Arsenal revived their hopes of playing in European competition next season after a win over Leicester in an entertaining Premier League clash on Sunday.

Goals from David Luiz, Alexandre Lacazette and Nicolas Pepe helped Arsenal to a 3-1 win at Leicester City. 

The result lifted Arsenal two places up to ninth on 37 points from 26 games while Leicester stayed third on 49 points after suffering a second setback in three days following their Europa League elimination, Reuters reported. 

The Foxes produced another poor performance after Thursday's 2-0 home defeat by Slavia Prague sent them crashing out of Europe's second-tier competition, where Arsenal progressed into the last 16 with a 4-3 aggregate win over Benfica.

Lacazette said two successive wins would boost Arsenal's confidence in their bid to climb higher up the standings.