London: Substitute Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in three minutes and skipper Mesut Ozil played a starring role as Arsenal extended their winning run in the Premier League with a dominant 3-1 win over Leicester city, Monday.
The Gabonese international was in the right place to tap into an empty net in the 63rd minute to hand Arsenal the lead before finishing a team move on 66 minutes orchestrated by Ozil to hand them their seventh league victory in nine games.
With this win the Gunners rose to fourth with 21 points, two points behind Manchester City and Liverpool and level with third-placed Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur in fifth.
After falling behind to a Hector Bellerin own goal just past the half-hour mark, Arsenal grew into the game and midfielder Ozil stroked in an equaliser off the post just before halftime.
Ozil, who was skipper for the night, hit a left-footed first-time shot past goalkeeper Kaspar Schmeichel after surging from the halfway line and exchanging passes with Bellerin.
The German was at the heart of Arsenal’s third goal too, sparking the move with a flicked backheel, then dummying a pass before continuing his run to receive a first-time ball from Alexandre Lacazette before dinking it over the onrushing Schmeichel to leave Aubameyang with the simplest of finishes.
Meanwhile after the match, the former German tweeted Arsenal played ‘sexy’ football and that he was proud to be the captain. “I think we played some sexy football tonight ??? Proud captain of this team and this club! © #YaGunnersYa ❤ #M1Ö @Arsenal,” read Ozil’s tweet.
However, manager Unai Emery also agreed with Ozil regarding the assessment of the performance but said the midfielder could lead the team by example even when he does not wear the armband.
“From Mesut Ozil today, it’s a very good performance,” Emery said. “I think he can play very much with this commitment, behaviour, also with his quality, (as) captain or not captain.”
