Alexis Sanchez scored twice as Arsenal easily beat 10-man Hull City on Saturday, securing a third successive Premier League win for the first time since January.
Sanchez put Arsenal ahead after 17 minutes, deflecting the ball home after a Theo Walcott shot was pushed into the path of Alex Iwobi, before the hosts had Jake Livermore sent off for handball.
Sanchez's penalty was saved by Eldin Jakupovic, but Walcott doubled the lead 10 minutes into the second half when his effort was headed in by Hull defender Harry Maguire.
Hull's Robert Snodgrass pulled a goal back from the penalty spot, but Sanchez calmed any jitters in the Arsenal ranks when he rifled high into the net and Granit Xhaka rounded off the scoring with bullet finish from distance in stoppage time.
In another game, Leicester City's record buy Islam Slimani injected new life into the champions' title defence, marking his Premier League debut with his first two goals for the club in a comprehensive win.
The prolific Algerian striker, a 29.7 million pound ($38.61 million) buy from Sporting Lisbon, struck with the last action of the first half and early in the second, his two finishes demonstrating the heading prowess that had attracted manager Claudio Ranieri.
Fresh from an impressive debut in the Foxes' Champions League win in Bruges in midweek, Slimani marked his Premier League bow at the King Power by crashing home a header from a Christian Fuchs free-kick on the stroke of halftime.
Two minutes after the break, the 28-year-old nodded his second after a deflected cross from compatriot Riyad Mahrez, whose rejuvenation was also evident from the 66th minute run and cross that forced defender Ben Mee to turn an inadvertent third past his own keeper.
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