{"id":344219,"date":"2017-08-11T20:57:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T20:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=344219"},"modified":"2017-08-11T20:57:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T20:57:41","slug":"arsenal-beat-leicester-in-breathtaking-premier-league-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/arsenal-beat-leicester-in-breathtaking-premier-league-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal beat Leicester in breathtaking Premier League opener"},"content":{"rendered":"
Substitute Olivier Giroud headed in a dramatic late winner as Arsenal fought back to beat Leicester City in a thrilling start to the 2017-18 Premier League season.<\/p>\n
Alexandre Lacazette headed the Gunners ahead 94 seconds into his top-flight debut, Shinji Okazaki nodding in the equaliser just two minutes later.<\/p>\n
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Vardy slid the visitors ahead from Marc Albrighton’s cross, only for Danny Welbeck to stroke level on half-time.<\/p>\n
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Leicester took the lead again when Vardy headed in Riyad Mahrez’s corner before Arsene Wenger made an inspired double substitution which sparked Arsenal’s comeback.<\/p>\n
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The Gunners boss introduced Aaron Ramsey and Giroud after 67 minutes – within 20 minutes both players had scored as Arsenal turned defeat into victory.<\/p>\n
Ramsey smashed in an angled drive – from a corner which was won after Mesut Ozil handled in the build-up – before Giroud showed athleticism and strength to meet Granit Xhaka’s corner.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Substitute Olivier Giroud headed in a dramatic late winner as Arsenal fought back to beat Leicester City in a thrilling start to the 2017-18 Premier League season. Alexandre Lacazette headed the Gunners ahead 94 seconds into his top-flight debut, Shinji Okazaki nodding in the equaliser just two minutes later. Vardy slid the visitors ahead from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[145,2499,937],"yoast_head":"\n