Gylfi Sigurdsson draws one back against Arsenal (Video)

Gylfi Sigurdsson scored an excellent goal to keep Swansea in the game against Arsenal in the first half.

Yet another defensive lapse, this time by Arsenal’s new signing Granit Xhaka, has gifted Swansea a goal in the 38th minute at the Emirates.

Xhaka, Arsenal’s recent £30 million signing, tried inexcusably to dribble out of the back but Swansea’s Gylfi Sigurdsson wasn’t having any of it. Sigurdsson snatched the ball, took three touches and drilled the left-footed strike past the onlooking Petr Chech.

Sigurdsson had it all to do after picking Xhaka’s pocket, but showed confidence, poise and deliberate intent with a strike that has brought Swansea back into a game they looked out of minutes before.

Frenetic action at the Emirates has seen three first half goals in just over 10 minutes, all of which came off defensive blunders.

This is just the kind of reaction manager Bob Bradley would have expected from his new team. Bradley is the first American to take charge of a Premier League team and is in charge of his first game at the Emirates.

A baptism of fire, Bradley wasn’t introduced ceremoniously into England’s top flight. Theo Walcott scored twice in a seven-minute span to give Arsenal a 2-0 lead. The Arsenal winger has been one of the best players so far this season. He has scored six goals in his last five games and, maybe even more importantly, looks more confident than he has in recent memory.

Walcott is playing with a youthful exuberance many have expected for years. He’s also finishing his chances with consummate ease, a fact that will go down extremely well in the Arsenal camp. Walcott’s lack of scoring in previous seasons has drawn negative attention from around the league, but this torrid start will go a long way to appeasing his doubters.

Arsenal and Swansea have both scored after the break to make it 3-2 Arsenal. Looks like we’re in for a grand finale from the Emirates.