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Arsenal answered their critics with a convincing win at Leeds as the Premier League leaders bounced back from a three-game winless run in impressive fashion.
Following three games from which Arsenal had taken only two points, and their only goal in open play was an own goal (scored by Manchester United defender Lisandro Martínez), they came into this one hoping for a positive start to settle any early nerves. However, the chances of that suffered a blow before kick-off when Bukayo Saka sustained a hip injury in the warm-up that meant he had to withdraw from the starting lineup.
Without such a key creator and leader, it was natural that Mikel Arteta’s side would lack cutting edge in open play, especially given that before this game they had ranked fifth from bottom in the top flight for open-play xG in January.
But they were so keen to get back to winning ways that they put their opponents under relentless pressure from the off. They pegged their opponents back, dominating territory and winning a vast number of early corners, and it didn’t take long for their pressure to tell.
After their fourth corner of the game – inside 30 minutes – Noni Madueke, who had replaced Saka in the team, swung a cross into the box for Martín Zubimendi to glance into the net. The goal meant that only Leandro Trossard (four) has scored more non-penalty league goals this season for Arsenal than the midfielder (four), while it was Madueke’s first goal involvement in his 15th Premier League game since joining the club in the summer. No team has scored more headed goals in the Premier League this season than Arsenal (10).
And it wasn’t a great deal of time later that Madueke would play a part in another goal, and this time, it came direct from a corner.
The England winger’s inswinging delivery was headed for the near post, yet even though no Arsenal player was in sight, Leeds goalkeeper Karl Darlow tried to punch the ball clear, and only managed to take the ball off teammate Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s head and push the ball into his own net. No team could be criticised for conceding a set-piece goal to Arsenal, but this one felt particularly avoidable. Arsenal have benefitted from more own goals (five) than any other team in the Premier League this season.
The visitors went in at the break with a two-goal lead, despite having had just two shots, which were worth just 0.26 xG.
At the other end, however, Arsenal were nothing short of exceptional. They gave away absolutely nothing, and Ethan Ampadu had Leeds’ only shot of the first half – a long-range effort from a fair distance outside the box.
Leeds manager Daniel Farke made two changes at the break, perhaps inspired by doing so when 2-0 down at Manchester City in November, when his side pulled two goals back inside 23 minutes, and his players came out after the break with renewed purpose.
It helped that Arsenal had a lead to protect and weren’t as motivated as they might be to leave their half, but Leeds had far more of the ball as they pushed for a way back into the game.
For all their territory, though, chances still proved hard to come by. Pascal Struijk’s effort three minutes after the restart was one of only two shots they managed after the break. And the second of those came when Arsenal were even further out of sight.
Arsenal still carried the greater threat on the occasions that they did go forward. They put the result completely beyond doubt 20 minutes from time when Gabriel Martinelli, on in place of Madueke, whipped an inch-perfect cross into the six-yard box, where Viktor Gyökeres did well to get across his defender and volley into the net.
That took Gyökeres clear as Arsenal’s top scorer in the Premier League this season with six goals, although it was his first non-penalty goal in the competition since the win at Burnley on 1 November.
Gabriel Jesus came off the bench to add a brilliant fourth and take the aggregate score between these teams this season to 9-0.
Leeds had been on a decent run of form before this game, but with Nottingham Forest and West Ham gathering pace beneath them and now boasting a game in hand, this result may have had some at the club concerned about how close the relegation zone is becoming.
Meanwhile, Arsenal’s win takes them seven points clear at the top of the table overnight, with Manchester City and Aston Villa not playing until Sunday. It wasn’t the biggest challenge they will face this season, but this was an important step towards the title after a testing few weeks.
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Leeds vs Arsenal Post-Match Facts
Arsenal scored 4+ goals in a Premier League away game against Leeds United for a fifth time, the joint most a side has scored 4+ goals away to a specific opponent in the competition’s history along with Chelsea at Tottenham and Man Utd at Bolton. Leeds United suffered just their second defeat in their last 11 Premier League games (W3 D6), with today’s defeat bringing an end to their five-game unbeaten run at Elland Road. Following wins at Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Chelsea, Inter and Leeds in January 2026, Arsenal have won five away games across all competitions in a single month for just a second time in the club’s history, with the previous instance coming in April 2000 (that run also included a 4-0 win at Elland Road).Enjoy this? Subscribe to our football newsletter to receive exclusive weekly content. You should also follow our social accounts over on X, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
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