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Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel (right) and Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez vie for the ball in their English Premier League match at the King Power Stadium in Leicester. (Photo: AP)

Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel (right) and Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez vie for the ball in their English Premier League match at the King Power Stadium in Leicester. (Photo: AP)

Premier League champions Leicester City and last season’s runners-up Arsenal remain without a win this season after a slow-burning 0-0 draw at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.

Beaten 2-1 at promoted Hull City last weekend, Leicester avoided the ignominy of becoming the first English champions to lose their first two games since Aston Villa in 1981.

But Claudio Ranieri’s side were frustrated by two unsuccessful penalty shouts — one in each half — and also lost full debutant Nampalys Mendy to an apparent ankle injury.

Arsenal looked far more robust than the team beaten 4-3 by Liverpool a week ago and were able to welcome back Laurent Koscielny, Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud from their post-Euro 2016 breaks.

But with the season only two games old, both Arsene Wenger’s men and Leicester are already five points off the pace set by Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Hull.

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