Arsenal 3-2 Swansea City: Theo Walcott scores two as Granit Xhaka sees red

Arsenal gave Bob Bradley a brutal welcome to the Premier League. 

Theo Walcott scored twice in the first half as he pounced on mistakes by Jordi Amat and Jack Cork to fire Arsenal into a comfortable lead. 

But former USA coach Bradley, in charge of his first game since taking charge at Swansea, must have thought his team were back in it after an awful mistake by Granit Xhaka presented Gylfi Sigurdsson with a chance which he finished brilliantly after 38 minutes. 

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Arsenal looked a little nervous until Mesut Ozil restored their two goal lead with a brilliant goal after 57 minutes as he volleyed home Alexis Sanchez’s cross. 

But Arsenal pressed the self destruct button when first substitute Gonzalez Borja Boston scored from Modou Barrow’s cross to put Swansea right back in it after 66 minutes. 

Then Xhaka’s afternoon went from bad to worse when he was sent off in the 70th minute for a cynical foul on Barrow to leave Arsenal clinging on with ten men.