Arsenal stayed in third place and extended their winning run in the Premier League to four games thanks to goals from Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez. The home side started strongly but the Frenchman opened the scoring just after the hour mark after poking home Kieran Gibbs’s shot, which was blocked. Sanchez scored for the first time in nine games to double the Gunners lead. Although Charlie Austin late goal gave them some hope of a comeback, it was simply too little too late
The result leaves the visitors on course for automatic Champions League qualification, as they are currently a point ahead of fourth-placed Manchester United, and three points ahead of fifth-placed Liverpool. While defeat means that QPR are now in the bottom three, three points behind Aston Villa with a game in hand.
Here are the major talking points from the game.
1. Arsenal starting to show resilience away from home
After winning just two of their opening six away games in the league, the Gunners have massively improved their away record, which is one of the reasons why they are in third place at the moment. Although QPR dominated the first half and the Gunners were far from convincing, they came into the second half with a point to prove and two goals in the space of five minutes certainly did and from then onwards, there was no looking back as Arsene Wenger’s side secured their seventh away win of the season.
Even though they are still conceding goals, since the addition of Francis Coquelin, they seem to have added a bit of resilience and fight to their game, which is especially crucial in away games. Although they have lost to Southampton and Tottenham this year, they have collected 21 out of a possible 27 points in 2015 and look as though they are on course to finish in the Champions League positions once again.