Leicester City 0-2 Arsenal - 3 takeaways as Merino magic seals crucial win

Mikel Merino was at the double as Arsenal sealed a 2-0 win at Leicester City, to close the gap in Liverpool.
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Mikel Merino
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Pressure on Liverpool

Well, sort of.

All Arsenal can do is win games and hope that Liverpool stumble and the next few games are rather delicately poised for Arne Slot's team.

Now just four points clear with a game in hand, Liverpool face Wolves, Aston Villa and Manchester City and then Newcastle in the next 11 days and who knows how the league table will look.

The Gunners just have to keep winning and it doesn't matter what it looks like, as evidenced by the win over Leicester.

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