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Ozil and Aubameyang guide Arsenal to a perfect ten

Gunners on best run in 11 years with win over Leicester

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The brilliance of Mesut Ozil and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang kept Arsenal rolling along on Monday. Ozil scored one goal and helped set up Aubameyang for two more as Arsenal rallied to beat Leicester 3-1 in the English Premier League.

The win was the Gunners’ 10th straight overall, their longest run in 11 years.

It was also their seventh consecutiv­e league victory and moved them up to fourth place, two points behind leaders Manchester City.

“We are beginning to play with heart,” first-year Arsenal coach Unai Emery said.

“When you continue to improve your demands are very high. We need to control the matches more than we are doing now.”

“I do not have to tell you how good a player Mesut Ozil is, he has shown that,” defender Shkodran Mustafi said. “When you give him the opportunit­ies in his favourite position behind the striker, he has the capability of doing everything — making goals and scoring. He can make us look very dangerous going forward.”

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