It was Mikel Arteta side first win since the league restarted. The Gunners came into the game following back to back losses to Manchester City and Brighton Hove Albion respectively.
Fans of the north London side were relieved to see Granit Xhaka start the game. If you recall that the Swiss was streched off on opening day fixture of the restart against Manchester City.
Meanwhile, Matteo Guendouzi was benched due to disciplinary issues according to coach Arteta.
The Arsenal boss decided to bench senior players in mode of Alexander Lacazette and Mesut Ozil as well as Sead Kolasinac.
Eddie Nketiah lead the attack and got his name on the score sheet, before Joe Willock came from the bench to grab the second .
Fans were amazed during the game when the camera pounced on the Arsenal's substitutes relaxing during game.
Likes of Ozil, Kolasinac and Lacazette were pictured carrying umbrellas as the looked relaxed.
Mesut Ozil was an unused substitute while Lacazette later came on for Nketiah and Kolasinac replaced injured Tierney.
The three points moved Arsenal to ninth after Liverpool thrashed Crystal Palace on Wednesday.
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