Arsenal has kept their hopes of a top-four spot alive with a 1-0 victory over Leicester City.
It looked as though Leicester would heap more pressure on Arsene Wenger, but a late own goal from Robert Huth denied the Foxes what would have been a deserved point.
The result leaves Craig Shakespeare’s side six points above the relegation zone, while Arsenal now sit in sixth and ahead of the Manchester derby on Thursday night.
As the first half drew to a close, Mahrez hit the side-netting after receiving a raking pass in the final third, but it was Arsenal who almost went ahead in the final moments before the break.
Alexis Sanchez received the ball around 25 yards from goal before lashing a shot against the woodwork from 25 yards out with Schmeichel seemingly beaten.
It appeared that Leicester were going to do enough to hang on for a potentially precious point, but all of their hard work was undone when they went behind through an own goal from Huth.
Nacho Monreal’s shot was goalbound but it required a significant deflection from the defender to divert the ball past Schmeichel and into the net.
Leicester attempted to find a late equaliser, but Arsenal had little problem in seeing out the remainder of the game as Wenger made it three wins in a row in all competitions.
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