In another Premier League game, compatriot Alex Iwobi was credited with two assists as Arsenal won 4-1 at Hull City.
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But the Tigers’ chances of getting anything from the game were seriously dented four minutes before the break when Livermore was dismissed after blocking Francis Coquelin’s goal-bound shot with his hand inside the box.
Wenger is pleased with Arsenal’s upward trajectory after a tough start to the campaign and hopes “we can continue our improvement”. “When it came back to 2-1 you know what can happen, it would have been a shame not to win”.
The latter was particularly impressive, with his exquisite flick putting Walcott through to put the Gunners two goals ahead, and he was robbed of the opener by Sanchez’s late touch.
“You can’t take the scoreline away, but what we can take away from the game is that at certain points we were well alive in it”, said Phelan. Walcott had tried to score, but the keeper parried his effort on Sanchez path, who cooly collected the ball and dribbled several players to slam the ball into the net.
It has been a relatively strong start to the season for Arsene Wenger’s side, who sit in fourth place with ten points from their first five games.
“He has a lot in the locker, he’s only 20 years old”.
“11 against 11, I thought we played well”.
Jakupović, who has faced criticism for his form so far this season put in a hero performance, saving the attempt in addition to a number of other spectacular stops throughout the match.
Xhaka and Elneny came on for Cazorla and Iwobi respectively but on 78th minute Snodgrass got one back for Hull from the spot after Mbokani was fouled by Cech.
“My only question is was it a deliberate handball, which made it a sending-off”, he said.
“It was a great performance, there are so many good players to lean from and I think the more I play with them the more I will mature out on the pitch”.
One blot on the 4-0 win was Nolito’s red card in the 86th minute. Away from home we look more convincing at the moment than at home.
“My position is I have been offered the job”, he said. He is not completely ready physically but today I felt in the second half he was much better than the first.
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“So it was important to beat Southampton and hopefully, now we can produce the same quality at home”.
