The Gunners defeated Bournemouth 2-0 at the Vitality Stadium on Sunday to bring an end to a poor run of four Premier League matches without a victory
It only needed 88 seconds of quality for Arsenal to end their four-match winless run in the Premier League and set up a mouth-watering clash with title rivals Leicester next weekend.
The Gunners beat Bournemouth 2-0 at the Vitality Stadium on Sunday afternoon thanks to two first-half goals in as many minutes from Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
It set up a comfortable victory as Arsenal defended with discipline and focus to win three much-needed points that move them above Manchester City in the table. Arsene Wenger's side are now third behind Tottenham on goal difference and five points behind leaders Leicester.
It looked like Arsenal's title challenge was starting to fall apart coming into this game, with the Londoners failing to win their previous four matches and suffering a startling drop in form in front of goal.
In fact, they had waited five hours and 28 minutes since their last league goal before Ozil slammed the opener into the roof of Bournemouth's net in the 23rd minute following a clever knockdown from Olivier Giroud.
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A minute-and-a-half later, Oxlade-Chamberlain fired in off the far post for his first goal in 38 Premier League appearances.
There was no room for error and this victory will be the first building block as Arsenal look to improve their confidence for the run-in.
Ozil has led Arsenal's title charge this season and his latest strike takes his record to four goals and 16 assists for the campaign. Having failed to provide an assist so far in 2016, the German's return to form has certainly come at a good time.
As Alexis Sanchez continues to work his way back to match fitness following a hamstring injury, it will be up to Ozil to inspire Arsenal once again when Leicester come to the Emirates Stadium next Sunday.
With Manchester City hosting Tottenham the same day, it could be the defining afternoon of the title race.
Arsenal supporters, more than most, are used to being put through the full gamut of emotions by their notoriously unpredictable team.
But they produced a professional performance on the south coast on Sunday when there was little room for error having seen Leicester and Spurs win on Saturday.
Behind Ozil, Aaron Ramsey and Mathieu Flamini played with discipline and helped the Gunners protect the scoreline.
Leicester will cause Wenger's men problems next week, but with Petr Cech in this mood they will find it difficult to score. The goalkeeper once again made top-class saves when called upon, particularly to deny Harry Arter.
He has already been worth every penny of the £8 million Arsenal paid to sign him and is proving John Terry right after the Chelsea captain said his former team-mate would be worth up to 15 points per season in north London.
It only needed 88 seconds of quality for Arsenal to end their four-match winless run in the Premier League and set up a mouth-watering clash with title rivals Leicester next weekend.
The Gunners beat Bournemouth 2-0 at the Vitality Stadium on Sunday afternoon thanks to two first-half goals in as many minutes from Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
It set up a comfortable victory as Arsenal defended with discipline and focus to win three much-needed points that move them above Manchester City in the table. Arsene Wenger's side are now third behind Tottenham on goal difference and five points behind leaders Leicester.
It looked like Arsenal's title challenge was starting to fall apart coming into this game, with the Londoners failing to win their previous four matches and suffering a startling drop in form in front of goal.
In fact, they had waited five hours and 28 minutes since their last league goal before Ozil slammed the opener into the roof of Bournemouth's net in the 23rd minute following a clever knockdown from Olivier Giroud.
There was no room for error and this victory will be the first building block as Arsenal look to improve their confidence for the run-in.
Ozil has led Arsenal's title charge this season and his latest strike takes his record to four goals and 16 assists for the campaign. Having failed to provide an assist so far in 2016, the German's return to form has certainly come at a good time.
As Alexis Sanchez continues to work his way back to match fitness following a hamstring injury, it will be up to Ozil to inspire Arsenal once again when Leicester come to the Emirates Stadium next Sunday.
With Manchester City hosting Tottenham the same day, it could be the defining afternoon of the title race.
Arsenal supporters, more than most, are used to being put through the full gamut of emotions by their notoriously unpredictable team.
But they produced a professional performance on the south coast on Sunday when there was little room for error having seen Leicester and Spurs win on Saturday.
Behind Ozil, Aaron Ramsey and Mathieu Flamini played with discipline and helped the Gunners protect the scoreline.
Leicester will cause Wenger's men problems next week, but with Petr Cech in this mood they will find it difficult to score. The goalkeeper once again made top-class saves when called upon, particularly to deny Harry Arter.
He has already been worth every penny of the £8 million Arsenal paid to sign him and is proving John Terry right after the Chelsea captain said his former team-mate would be worth up to 15 points per season in north London.
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