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Josh Holland

Why William Saliba fumed at Gabriel and pushed Arsenal defender after crucial win at Leicester

Arsenal's lead at the top of the Premier League was extended to five points on Saturday afternoon with a 1-0 win over Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.

Gabriel Martinelli scored within the first minute of the second half to hand the Gunners their 18th league win of the season. The Brazilian tucked the ball past Danny Ward after being played through by Leandro Trossard.

The victory will, once again, be overshadowed by a number of questionable decisions from the officials. In the first half, Trossard's sensational strike was ruled out after VAR deemed Ben White guilty for fouling Danny Ward from the initial corner.

Read more: Why Leandro Trossard Arsenal wondergoal vs Leicester City was ruled out amid fresh VAR anger

Moments later, Leicester defender Harry Souttar escaped conceding a penalty after seeming to pull Bukayo Saka down inside the six-yard box. The incident was reviewed by video technology, but Arsenal were not awarded a penalty.

The Gunners managed to hold on from little trouble from Brendan Rodgers' side to add further daylight between themselves and Manchester City - who face Bournemouth later today. However, despite the much-needed win, there was a moment of frustration among some players.

According to The Athletic's James McNicholas, defensive partners William Saliba and Gabriel were involved in a on-the-field exchange, McNicholas, @Gunnerblog on Twitter, wrote: "A few angry words exchanged between Saliba and Gabriel at full-time. Frenchman appeared to push his partner away. Some sort of disagreement. Sure it'll blow over."

It remains unclear what the discussion was about. However, it's unlikely that the magnitude will be one to worry Arsenal supporters after they secured their 10th Premier League clean sheet of the season.

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