Late penalty controversy saves Arsenal in draw at Leicester City
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Updated 20/08/2016 at 19:00 GMT
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Leicester City's Ahmed Musa reacts after a penalty is not awarded
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Champions Leicester City and runners-up Arsenal are still awaiting their first wins of the season after the sides played out a 0-0 draw at the King Power Stadium.
Arsenal somehow avoided conceding a late penalty as Mark Clattenburg failed to spot Hector Bellerin clearly bringing down Ahmed Musa right at the end.
The champions also thought they may have earned a penalty in the first half when Laurent Koscielny challenged Danny Drinkwater just after Petr Cech had denied Jamie Vardy with a fine save.
Vardy had earlier blazed a good chance over the bar and both keepers needed to be on their mettle. A draw leaves them both in the bottom half of the table.
TALKING POINT
A tale of two penalties. Mark Clattenburg may possibly have got the benefit of the doubt on the first one but he looked to be badly positioned to miss Bellerin’s left leg bringing down Musa.
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Leicester City's Danny Drinkwater goes down in the area after a challenge from Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny (not pictured) however a penalty is not awarded
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MAN OF THE MATCH
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City): No real standout performances but last year’s Player of the Yeason created a couple of good chances for his side and was only denied himself by a fine save from Petr Cech.
PLAYER RATINGS
Leicester: Schmeichel 7; Simpson 6, Huth 6, Morgan 7, Fuchs 6; Mahrez 8, Drinkwater 6, Mendy 6, Albrighton 6; Okazaki 6, Vardy 6. Subs: Musa 7, King 6, Ulloa 6.
Arsenal: Cech 7, Bellerin 6, Holding 6, Koscielny 7, Monreal 6, Xhaka 6, Coquelin 5, Walcott 6, Cazorla 6, Oxlade-Chamberlain 6, Alexis 6. Subs: Wilshere 6, Giroud 6, Ozil 7.
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Wes Morgan à la lutte avec Hectotr Bellerin, sous les yeux de Laurent Koscielny, lors de Leicester-Arsenal
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KEY MOMENTS
31’ – SAVE! Cazorla swings his free-kick towards goal and Schmeichel is forced to claw it out of the far corner as it goes all the way through without touching anyone.
43’ – PENALTY SHOUT: Koscielny sends Drinkwater tumbling in the box but it’s so hard to tell whether he made any contact on either ball or player and Mark Clattenburg waves away the protests.
70’ – CHANCE VARDY: He’s played in by Albrighton but blazes over the bar under pressure from Koscielny.
83’ – SCHMEICHEL SAVE: Sanchez plays in Ozil but Schmeichel narrows the angle and pulls off a good save.
87’ - PENALTY SHOUT: Bellerin looks to have taken down Musa but Clattenburg gets it wrong and waves away appeals.
KEY STATS
The last time Arsenal started the PL season with one point in two matches was in 2011/12. Arsenal then started with a goalless draw against Newcastle and a 2-0 loss against Liverpool.
Leicester City are now unbeaten in 16 successive home matches, their second longest streak in the English top flight after a run of 28 between April 1928 and October 1929.
For the sixth time, this fixture ends in a goalless draw. The last time was in 20 January 2001. Arsenal ended as champions as Leicester were relegated finishing last that season.
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