However, the Gunners weren’t done for the opening 45 minutes as they effectively killed off the game with Ozil nodding home this goal to put them in complete command.
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Failing to win their first two matches while struggling to make an impact in the transfer market had prompted some Arsenal fans to turn on Wenger again after many protested against him last season.
An early Santi Cazorla penalty was added to by Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil as the Gunners raced into a commanding first-half lead at Vicarage Road.
After falling to defeat against Liverpool before being held by Leicester, a first win of the campaign looks likely and that will undoubtedly raise spirits at the Emirates.
But the forward has played 90 minutes in all three of Arsenal’s opening Premier League games this term and appears to be reaping the benefits of a quiet summer, having forced his way back into the global fold under Sam Allardyce.
“We had a good cushion at half-time”.
Mesut Ozil returns for Arsenal’s trip to Watford, while Olivier Giroud remains on the bench. “Like everybody else, we are going to fight to win every game to be in the mix until the last kick”.
“We live to fight another day”, he said. “I don’t know exactly when we’ll announce it, but I think we’ll announce it in the middle of the week”.
Manager Walter Mazzarri is yet to taste victory since his appointment in the summer but he was able to give debuts to Pereyra, Daryl Jaanmat, Younes Kaboul and Isaac Success. “I believe in hard work and that will get us results”.
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“We cannot maintain it completely physically yet for 90 minutes but overall I could see there was some potential in the team, some fluency”.
