Swansea City fc at the emirates stadium. This match was quit important for the Gunners to reduce
the margin from the leader Leicester city fc, but the gunners were failed to do so. The match was
worth watching as both team played well, specially the Gunners, they were superb in First 30
minutes, then after they were little lazy and then Swansea city take the advantage and finally win the game.JoelCampbell put Arsene Wenger's men into an early lead, but Wayne Routledge's first top-flight goal since December 2014 had the visitors level.
The Gunners hit the woodwork twice in the first half through Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez, who did so again after the break a few moments before Ashley Williams' close-range winner stunned the Emirates.
Arsenal have now only won two of their last eight league fixtures at a crucial stage of the campaign and remain six points behind leaders Leicester City with 10 matches remaining.
Swansea, who were without head coach Francesco Guidolin who was taken to hospital with a chest infection earlier in the day, made six changes to their team and stay 16th, but significantly open up a welcome six-point cushion on the bottom three.
There were three alterations for the hosts, with Per Mertesacker replacing the injured Laurent Koscielny, while Campbell and Giroud came in for Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck.
Arsenal almost moved in front when Mesut Ozil headed on to Sanchez, with the attacker mis-hitting his original effort before composing himself and striking a right-footed shot against the post as former Gunners goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski gratefully collected the rebound.
The Gunners did find the opener after 15 minutes, though. Sanchez cleverly sent a chip into the box and Campbell, on the slide, hooked an impressive left-footed finish into the far corner.
But after a slow start, Swansea came back into the match and were level in the 32nd minute. Arsenal wanted a free-kick on the halfway line when Jordi Amat challenged Ozil, but referee Robert Madley was unmoved. The visitors then broke quickly and Jack Cork produced an excellent throughball, allowing Routledge - one of the six brought into the team - to take one touch and confidently slot past Petr Cech.
Arsenal should have regained the lead shortly before half-time, but Giroud could only smash his right-footed volley against the crossbar from 10 yards after Mertesacker had headed an Aaron Ramsey cross into his path.
The home fans were unhappy to see Wenger bring off Campbell when he opted to introduce Welbeck for the final 26 minutes and they had their hearts in their mouths a few moments later when substitute Gylfi Sigurdsson surged through on goal, rounded Cech but fired wide from a tight angle.
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