Arsenal 2-1 Leeds: Bruno Guimarães comes off bench to seal comeback win

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Arsenal beat Leeds 2-1 as substitute Bruno Guimarães scored the winner just seven minutes after coming on at the Emirates Stadium.

James Justin had put Leeds ahead early in the second half, but Riccardo Calafiori equalised before Guimarães completed the turnaround.

The three goals arrived in a decisive 15-minute spell after a goalless first half.

Arsenal 2-1 Leeds: Calafiori starts the comeback

Justin broke the deadlock in the 55th minute, with Gabriel Gudmundsson providing the assist to give the visitors the lead.

Arsenal responded seven minutes later when Calafiori scored from Ben White’s assist.

Mikel Arteta then made a triple substitution in the 63rd minute. Guimarães replaced Myles Lewis-Skelly, Viktor Gyökeres came on for Kai Havertz and Jurriën Timber took over from White.

Guimarães made the decisive contribution in the 70th minute, scoring from Declan Rice’s assist to put Arsenal ahead for the first time.

Leeds carry a threat despite defeat

Arsenal finished with 58% possession and a narrow 12-11 advantage in shots, but Leeds registered five efforts on target to the hosts’ four. Both sides created three big chances.

Daniel Farke introduced Brenden Aaronson and Harry Wilson immediately after Arsenal’s second goal, with Lukas Nmecha following later, but Leeds could not find an equaliser.

Calafiori made way for Piero Hincapié in the closing stages, while Mikel Merino replaced Martin Ødegaard as Arsenal protected their lead.

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