‘That’s a gamechanger’: Mikel Arteta blown away by Arsenal star who won 11 duels vs Leicester City

Arsenal registered a 4-2 Premier League win over Leicester City at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

They had a resounding 2-0 advantage at the half-time interval, but squandered the lead shortly after the break.

James Justin found the net with a deflected header before unleashing a wonder strike to pull the Foxes level.

Arsenal pushed for the winning goal and eventually came on top in stoppage time.

Leandro Trossard induced an own goal from Wilfred Ndidi from a Bukayo Saka corner.

Kai Havertz put the game beyond doubt with the Gunners’ fourth before the final whistle.

Saka had an exceptional game without scoring. He created eight chances with 11 duels and eight dribbles won.

The Englishman was also sublime with his corners with six of his 11 crosses finding a teammate in the box.

Speaking after the game, manager Mikel Arteta said that Saka’s consistency from corners is a gamechanger.

He told Arsenal.com: “That’s not an extra, that’s a gamechanger. When he’s there in front of goal and he puts the ball in the back of the net, that’s a game changer.

“That’s what he needs to do consistently at this level and the others have to do other stuff, I think we generated 17 corners today, we should have scored from others, we need every possible tool to be a threat all the time.”

Saka failed to register an assist for a sixth consecutive league game, but he was outstanding with his overall showing.

Aside from his creativity, the club graduate had 101 touches with a passing accuracy of 93 per cent.

Arsenal will need him to replicate the showing when they host Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League in midweek.

Les Parisiens have been vulnerable from set-pieces and the Gunners could exploit the same with Saka’s quality distribution.

Arteta will most certainly go with an unchanged attack on the back of top performances from Gabriel Martinelli and Trossard.

Martinelli was the stand-out player in the first half with a goal and an assist. Trossard also bagged a goal and indirectly secured the winner.

Stats from Sofascore.com