Leicester vs Arsenal LIVE score: Premier League result and reaction as Gabriel Martinelli wins it
The Gunners try to keep their Premier League title charge on track at King Power Stadium
Arsenal will look to continue their Premier League title charge when Mikel Arteta’s side travel to Leicester today.
The Gunners were defeated by title rivals Manchester City last week and then trailed at Aston Villa, with their title challenge seemingly hitting a major roadblock.
But Arsenal turned it around in dramatic style, as Jorginho’s late shot hit the crossbar and rebounded in off former goalkeeper Emi Martinez, who went missing as Gabriel Martinelli wrapped up a 4-2 win.
Oleksandr Zinchenko was named Arsenal captain for their trip to Leicester in a mark of respect on the first anniversary of the conflict in Ukraine. The Ukraine international was named in a side showing just one change from the victory at Villa as Martinelli returned in place of Eddie Nketiah.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Leicester City vs Arsenal
Next up, Leicester host Blackburn Rovers in the fifth round of the EFL Cup with Arsenal at home against Everton in the Premier League.
Leicester City vs Arsenal
Martinelli scored 51 seconds after half-time to extend Arsenal’s lead at the top of the Premier League to five points. Dominant throughout, the Gunners thought they had taken the lead through Trossard on 28 minutes. Saka's inswinging corner was punched away by Ward as far as Xhaka, with the midfielder playing the ball back to the Belgian who picked out the top corner. However, the goal was disallowed after a VAR check showed White impeded the Leicester goalkeeper. Iheanacho put the ball past Ramsdale a couple of minutes later but was in an offside position when Tete slid a pass into his path. Martinelli scored the decisive goal moments after the restart. Played in by Trossard, the Brazilian ran past Castagne before curling his effort into the bottom corner. Zinchenko was then denied his second goal in as many games after a subline stop from Ward. Behind the ball for most of the game, Leicester's only shot of the game came through Dewsbury-Hall, who curled his strike just wide from outside the box.
Leicester City vs Arsenal
Substitution Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Zinchenko Takehiro Tomiyasu
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