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| Joel Campbell scored his first Arsenal goal in the victory |
JOEL CAMPBELL scored his first Arsenal goal as Arsene Wenger's men kept up the pressure on Manchester City by earning their fifth straight Premier League win.
Swansea were the better team in the first half but somehow Arsenal got through to the break level, and the Gunners took advantage just after half-time when Olivier Giroud put them ahead.
Laurent Koscielny put the Gunners two up, although the Swansea players thought the goal should have been disallowed as they were convinced goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski had been fouled, before Campbell rounded off the victory.
The result leaves Arsenal level on points with League leaders Man City, only trailing their title rivals on goal difference.
After suffering two key injures in midweek to Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Wenger handed Campbell his first start at the Liberty Stadium.
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| Olivier Giroud got Arsenal's first goal of the afternoon |
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| Laurent Koscielny celebrates with Olivier Giroud after scoring Arsenal's second |
And the Costa Rican was into the game straight away, setting up Nacho Monreal's drive through a crowded goalmouth, before he shot over after the ball had ricocheted into his path off Ashley Williams' shin.
But Arsenal were fortunate not to be behind after 21 minutes when Jonjo Shelvey brushed aside Mesut Ozil and slotted the ball through for Bafetimbi Gomis to run onto, but he hesitated which Hector Bellerin to get back and clear.
Arsenal looked shaky but after the break they steped up their tempo and were immediately rewarded when Giroud peeled off Williams to head home his fifth goal in six games.
Gylfi Sigurdsson replied with a powerful shot for the home side which Petr Cech palmed away but Koscielny's controversial goal ended the game as a contest before Campbell added a third.
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