Arsenal stars train ahead of Premier League clash against Leicester

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Unai Emery has added the final touches to Arsenal's preparations for the visit of Leicester.

The Arsenal stars linked up at their London Colney facilities on Sunday for a morning session ahead of the Premier League clash.

There seemed to be a real sense of focus from the Arsenal players with Mesut Ozil in particular looking fully engaged in the session.

The German divides opinion, but has played a significant role in Arsenal's nine-game winning run despite missing  the 5-1 trouncing of Fulham due to a slight back problem last time out.

Ozil took part in the full training session on Sunday and is expected to slot straight back into the line-up against Leicester.

Emery has taken a hands-on approach since joining Arsenal back in the summer and got involved in the action, being pictured marking Danny Welbeck and trying to tackle Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

The atmosphere in the Arsenal camp also appeared to be high with several players seeming to enjoy the high-intensity session.

Emery's men are coming into Monday's game in impressive form and a win could see them move up to third place in the Premier League table.

They will also be boosted by the return of Laurent Koscielny, who has been out since rupturing his Achilles tendon back in May, but returned to training this week.

The defender took some part in Sunday's session but is still in the recovery process and Emery is refusing to take any risks while he continues on the road back to full fitness.

Emery told Arsenal's official website: 'We need to be calm with him. Calm because we need [to wait] more than a month.

'He needs to feel [well] first, if he is doing some things, then he is doing well. Then when he can play and is available for games in the training, [then] we can think he is okay to play.

'He is very important for us because he is our captain. He is starting this week to do some training with us together and it is very, very good news for us.

'I think we need also to give confidence to him, to be close with us, because it was a big injury. But now he is getting better, he is training with us in some things and this is very positive.'

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