Arsenal's Eddie Nketiah made a mug of Meslier with strange goal vs Leeds

Arsenal wasted no time at all to take the lead in their crucial Premier League clash with Leeds United on Sunday afternoon.

The pressure was on the Gunners to keep their foot on the gas in the race for the Champions League with Tottenham Hotspur having secured a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Liverpool.

And while Leeds at home might not have read as the most intimidating fixture on paper, Mikel Arteta will have been acutely aware that he was facing a team with plenty to fight for themselves.

The Yorkshire club are fighting to maintain their Premier League status as they scramble with Everton and Burnley to avoid playing in the Championship next season.

Nevertheless, it was the Champions League-chasing side that delivered the first blow with Eddie Nketiah continuing his rich vein of form to open the scoring at Emirates Stadium.

And it came in remarkable circumstances with the Arsenal striker showing exactly the sort of pressing that Leeds are notorious for to nip the ball off Leeds goalkeeper Illan Meslier.

The French shot-stopper was left with egg on his face when Nketiah essentially tackled the ball into the back of the net for a head-scratching goal that you can check out down below:

LOOK AWAY, LEEDS FANS!