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

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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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