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Arsene Wenger on victory over Watford and Alexis Sanchez’s fitness level

“If I score against Arsenal on Saturday and we lose the game I will not be happy.It does not matter if I score, I just want to help my team and make sure we win the game if it is possible”.

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“The target now is to refocus on what we want to achieve”.

Watford had previously defended with admirable organisation and calmness, although at the expense of their attacking threat as Odion Ighalo screwed their best chance wide at the end of the first half.

That said, Watford did post back-to-back top-flight victories against Swansea andNewcastle in mid-September and only Manchester City and Crystal Palace have taken all three points off them in the Premier League.

Watford host Arsenal at Vicarage Road this Saturday on NBC, as part of the Saturday afternoon game.

“To beat Watford you have to be completely committed to the game”, Wenger told reporters. They are well organised.

He scored three goals in World Cup qualifiers against Brazil and Peru during the worldwide break and arrived back with a sore hip, but Wenger opted to risk him against Watford.

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“I don’t care too much about that”.

The last 10 minutes the best Arsenal’s player Alexis Sanchez allowing to spend on the bench, as thoughts turned to Tuesday’s crucial Champions League encounter with Bayern Munich. “My worry is about my team and what we can do”, said the Gunners boss.

“We are two points behind the league leaders and what all the other teams do is up to them”.

“I prefer to think they will put all their effort and energy into their match against us”, he said.

I believe every player hates not playing but as well you have periods as a player.

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Arsenal faced a stern test in the face of promoted Watford, with the two sides sharing the joint-meanest Premier League defence this season, alongside Spurs, having conceded just seven goals in eight games before this clash.

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