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Parting Shots for Arsenal 3-2 Swansea City: Gunners edge past Swans in 5-goal thriller

All the news that's fit to print for Arsenal's victory in Bob Bradley's first match in charge of Swansea City.

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Arsenal 3-2 Swansea City: Too close for comfort - The Short Fuse
All in all, it was a fairly impressive performance by the Gunners with 11 men, and solid resilience playing a man down. With Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur drawing on the day, Arsenal are level on points for 1st in the Premier League table, behind City by 1 goal in goal difference.

Good, Bad and The Ugly: Swansea Squeaker - The Short Fuse
The result ended up very friendly to Arsenal. Two gifts and a moment of Özil were enough to see out a stubborn Swansea and likely leaves the team settled enough to rest up and move forward. Arsenal now share a spot at the top of the league and many of us will forgive a sloppy game.

Arsenal 3-2 Swansea City - Report | Arsenal first team, ladies and academy results and fixtures | Arsenal.com | Arsenal.com
This was a frantic game that could have been wrapped up much earlier. But the result was the right one - and Arsène Wenger’s side edge closer to the top of the table.

Swansea City FC - MATCH REPORT
The Swans were left point-less from Bradley's opening game in charge, but there were plenty of major positives to take from the trip to North London.

Arsenal 3 Swansea City 2 match highlights: Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil goals secure victory at the Emirates | London Evening Standard
Arsenal moved up to second spot in the Premier League with an entertaining 3-2 victory over Swansea City. Two early goals from Theo Walcott had put the Gunners in control, before Gylfi Sigurdsson capitalised on Laurent Koscielny's mistake to cut the lead before the break.

Arsenal spoil Bob Bradley's debut with Swansea | NBC Sports
Despite finishing the match with 10 men, Arsenal hung onto a 3-2 victory over Swansea in Bob Bradley's first match with the club.