Arsenal 3 Swansea 2: Theo Walcott netted an impressive double but was it enough to win Star Man?

THEO WALCOTT bagged a double and Mesut Ozil smashed in a spectacular volley as ten-man Arsenal joined Manchester City at the top of the table.

Walcott's first-half brace looked to have made life easy for Arsene Wenger's side at the Emirates but new American boss Bob Bradley masterminded a strong Swansea comeback.

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Gylfi Sigurdsson curled home a beauty to make it 2-1 before birthday boy Ozil then pinged home a close-range volley following Alexis Sanchez's deep ball.

Impressive Modou Barrow then set up Borja Baston to make it 3-2 before the Gambian was clipped by Granit Xhaka with the Arsenal man seeing red.

Here are the player ratings.

ARSENAL: Cech 6, Bellerin 6, Mustafi 7, Koscielny 7, Monreal 7, Cazorla 6, Xhaka 5, Walcott 8, Ozil 8 (Gibbs 6, 83'), Iwobi 6 (Coquelin 6, 68'), Sanchez 8 (Oxlade-Chamberlain 6, 82').

Subs not used: Gabriel, Perez, Ospina, Elneny.

Sent off: Xhaka (70').

Goals: Walcott (2), Ozil.

SWANSEA: Fabianski 6, Naughton 6, Fernandez 6, Amat 6, Taylor 5, Barrow 7 (Rangel 6, 83'), Britton 5 (Borja 6, 60'), Cork 6, (Ki 5, 71'), Routledge 6, Fer 6, Sigurdsson 7.

Subs not used: Van der Hoorn, Nordfeldt, Kingsley, Fulton.

Bookings: Taylor

Goals: Sigurdsson, Borja.

STAR MAN: Mesut Ozil, 8.