Sanchez hands Arsenal lift in win over Hull City
Wenger gets some relief as Chilean striker scores an opening goal with his hand before completing his brace from the penalty spot against Tigers
Alexis Sanchez struck twice as Arsenal returned to winning ways with a contentious and hard-fought 2-0 Premier League win over Hull City on Saturday.
The Gunners had lost their last two games coming into this contest against the relegation-threatened Tigers and had drifted out of the title race as a result.
They were by no means back to their best, but with a Champions League tie at Bayern Munich to come on Wednesday, manager Arsene Wenger will be pleased to have chalked up a timely victory.
Sanchez opened the scoring on 34 minutes with a goal that was allowed to stand despite the ball going in off his right hand.
He confirmed the three points with an injury-time penalty – his 17th goal of the campaign – after Sam Clucas had been sent off for clearing Lucas Perez’s strike off the line with his arm.
Hull threatened on occasion, but failed to get a positive result to lift them out of the bottom three, while Arsenal stay in the top four and provisionally close to within nine points of leaders Chelsea.