According to the official attendance, 59,568 fans filed into the Emirates Stadium to see Arsenal ease past West Brom thanks to two first-half goals from Alexis Sanchez.
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Alexis Sanchez scored twice in the win.
Manager Wenger said afterward that Giroud’s form is affecting his morale but insists he must be supported in his bid to regain a scoring touch.
“Sunderland need the points more but it will be unusual to see both teams play against each other because I love Sunderland and Arsenal”. “I try to give everything and be ready when selected.
And should I take him I can not plan whether he will play a part in the game”, Wenger said.
“I believe we dominated from the start to the last minute and in fact, was what we did against Crystal Palace”.
“After my third Under-21s game I felt really good and I spoke with the boss, he agreed and picked me to come to Sunderland”.
“He’s the man who scores more goals than anyone else and converts more chances than anyone else”, added Allardyce.
“That is the only thing you could say tonight”.
“We have got Norwich at home next weekend – a game we feel we can win – and I suppose it could come down to the week after that when we have got City away which is obviously going to be a massive game.
But we want to win our games”, he said. “You know the modern world is like that and we have to live with it”.
Arsenal conceded a late equaliser at the Emirates despite having more than 70 percent possession for the game. “Our first half was good, the basis is good”.
“Sunderland will be up for this because if they can get a point they will go above Norwich and Arsenal are a bit hit and miss at the moment”, the former Scotland worldwide wrote on Sport360.com.
Allardyce said ahead of it: “We finally put the flawless result together at Norwich at a crucial time”.
“It is true that technically many teams in the league are better, but many teams have had more problems”. “I can not explain it, because it’s the players who vote. Sometimes you have to take defeat on the chin”.
“We played with real belief and intensity and we made a load of opportunities”.
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However, Wenger believes that despite Arsenal’s failure to make more of their chances to beat the likes of Tottenham and Leicester City, Ozil’s name should have been there along with the outstanding players of the season. We won our 500th Premier League game tonight and it’s not too bad.
