Alexis ‘happy and comfortable’ at Arsenal

The Alexis situation’s only link is in the shape of contract demands, with both players said to be demanding pay-rises, although the Chelsea man has two and a half years on his current deal.

“Sanchez is not injured, he just wanted to stay on the pitch”. You could see overall that he develops very well. If you are a football player, you want to play every minute’. He wants to play all the time, and if he didn’t, he wouldn’t be who he is. Sometimes where he shouldn’t. “I have nothing more to add to that”.

Olivier Giroud had given Arsenal the lead just before half-time, before back-to-back second-half own goals piled further misery on a Swansea side faced with a relegation battle.

Downplaying any evidence of a rift after Sanchez’s passionate reaction on being substituted towards the end of the game for Danny Welbeck, Wenger said simply afterwards: “I rested him for two weeks and gave him a little breather”.

Swansea City’s Leroy Fer (left) and Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey in action.

“I feel comfortable playing alongside (Mesut Ozil)”.

So, especially after a good performance and a goal, of course an Alexis-type player’s going to be disappointed and angry to be subbed off.

Swansea’s upcoming fixtures aren’t the easiest, but if they approach them with the same attitude as they did today they’ve got a fantastic chance in maintaining their premier League status.

Swansea City host Arsenal on Saturday at the Liberty Stadium as new head coach Paul Clement takes charge of his first home game.

Alexis Sanchez looked visibily upset after being subbed out ten minutes from time against Swansea.

Olivier Giroud has scored in each of his last nine starts for Arsenal in all competitions, netting 11 goals in total.

Yet, they should have had a penalty when Laurent Koscielny’s outstretched foot upended Ki Sung-Yueng, but instead referee Mike Jones booked Ki for diving.

Giroud opened the scoring before own goals from Jack Cork and Kyle Naughton made it 3-0. “We were a bit fortunate in the goals we scored but we were always risky in every transition”.

Arsene Wenger is believed to be an admirer of the 29-year-old, who is the top goal scorer in Ligue 1 this season.

“Chelsea still have a big advantage, but they’re all doing well”. There is nobody dropping off.