Despite the win, one fan in the away section held up another banner after the game calling for Wenger to leave, while many chanted for majority owner Stan Kroenke to “get out of our club”.
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After crashing out of the FA Cup and the Champions League in their last two fixtures, a Premier League title is Arsenal’s only hope for success this season, but it won’t come easy.
With the clouds gloomy around the Emirates, manager Arsene Wenger swung into action ringing the changes into his side constantly accused of lacking spine.
Spurs are five points off leaders Leicester with eight games to play but Keown believes Mauricio Pochettino’s men have what it takes to close the gap.
Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi celebrates scoring their second goal against Everton during their Barclays Premier League match at Goodison Park, March 19, 2016.
It was an impressive display from the visitors, who had gone three league games without a win ahead of their trip to Merseyside and been dumped out of the FA Cup and Champions League in the past week.
Among the numerous qualities of Arsene Wenger overlooked during the recent bloodlust is he is the greatest talent spotter of his generation. “We went out because I think Barcelona is one of the best teams I’ve played in my career”.
“We want to treat every opponent the same, which means to give them the same respect, so every single game will be a tough challenge”.
The Merseysiders, who have struggled at home all season with just four league wins at Goodison, were fortunate not to concede a penalty 11 minutes before the break as Besic and Ramiro Funes Mori both clipped Sanchez without winning the ball.
Roberto Martinez says Everton, not Arsenal, looked like the squad that traveled to Barcelona during the week.
Wenger was heavily criticised over his continued use of Alexis earlier in the season after the forward picked up a hamstring injury which sidelined him for nearly two months. “Then we never know”, Wenger said of the title race.
There’s no egregious fraud or truly disastrous play at Arsenal, but they’ve underachieved for the last decade, while being extremely cheap in the eyes of many fans.
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“We were very slow in our build-up and it looked like a fearful performance”.
