey; 7-Bukayo Saka, 9-Alexandre Lacazette, 14-Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (C).
Coach: Mikel Arteta.
Leicester City (3-4-2-1): 1-Kasper Schmeichel (GK / C); 3-Wesley Fofana, 6-Jonny Evans, 28-Christian Fuchs; 2-James Justin, 8-Youri Tielemans, 24-Nampalys Mendy, 27-Timothy Castagne; 10-James Maddison, 15-Harvey Barnes (19-Cengiz Uender 75 ‘), 26-Dennis Praet (9-Jamie Vardy 60’).
Coach: Brendan Rodgers.