Iwobi shots Arsenal to Premier League summit

His early withdrawal from Saturday’s clash with Stoke City enabled the return to action of Hector Bellerin, however, with the Spain global making his first appearance since sustaining an ankle problem in the 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur five weeks ago. He had not played up to the standards that many expected of him thanks to his early season breakout and was struggling to influence games from wide areas.

The Gunners have been excellent since falling behind, however, and the goal, however controversial, was nothing less than they’ve deserved for dominating most of the match. “You do not want to have to force one to play”.

Wenger also sees an improvement in his squad, saying: ‘Look, we were not too bad past year. “I’m convinced that that is absolutely vital, because I have the experience of it”.

“January is far away for me”.

“I had to persuade Thierry. I don’t know why it happened, but it looks a “good” hamstring strain”, Wenger told Arsenal’s official website.

“You can only rotate when your strong players are all available”.

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy.

“Some times when you have too many people you can not lost long an experience that is not immediately conclusive because you are under pressure”.

He returned to form with a brace in the 3-2 defeat to Watford but Ronald Koeman’s honeymoon with the Everton fans is well and truly over after a run of just one win in 10 games.

Jose Mourinho’s side, now sixth, trail fifth-place Spurs by six points and will have a mountain to climb in terms of Champions League qualification if they lose at Old Trafford.

“How do we keep them all happy?”

“I was reasonably pleased to a point”, Hughes said. When big clubs came calling for Thierry Henry or Patrick Vieira, we always managed to send them packing. “That will be a huge challenge for my group but I’m sure we will relish that”. I could have played Rob Holding or Gabriel. They will stay for 18 months and, hopefully, much longer. Wenger also has Rob Holding at his disposal, who despite having a lack of experience, is a very promising player for the Gunners.

“We had Kanu, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry, a young Robin Van Persie.it’s never easy”, he added.

“Now it is important to be focused on the game against West Brom, then we have four games before January and it’s important to be focused on these games”.

“It’s part of the job at every club”.

“I have the luxury of top quality on the bench, but in fairness you look at the bench of everybody in the Premier League and it is quite impressive”.