It will now be interesting to see what the Arsenal defence will look like when manager Arsene Wenger has all of his team fully fit. “We had two hard away games (against Leicester City and Watford) but today I believe we had a good solid performance”, Wenger said. They played well and changed their formation and put us under more pressure.
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“We have a good little break now and we can help them to join the squad”.
“I think they should go through, both of them”, he said. “We don’t have any plans for anyone else now”.
“We have bought two players in Mustafi and Lucas Perez”.
And the pair could make their debuts against Southampton on September 10.
Sanchez doubled the advantage in the 40th minute, converting Theo Walcott’s enticing cross before Mesut Ozil added a third in stoppage time at the end of a comfortable first half.
Arsenal secured their first league win of the season on Saturday when they won 3-1 away to Watford, and will use the global break to strengthen their squad with a couple of signings.
It was only the Germany international’s 21st goal for the north London football club since joining them from Real Madrid in 2013 – and Wenger admitted that for a player widely regarded as world-class it is an area where he can still improve.
Watford made a comeback in the second half by putting one across, but it was too little too late as the Gunners had already done the damage in the opening period.
Fans were left praying it wasn’t anything serious as another long-term injury is the last thing we need right now and thankfully Wenger has eased those fears after confirming Monreal should be back in no time. Obviously I’m not happy we conceded, because in the first half I thought we had done really well and it would have been nice to keep a clean sheet. “Unfortunately they managed to score a goal and the game then became more lively”.
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“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”.
