The win moves the Gunners a point ahead of Manchester United but crucially Mikel Arteta’s side have three games in hand on their rivals for the final Champions League slot.
“We have to be there, we should be there. Our history obliges us to be there but we are not there yet and there are still a lot of games to play,” said Arteta, whose side host Liverpool on Wednesday. The home side looked confident and creative with Martin Odegaard impressive in the centre of the midfield but Leicester posed the occasional question on the break.
The video replay showed that Leicester defender Caglar Soyuncu had reached out a hand towards Partey’s header and after reviewing the monitor referee Anthony Taylor pointed to the spot and Lacazette drilled the spot-kick into the roof of the net.“I am disappointed in the penalty. That there was disappointing, I don’t know what else he could do. He was moving but it touched his hand and it was accidental,” he said.