The sight of Arsenal devoting much of the second half to taking every opportunity to waste as much time as possible emphasises precisely how hard Mikel Arteta’s side had to work to retain their place at the top of the Premier League.
A compelling, incident-packed game dominated by an amalgam of technology and controversy was settled by a gorgeous goal from Bukayo Saka but also saw Leeds’ Patrick Bamford have a goal disallowed and miss a penalty while Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhães had a late red card overturned following a clash with Jesse Marsch’s centre-forward.
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