Shkodran Mustafi’s move from LaLiga’s Valencia to Arsenal in the Premier League is imminent. And Watford was punished on 40 minutes when Theo Walcott delivered a fine low ball in from the right and Sanchez got lucky with a an effort at the back post that spun just over the line before being cleared.
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Jamie Vardy put Claudio Ranieri’s side in front after 32 minutes and Wes Morgan made it 2-0 early in the second half before Mahrez had the chance to seal the win from the spot.
Meanwhile, Wenger has urged Mesut Ozil to build on his scoring start to the season after admitting the one element the midfielder’s game has lacked is goals.
Arsenal kick-started their Premier League campaign in emphatic fashion, turning on the style to rout a lacklustre Watford 3-1 at Vicarage Road.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has praised summer signing Granit Xhaka following his performance during Saturday’s 3-1 win over Watford.
They visibly exhausted after the interval and Watford pulled a goal back as club-record signing Roberto Pereyra scored a debut goal, but the hosts could not find a way to set up a grandstand finish.
Arsenal keeper Petr Cech was then forced into action to save Jose Holebas’ thunderbolt and he also had to react quickly to Odion Ighalo’s follow up.
Watford continued their search for a second goal to haul themselves back into the match when Ighalo fired an acrobatic bicycle kick narrowly over before debutant Isaac Success nearly made an immediate impact off the bench when he planted a header straight at Cech.
They are struggling at the bottom half of the league table, very unusual of the Gunners who are among the title contenders in the league.
Two teams square off in Watford hoping to get their first win of the season.
Arsenal suffered a setback when Jamie Vardy snubbed a move away from Leicester, but it appears Wenger is closing in on a double signing after fans called for more of the club’s cash reserves to be invested in playing staff.
“We had to work very hard to get signings done”, Wenger said.
“We paid a heavy price in our first game (the 4-3 defeat to Liverpool) because we were not ready, we had not the players back at home”.
“We have no plans for anyone else now”.
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– The Hornets have now used 21 different players in the Premier League this season, with 17 different nationalities represented.
