Foxes frustrated in Arsenal draw

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Leicester City and Arsenal played out a goalless draw at the King Power on Saturday evening as both sides’ search for a first Premier League win of the season continues.

The champions thought they should have been awarded two penalties in the game, firstly when Danny Drinkwater was upended by Laurent Koscielny just before the break.

Then in the dying seconds, substitute Ahmed Musa was also bundled over by Hector Bellerin, but again referee Mark Clattenburg waved play on.

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri made four changes from the team that surprisingly lost 2-1 at newly promoted Hull City in their opening fixture of the season last Saturday, including handing a debut to midfielder Nampalys Mendy.

The visitors, meanwhile, also made a raft of alterations having lost 4-3 at home to Liverpool on Super Sunday, with Koscielny back to partner Rob Holding at the heart of their defence.

Arsene Wenger opted to hand his big-money summer purchase from Borussia Monchengladbach, Granit Xhaka, his first Premier League start, while Santi Cazorla was handed a run-out following injuries to both Aaron Ramsey and Alex Iwobi last weekend.

However, the Frenchman decided that Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud were only fit enough to take their places on the substitutes bench after their recent …

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