Mesut Ozil will find Arsenal v Leicester City game hard says Redknapp

However, Danny Welbeck who was an 82nd minute substitute headed home a stoppage-time free kick to give Wenger’s men the points.

Leicester’s hopes of maintaining their lead were dented when Danny Simpson picked up his second yellow card.

The 2-1 win for Arsenal sees them temporarily jump to second in the standings, still two points adrift of Leicester, and opens up the title race, with Manchester City taking on Tottenham Hotspur later on Sunday.

But goals from Theo Walcott and the returning Welbeck – who hadn’t appeared all season – in the final seconds handed the home team a 2-1 win that introduced another twist to an in-out season.

The race for the Premier League title is at stake as the top two teams will have a monumental collision. They have good organisation and are fighting for their lives.

At the Emirates he provided more evidence he would add to most teams in the Premier League with another tireless, all-action performance.

The City boss made a bet with his players that if they picked up nine points from the games against Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal he would let them take a deserved break.

Sometimes sneered at as being the silent “Library”, here it was more like bedlam as Gunners’ fans began to believe it might just be the springboard for them to win their first title since 2004.

Leicester then came into the game more and although we still controlled the ball more it seemed as though every rebound fell to them and while we kept getting close it was not quite happening.

“It was a pivotal moment today because the mathematics meant it could be eight points or it could be two points”. I missed the first opportunity and tried to make amends. “Let’s not forget he has not played one minute for us”.

“Arsenal are a fantastic team, but we were in control”.

It’s a damned if you do, damned if you don’t kind of situation, and Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has a major problem on his hands trying to find the best solution to the problem Sanchez represents. Having said that, I still don’t think Arsenal will take all three points on Sunday.

The game completely changed once Simpson, booked minutes earlier for a foul on Sanchez, tugged Olivier Giroud’s shirt, a soft offence which still saw him given his matching orders by referee Martin Atkinson. I remember in the first half when we scored there was a bad, bad tackle on Kante from Ramsey.

You could not really have asked for a more positive start from Arsenal, as we hit the ground running in this massive match against high flying Leicester City.

Arsenal are chasing a first title since 2005 but have stuttered since the turn of the year and victory at Bournemouth last week was their first in five games.