Arsenal ended their usual barren November run with a victory over Bournemouth at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The first half started exactly how Wenger would have wanted. The Gunners pressed high up the pitch, dominated the battle of possession and created plenty of chances.
The first goal came as result of the same, and after a terribly short back pass from Steve Cook is intercepted by Sanchez, who simply shifted the ball and placed it past on-rushing keeper to make it 1-0.
However, after the goal, the North London club let off and did find their precious equaliser virtue of a generous penalty from referee to make it 1-1.
The second half came and the Gunners started with a greater intensity and energy in his team. The pressing resulted in a second goal as Walcott headed home to make it 2-1 around the hour mark and late in the game Sanchez made it 3-1 on a counter attack.
The Gunners are still unbeaten in all competitions since the opening day of the season, and closed the gap to the League leaders to just 3 points following the win.
However, there was one performance that impressed the Gunners most and that was of Granit Xhaka. The fans have been calling for him to be included in the starting line-up and yesterday’s performance shows why they are so keen to see more of their new central midfielder.
Although the commencement to his Arsenal career hasn’t exactly gone as anticipated, Xhaka remains a fine player and it will surely only be a matter of time before he is able to fully establish himself in the side.
Here are some fan reactions from Twitter:
True
Xhaka is like an anchor in the middle of the field, silently providing the best support one ever needed 😍😍😍
— 🍊나의 유일한 이유🌻 (@goon_ricky) November 28, 2016
Waiting to see them together!
https://twitter.com/attifkhan1/status/803034612666482688
Class
https://twitter.com/MesutOzilClass/status/803025784860508160
Few stats!
https://twitter.com/thegunnershub/status/803023244118949888
Job done #Arsenal. Granit #Xhaka was superb and #Alexis as usual kept on running. Finally November is out of the way
— . (@northonekanobi) November 27, 2016
Yes, he will be!
@Arsenal brilliant, hardworking and diligent #AFCFansTakeover #Xhaka will be lethal in coming days 🙌💪❤
— Navaneeth (@navneetfc) November 27, 2016
Hopefully he does
He should play every game!!
How easily he splits oppsitions is amazing!!
One of the best deep lying creators in the world #AFCvBOU #xhaka https://t.co/iRVcm22Mb2— GoonerSaurabh (@saurabhgwalani) November 27, 2016
#Elneny and #Xhaka allowed us to control the midfield today – and seemed to free up #Ozil to create, especially in half 2. This might work.
— Toby Cunningham (@sircryqtootips) November 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/invinciblemac/status/802910000133902337
It was indeed a very good performance
https://twitter.com/PaulosAlfa/status/802908933161553925
Hard fought win. Elneny is soo industrious. But my MOM is #Xhaka, showed his class today. Need 2 tie up #sanchez & #Ozil asap. #coyg #ARSBOU
— Manikantans89 (@Mani3289) November 27, 2016
We too feel the same
#Xhaka has been amazing today #AFCvBOU
— Oriade (@JoeOriade) November 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/theOberynAFC/status/802905272016576512
I've concentrated on #ElNeny/ #Xhaka partnership and I highly recommend it. Steel
— felix asoha (@felix_asoha) November 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/Mam_G/status/802898519006859264
It didn’t take much time to reliase that
2 minutes in and I can already see #Xhaka improves this team by so much! #AFC #Arsenal #COYG #AFCvBOU #ARSBOU #EPL #WeAreArsenal #Gunners pic.twitter.com/KLDAhAksXt
— Arsène Heritage (@TheWengerLegacy) November 27, 2016
