Arsenal consolidated their place inside the Premier League top 4 with a 4-1 victory over injury-ravaged Leeds. Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka, and Emile Smith Rowe all scored.
All five of Saturday's other top-flight furniture had been postponed because of coronavirus outbreaks, ensuring the Gunners have been already assured of spending Christmas in a Champions League role previous to kick-off.
Martinelli's double, at the side of efforts from Saka and replacement Smith Rowe, lifted them 4 factors clear of fifth-located West Ham, with Raphinha's second-half penalty offering little comfort for the struggling hosts.
Mikel Arteta's facet became also hit by using Covid in advance of kick-off, with midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga trying out superb, but the Spaniard turned into nonetheless capable to name an unchanged lineup from the only that started the midweek win over West Ham, with Pierre Emerick Aubameyang still unavailable following his captaincy suspension.
Martinelli has thrived in Aubameyang's absence, and the Brazilian opened the scoring here, as he did in opposition to West Ham, with a top notch first-time end following desirable urgent from Alexandre Lacazette on the threshold of the home box.
Leeds were also masters in their own dying for the second one aim, with Stuart Dallas conceding ownership and allowing Granit Xhaka to string a tremendous bypass thru for Martinelli to run clean and raise the ball lightly over Ilan Meslier.
Saka delivered a 3rd before the damage while his strike took a deflection and flew past Meslier at the close to-post, and at that factor, you feared for a Leeds aspect that looked lost and had been thrashed 7-0 in midweek through Manchester City.
To their credit, they rallied after the break and scored a purpose 15 minutes later whilst Ben White's rash undertaking on Joe Gelhardt created the opportunity for Raphinha to hammer a tremendous penalty beyond Aaron Ramsdale.
