Leicester 3-0 Arsenal: Vardy bags brace after Maitland-Niles sees red

Highlights

- Arsenal full back Ainsley Maitland-Niles was sent off after picking up two yellow cards during the first half

- Youri Tielemans gave the home side the lead after meeting James Maddison's cross with a fine header

- Jamie Vardy doubled the lead with a header from close range after his first effort had come back off the bar

- Vardy then put the finishing touch on his side's convincing victory with a simple finish deep into injury time

Arsenal's top four hopes are in real danger now after falling to a humiliating 3-0 defeat at Leicester on Sunday afternoon.

The Gunners went down to 10 men in the first half after Ainsley Maitland-Niles picked up two yellows from Michael Oliver.

Youri Tielemans opened the scoring in the second half before Jamie Vardy netted twice late on to seal the victory at the King Power Stadium.

At one point during this third defeat in eight days for Arsenal, Unai Emery began frantically flapping his wrists to imitate paddling. He was suggesting Marc Albrighton had dived to win a free-kick. It was also an apt representation of his team right now. Arsenal are being submerged and gasping for air.

They were comprehensively beaten by a brilliant Leicester team, battered from start to finish, and ended up conceding three goals in three consecutive top-flight matches for the first time since 1967. Not exactly the ideal form to be taking into Thursday's Europa League semi-final against Valencia.

Jamie Vardy scored with the final touch of the match – converting an easy tap-in after Ricardo Perreira had burst through yet more mannequin defending to cross – to give the scoreline a just reflection of the gulf between these teams. Ainsley Maitland-Niles' first-half dismissal was only modest mitigation.

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