Arsenal ‘have to start believing’ they can win Premier League title, Gunners

Arsene Wenger chose to allow Manuel Pellegrini’s side the majority of possession from the very beginning of the game, settling for a defensive formation but utilising the pace of his strikers in swift counter-attacks.

The victory leaves Manchester City four points behind the Gunners in the Premier League table while moving Arsenal within touching distance of leaders Leicester City ahead of the busy Christmas period.

It worked excellently, and according to Per Mertesacker they made a decision to adopt the same tactics against Man City on Monday which led to the 2-1 win.

Henry was impressed with Giroud’s performance against Manchester City and he believes only the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Karim Benzema and Luis Suarez are now better than the Frenchman.

Aguero, who hit 26 league goals last season, has scored in only three Premier League games this campaign, although he did hit five against Newcastle United in October.

We did very well against City, but we have to do it again on the 26th versus Southampton. “That is our thoughts and that is why we implement them into games sometimes but we are still risky on the counterattack and that makes us a real threat”.

“I’m happy to help the team, on the pitch I can play my game so I just try to help”.

“There are 63 more points to win, a lot of games and the way we played in the second half shows that we will continue to fight for the title”.

“We want to get him the ball in the final third, that is what we are trying to do every single time”.

“That is what we had in the locker already but this year we are more consistent and it is what makes us better as a unit”.

Sanchez had been nursing a hamstring injury that he suffered during the 1-1 draw at Norwich City three weeks ago but returned to full training last week after spending some time recuperating back in his native Chile.

“He is vital for us, especially when we play deep [as we did against City]”, Mertesacker said. “But we need to communicate a bit more, to focus a bit more and to stick together as team a bit more and I think it will be okay”.