Half-Time Report: Theo Walcott, Alexis Sanchez goals give Arsenal lead, Jamie Vardy opens scoring

Goals from Theo Walcott and Alexis Sanchez have helped Arsenal to a 2-1 lead at half time away at Leicester City this afternoon.

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Both sides made positive starts to the match, as Richie de Laet cleared a drilled Santi Cazorla shot off the line, before Jeffrey Schlupp forced a good save from Petr Cech at the other end of the pitch.

Jamie Vardy hit the post with a left-footed strike, before the striker found the net moments later, as he picked up Danny Drinkwater's pass on the left wing before cutting inside to curl a shot past Cech.

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Arsenal responded well as Walcott tested Kasper Schmeichel from a tight angle, but Vardy almost doubled City's lead on the break, hitting the post again with a header from a Marc Albrighton cross.

The visitors made Vardy pay for his missed chances as Walcott fired past Schmeichel from a quick counter-attack on 18 minutes.

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Mathieu Flamini was forced off minutes later, after the Frenchman picked up a knock.

Arsenal took the lead on 33 minutes through Sanchez, who latched on to Hector Bellerin's cross to score his first goal of the season.

Riyad Mahrez came close to finding an equaliser before the break after dribbling at the Arsenal defence, but his effort went wide of Cech's goal.