Giroud Earns Arsenal Opening Day Win Over Leicester City

Football | Saturday | 12th August, 2017

The Premier League is considered as one of the best and most entertaining league in the world and those who disagree with that then they should watch the season opener between Arsenal and Leicester City should clear all the doubts.

The game had everything goals, drama and killer ending, excellent for neutral, however, the supporters of the two clubs would clearly disagree.

The Friday entertainer started off in an incredible fashion, Gunners record signing Alexandre Lacazette scored after only 85 seconds at the Emirates Stadium and 120 seconds later Shinji Okazaki header levelled the game, all this happened under five minutes of the new Premier League season.

And there was more to come, Arsenal dominated the possession, looked dangerous and kept the Foxes on the back foot but a shaky pass by Xhaka was picked up Alrighton and charged down the left flank and sprayed a sublime early cross into the danger are that Vardy smashed it home and in a flash Leicester were 2-1 up.

After the goal, the atmosphere at the Emirates turned from optimism to disgust, fans were nervous and they began to wonder not another opening day defeat, however, the Gunners levelled in the first half stoppage time, Danny Welbeck tapping in from Kolasinac square pass.

The side was level in the half-time, but that straight after the second half began, Arsenal conceded another goal, again a set-piece proved Arsenal’s undoing as Mahrez’s in-swinging corner from the right side was nodded home by Jamie Vardy.

The stadium silent, doubts began to creep in amongst the Arsenal fans, they became restless but their team continues the fight back. Wenger made two changes, brought in Giroud and Ramsey in place Holding and Elneny, the team was now set-up to all-out attack.

The changes made by Wenger proved to be vital, Ramsey neatly controlled Xhaka's dinked pass to drill in an equaliser and moments later Giroud's header from Xhaka's corner completed a remarkable turnaround.

Heartbreak for Leicester City but Arsenal wanted it more and that reflected on the scoreboard.