Leicester v Arsenal Review

Even the Welsh Jesus couldn't find the winning goal against Leicester

Arsenal lacked bite upfront in a disappointing 1-1 draw against Leicester at the King Power Stadium.

Arsenal missed an opportunity to go into third place by giving away a 1- 0 lead after Alexis Sanchez found the net midway through the first half.

The Chilean scored his first premier league goal for the Gunners, making it two goals in as many games having already scored in Arsenal's 1-0 win against Besiktas in the Champions League qualifiers.

Arsenal lined up as follows: Szczesny, Monreal, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Debuchy, Flamini, Ramsey, Ozil, Cazorla, Sanchez and Sanogo

A surprise inclusion for Yaya after many, myself included, predicted Wenger would go for the same side that played against Besiktas.

Instead Wilshere and Oxlade-chamberlain dropped to the bench and Cazorla and Sanogo started.

The game began brightly for both sides and the game slipped comfortably into an end-to-end affair we are used to seeing when Arsenal are involved.

As we predicted Leicester stuck to the approach that saw them earn a draw against Everton and give Chelsea a tough time at Stamford Bridge.

The crucial moment in the game came when Koscielny and Schlupp were involved in a clash of heads towards the far touchline.

Both players stayed down for some time, however Koscielny looked the more injured and returned to the field wearing what looked like a swimming cap.

The Frenchman appeared to have overcome the incident however he would later find that he hadn't much to Arsenal's cost.

The Gunners took the lead not long after the clash of heads through a great bit of link up play. Santi Cazorla played a crisp lofted through-ball to Sanogo who made a smart, well-timed run finding himself through on goal with only Casper Schmeichel to beat.

Yaya's effort was soft but caught Schmeichel by surprise as he was expecting a lob, the Dane only able to parry the ball across his own goal where Sanchez pounced to slot the ball home.

Arsenal were only in the lead for two minutes however as Leicester immediately struck back.

Arsenal's defence looked sluggish and out-of position when Leicester broke on the counter attack. Leicetser's Ulloa was tracked by Koscielny who then completely lost his man and misread the flight of the ball allowing the Argentine a clear header which, although not the best placed had enough power to go past Szczesny.

Koscielny immediately signalled his intention to leave the pitch, clearly still suffering and even in the minutes leading up to both goals had looked unassured in 50/50 challenges where he would usually clean up.

Although both sides had good chances (the majority of Leicester's coming through Mahrez who looks sharp) Arsenal could have snatched a late goal, as they so often have this season.

Late substitutions for Arsenal saw Oxlade-Chamberlain and Podolski take to the field with about 15 minutes remaining.

This looked to be too little too late as both players struggled to get up to match speed with such little time remaining.

So far this season Wenger has been quick to make substitutions and those he does make go on to have an impact. Perhaps Wilshere needed a rest but I would have brought on the young Englishman in place of Sanogo and moved Sanchez up top and replaced Ozil with either Campbell or the Ox.

The match ended 1-1 but the sense was that this was another game which Arsenal wasted opportunities in front of goal, a clear sign that Wenger must bring in a marquee striker. Let's hope for some assured activity on deadline day!