Gabriel Martinelli the latest match-winner as Arsenal maintain Premier League lead

If Arsenal are going to do the unthinkable and win their first league title in 19 years this season, they will need every one of the talented squad to hit top form at some point along the way.

That is what perhaps separates this Arsenal side from their title rivals – there is no superstar, no reliance on any particular player. Each week, different individuals have stepped up to keep the Gunners on course for the most unlikely to title successes.

For all their embarrassment of riches, Manchester City are not the same team without Kevin De Bruyne in it and where would Manchester United be without Marcus Rashford’s goals? The match-winning mantle is passed around at Arsenal. This week, the responsibility fell on Gabriel Martinelli.

While the goal was a typically aesthetically-pleasing Arsenal goal that earned them a narrow 1-0 win over Leicester City to stretch their advantage atop the Premier League, the performance was anything but vintage Gunners. The scoreline, however, does not give a true reflection of how comfortable the victory nonetheless was.

It is easy to forget Martinelli is still 21, given he seems to have been in the Arsenal vernacular for so long. But finally injury free – he has started all but two of Arsenal’s league games this year – the Brazilian is starting to have the influence on his side his talent always threatened to produce. Two crucial goals in the space of a week means Arsenal fans can still dream their barren run without a league crown is nearing its end.

It is easy to forget Leicester have won the Premier League title more recently than Arsenal. The King Power Stadium pre-match amble and terrace chants gave visiting supporters a reminder of such.

Leicester have fallen a long way since those