Wenger watched Arsenal secure only their third win their past 10 away outings courtesy of two goals in the first half to close the gap on leaders Leicester to eight points before Claudio Ranieri’s team visited Crystal Palace later on Saturday.
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It was a comfortable victory for Arsenal at the end of a week when its chances of winning silverware this season virtually disappeared after losses to Watford and Barcelona in the FA Cup and Champions League, respectively.
With the clouds gloomy around the Emirates, manager Arsene Wenger swung into action ringing the changes into his side constantly accused of lacking spine.
The Toffees will also take comfort in the fact that Arsenal have failed to beat them in their last three outings at Goodison Park, however, Everton have only managed to defeat the Gunners once in their last 18 games against them.
The win capped a decisive performance from Arsene Wenger’s side, as they overcame the absence of many of their regular players due to injury.
Arsenal more than deserved their 2-0 half-time advantage and Everton did little after the re-start to provide evidence that they could snatch a draw. Wenger has said that Arsenal started scouting Lukaku when he was still playing in his native Belgium, and he has been impressed with the 22-year-old’s continued development. I agree that a negative result (at Everton) would be very bad for us, but we focus on a positive result.
“We looked like the team who had an extra game [in midweek]”.
“Look, at the moment, no”, Wenger said when asked if there was interest in Ibrahimovic. Arsenal named nearly side as the team that played against Barcelona, with Francis Coquelin coming in for Mathieu Flamini.
I cant see Everton not scoring and likewise I think Arsenal will get at least one here. “After that he improved very quickly with the first team”.
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“We were very very slow in our build up and were reactive, we didn’t anticipate any play”. On the verge of being out of the Premier League race.
