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LONDON: Substitute Arsenal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in three minutes and captain Mesut Ozil played a starring role as they extended their winning run to a 3-1 victory over Leicester City in the Premier League on Monday.
Substitute Aubameyang was in the right place to give it a shot in the 63rd minute to give Arsenal the lead and was on hand to finish a move in the 66th that was orchestrated by Ozil, who had scored their first goal .
Arsenal stretched their winning streak in all competitions to 10 games and rose to fourth with 21 points from nine games, two points behind Manchester City and Liverpool and third-place Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur in fifth.
Hector Bellerin own goal after just behind the half-hour mark, Arsenal grew into the game and midfielder.
Ozil, who was skipper for the night, hit left-footed first-time shot past goalkeeper Kaspar Schmeichel after excerping 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 to a first-time balloon from Alexandre Lacazette before dying it on the onrushing Schmeichel to leave Aubameyang with the simplest of finishes.
"SEXY" FOOTBALL
Ozil tweeted that Arsenal had played "sexy" football and that he was proud to be captain. Unai Emery Manager is in charge of the assessment of the performance but said that the team could lead the team even when it 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, behavior, also with his quality, (as) captain or not captain."
Leicester had started stronger at The Emirates and wing-back Ben Chilwell forced the opening game when his cross deflected off Bellerin into the net Arsenal in the 31st minute.
They also had a penalty after Arsenal center-back Rob Holding handled the ball seconds after being booked.
"For me it was a penalty and a sending off," said Leicester manager Claude Puel. "At this moment, with our domination in the game, we could have continued our performance, this great performance, 11 against 10."
Arsenal's next game is at Crystal Palace on Sunday, after they play Sporting in the Europa League in Lisbon on Thursday, while Leicester City will host West Ham United on Saturday.
(Reporting by Alistair Smout, editing by Pritha Sarkar and Ken Ferris)
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