Hull City 1 Arsenal 4: Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott and Granit Xhaka earn Arsene Wenger win after Gunners penalty drama

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James Benge17 September 2016

Arsenal continued their winning league run with an at-times nervy 4-1 Premier League victory over a Hull side that spent 50 minutes down to 10 men.

Early pressure told in the 17th minute when Eldin Jakupovic palmed Theo Walcott’s cross into the path of Alex Iwobi. The Nigerian’s volley rifled its way into the bottom corner, though there remained some debate as to whether Alexis Sanchez got the final touch.

Arsenal should have been at least two to the good by half-time, having missed a string of half-chances they were handed a penalty when Jake Livermore handled in the area, earning himself a red card.

Rather than Santi Cazorla, who had scored spot kicks against Watford and Southampton, Sanchez took the penalty but his low effort was too close to Jakupovic.

Soon after the break Hull fans were claiming that the numbers should have been evened out when Cazorla, already on a booking, brought down Snodgrass. The Spaniard would survive and Arsenal soon made their numerical supremacy pay when Iwobi slipped Walcott through to chip in the Gunners’ second.

It seemed Arsenal would cruise to victory but Hull were given a glimmer of hope when substitute Dieumerci Mbokani was brought down inside the area by Petr Cech, Robert Snodgrass converting the spotkick.

Arsene Wenger’s side were not left to worry for too long though, Sanchez pouncing on the rebound from Walcott’s shot to hammer in the decisive goal before Granit Xhaka opened his Arsenal account with a superb effort fro range.

It was to secure a third straight league win for Arsenal for the first time in 2016 and continue the Gunners’ climb up the table.

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