ALEXIS Sanchez rediscovered his goalscoring touch in spectacular style this afternoon (Saturday) as he scored a stunning hat-trick away at Leicester.

The Gunners had to come from behind at the King Power Stadium against a strong Leicester team, who went into the game as the only side left in the league still boasting an unbeaten record. 

Arsene Wenger said that he was "always confident" that his Arsenal team would win the match, even when they went 1-0 down. "Even at 1-0 we were creating lots of chances and I felt in a game like this the confidence was coming. I think we always looked dangerous," he said. 

"We managed to come back from 2-1 and after that I feel we dominated the game and put in a clinical performance." 

Reflecting on Sanchez's man-of-the-match display, Wenger added, "Alexis was waiting for a goal. He's not used to not scoring for so long, so it was important for him to score. 

"It took Alexis a while to find his form. He came back late from the Copa America and after a competition like that it takes some time. 

"I'm sure that now he has scored – he'll soon be back to his very best." 

Jamie Vardy fired the Foxes into a 13th-minute lead with a superb finish from a tight angle. But Theo Walcott equalised within minutes after Leicester were caught on the break. 

Sanchez then took control of the tie with his clinical hat-trick – the pick of which was his third from long range. Vardy pulled a goal back for Leicester, but the day belonged to Arsenal with Olivier Giroud coming off the bench to score a fifth for the visitors.

ARSENAL: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Flamini (Arteta, 21), Ramsey (Oxlade-Chamberlain, 77), Cazorla, Ozil, Sanchez, Walcott (Giroud, 80) 
Substitutes not used: Ospina, Debuchy, Gibbs, Chambers