Sunderland was up for it today, but simply didn't have the talent to compete. Arsenal dominated throughout. Cazorla is still injured, and Monreal was out. (Gibbs played quite well today.) Otherwise, it was the usual suspects. Alexis keeps producing up top. Ox was the more effective of our wingers; Iwobi has gone off the boil. He has a great future with us, but for now, I'd like to see Alexis on the left and Giroud up top--or even Perez. Ozil had a good game; Coqelneny protected the back line well but again showed that they are not the duo that can help unlock defenses.
Our goals were all very good. The Sunderland spot kick was just barely earned, and due to the enterprise of a switched-on Duncan Watmore. (I like that guy.) We weren't alive to the danger and our mids were nowhere to be seen.
How about Giroud? Two touches, two goals in his first five minutes. Wenger needs to play him. They were big ones, too, the go-ahead (and winning) goal and the insurance goal. Alexis had a fantastic 90 minutes though and has to be MOTM.
Liverpool and Man City both won, so it's still a three-way tie at top of the table. Man U and Spurs both dropped two points and Tottenham sits three back. Chelsea plays later this weekend. Next up is a trip to beautiful Bulgaria to attempt to bag the three points that makes advancing to the knockout round a done deal. If we manage this, the showdown with PSG at the Emirates should decide the group winner. Next weekend it's the North London Derby, which is likely to be a spiky affair.
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