The French striker also scored the opening goal against Aston Villa in their weekend English Premier League encounter which saw them defeat Aston Villa in the match.
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The win meant that with 16 games played, the Gunners are now top of the table with a tally of 33 points, one more than Manchester City’s and Leicester City’s 32 points. We’ve scored eight goals and I think it was a fantastic week.
The Gunners looked in control right from the word go, and it wasn’t long before they took the lead, with Olivier Giroud converting from the spot after Theo Walcott had been fouled by a clumsy Alan Hutton.
He added to his hat-trick from Wednesday’s 3-0 Champions League win at Olympiacos and Wenger says the 29-year-old deserves some credit.
“I believe he is at the top of his game and he is questioned sometimes”, Wenger said.
“From when we signed him, we all knew how good he was [after] what he achieved at Chelsea”, Walcott told Arsenal Player. He is more of a player who plays with his back to goal and brings other people in, so maybe he is spectacular individually with his runs without the ball. “Mentally he is very strong”.
“But it is not completely a lost cause. You want players that are on form and he’s definitely one of them”. Every year we have seen teams survive that, before Christmas, everyone was saying they had absolutely no chance.
Villa were unable to set up an uncomfortable finish as Adam Traore sent a shot into the side-netting to the relief of Arsenal, who could be replaced at the top by Leicester City today, and the loss leaves the Garde’s side eight points adrift of safety at the bottom.
The former Lyon boss said: “We can still be safe but we are coming into a period where we have to win”. I see this situation as more of an opportunity than a problem but we have to be ready. I enjoy working in this league.
The Wales worldwide now believes that his side can win the entire competition having not won since picking up the title back in 2004.
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“But I was happy with the way we reacted in the second half after making the worst possible start by going behind inside 10 minutes in such a game”. He’s a dream to play with and he makes our job a lot easier.
