“It was a convincing performance in two different situations, 11 vs 11 and 11 vs 10”, said Wenger.
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Prior to the Hull fixture, Arsenal had been awarded three penalties this season with Theo Walcott missing against Liverpool in the opening Premier League fixture while Santi Cazorla netted from the spot in the 3-1 victory over Watford at Vicarage Road then against Southampton.
“Eleven against 11, I thought we played well”.
Xhaka will be hoping to establish himself as a starter in Wenger’s Arsenal side during his first season at the north London club.
Snodgrass converted the penalty, but Arsenal went back through the gears and scored a third through Sanchez after Walcott’s effort had been saved. “We have gained a bit of confidence from winning a few games”.
“Look, we had a big shock in our first game and I said straight away after that first game that we face a mental test to see how well we respond”.
Sanchez struck late to earn Arsenal a point in the Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, and he played an influential role again on Saturday, although he was unable to complete a hat-trick.
“I started Alex past year because I’ve seen there is some quality, enough to give him a go”, added Wenger.
“I want to know what happened and for it not to happen again”.
Asked if this was a big season for Walcott, 27, he added: “He was influential in both halves of the game with the quality of his runs, he is very risky”.
Sanchez took the ensuing penalty but Jakupovic made a brilliant one-handed save down to his right to ensure Hull only trailed by one goal at the break.
The Switzerland global came on for the latter with 25 minutes remaining, and he left it late to make his big introduction as he put the gloss on a superb Arsenal win with a 30-yard screamer minutes from time.
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“It came 48 hours ago when we were in preparation for this game”. From there, I’ll have a sit down with the owners to discuss it a little bit further. -Arsenal continued to waste chances and even managed to miss a penalty -after Livermore had been dismissed for blocking Sanchez’s shot with his arm.
