Quickfire first-half goals from Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny in the space of two minutes look to have set the Gunners up for a comfortable evening.
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“You gain credibility through consistency and when people think this could be a game where people think we could slip a bit and you respond in a positive way”.
Arsenal can go top of the Premier League standings with a victory over Everton on Saturday, as leaders Manchester City will not be in action until Sunday when they face Manchester United in the derby clash.
“It is a flawless week”, Wenger said. Always togetherness, but not always the results we want.
Yet despite a largely positive start to the campaign, Arsene Wenger and his players have still come in for criticism for a number of underwhelming displays, particularly in Europe. Kendall’s death came hours before the Toffees took the pitch at Goodison Park and were defeated by Manchester United 3-0.
Olivier Giroud followed up his goal in Tuesday’s Champions League win over Bayern Munich by heading the Gunners in front after 36 minutes of Saturday night’s Emirates Stadium encounter.
“It’s been a great week and it was a hard and important game today and you have to refocus”, he said.
Everton pressed for the leveler, with Romelu Lukaku heading against the crossbar and Gerard Deulofeu denied late on by goalkeeper Petr Cech. Bayern had more possession than us, but we chose to make it tight in our final third and catch them on the break.
He said: “There is no winter break and I think that is the most evil thing of this culture”. That’s why I’m very proud of my team because they’ve shown the ability to refocus. “There are still many aspects to our game which we can improve and therefore let’s not focus too much on the position and try to be a better team”.
The Welshman pulled up during the midweek win over the German champions, with Wenger saying that he perhaps should have been rested for the Watford match – or ideally Wales’ game with minnows Andorra.
“Overall we are in a good run and that can help the level of confidence and belief going into the next game”, he said. “We know, as well, the competition will be long”.
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