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Leeds 1-4 Arsenal: Mikel Arteta’s side hand hosts their second heavy defeat in a matter of days as youngsters Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe cement Gunner’s place in top four

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This comprehensive 4-1 victory over Marcelo Bielsa’s reeling team at Elland Road, the only Premier League match to survive the rampaging outbreak of Covid infections, was the third successive match Arsenal have won since Arteta disciplined Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and later stripped him of the club captaincy after he returned late from a trip abroad.

If some thought the controversy would deepen Arsenal’s problems after an uneven start to the season, the opposite has been true. The team has flourished in Aubameyang’s absence, surging into the top four and playing with confidence and verve. They were a class above Leeds but then the home team was forced to field what was effectively a shadow team.

The victory cemented Arsenal’s place in the Champions League spots and moved them to within five points of stuttering third-placed Chelsea. Both Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard were outstanding in their first-half demolition of their opponents, which was garnished by two fine finishes from Gabriel Martinelli, the most obvious beneficiary of Aubameyang’s absence. Were it not for the heroics of Leeds keeper Ilhan Meslier, the margin of victory would have been even more emphatic.

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