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Ice-cool Sanchez lifts 10-man Arsenal to dramatic win over Burnley

French striker Giroud shoots at goal during the opening 45 minutes as Arsenal attempted to move up to second in the table

Alexis Sanchez kept his nerve to haul 10-man Arsenal into second place in the Premier League as the Chilean's last-gasp penalty sealed a dramatic 2-1 home win over Burnley on Sunday.

Arsene Wenger's side appeared to have blown their chance to get back in the title race when Burnley's Andre Gray scored a stoppage-time penalty to cancel out Shkodran Mustafi's first goal for Arsenal.

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