Sanchez converted from close range after Gibbs’ shot had come back off the post to complete a miserable afternoon for Sunderland.
Advertisement
A niggling toe injury had limited Giroud’s minutes, but he did not help himself as he was sent off in the opening Champions League draw at PSG in September.
“In every big club you have a lot of good strikers with different qualities”, Giroud said.
They next face Bournemouth, who are 10 points better off than them, and Defoe said the season was still young enough for the team to turn things round.
With the scores level at 2-2 at half-time Arsenal fancied their chances of going on to win but it took them until three minutes before the end of regulation time to edge ahead. I don’t think we can do.
“When the game was very tight, we needed a strong defensive performance to stop them being risky because they had many chances as well”.
But he didn’t criticise his squad: “I thought today you couldn’t question the players for their attitude or their commitment or their desire to win the game. I’m just focused on the team”. The 28-year-old swiveled in the box and finished brilliantly past Pickford to cap off a fine victory for an Arsenal side, whicb is at the top of the league table, at least until Manchester City plays West Brom. That will put me in good shape now.
“I’ve been lucky today – I had great assists from my team-mates, so I always try to finish the job well”.
“We also have Ramsey back and with Granit Xhaka available after suspension we’re in a good position”.
Charlie Nicholas is backing Arsenal to ease to a 3-1 win against Ludogorets in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Olivier Giroud will continue to answer his critics after the France forward ended his goal drought in style at Sunderland.
Advertisement
November is a traditionally hard month for Arsenal and the way they started Tuesday’s Champions League game against Ludogorets suggests it could be another tough few weeks for Arsene Wenger’s men.
