Arsenal Player Ratings: How did Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez fare?

The forward showed courage to attack crosses, but lacks the height to dominate defenders – he will likely thrive on low crosses and rebounds, but the Gunners will have to adapt their play according to whether Lucas or Olivier Giroud are leading the line.

The Gunners are five points behind the Manchester clubs and teams, who have all won their first three games.

“It’s very hard for my players, very hard”, Puel told the BBC. It’s the third penalty in four games – I can not accept this. It’s easier against us to [award] a penalty.

After 1-1 draws at home to Watford and Sunderland either side of the 2-0 defeat at Manchester United, Romeu knows improvement is needed against Arsenal at The Emirates this afternoon.

Asked if he felt Madley made the wrong decision, Puel said: “It’s hard”.

He added, “Mustafi is a player I like”. It’s very hard after the 90 minutes to take this penalty. I would say it’s the most mature squad I’ve had for a long time, because they are men. It’s a big disappointment for all the work [we did] on the ground. And perhaps we have to win this game. “So we concentrated and we were in the game until the end, and that’s what gave us the win”. Especially if you look to the future, we might go for video [replays].

“The finale is very hard to accept”.

Southampton manager Claude Puel has praised Arsene Wenger for the “example” he set him at Monaco ahead of the Saints’ match away to Arsenal on Saturday. But the late deals meant they missed out on playing time, and are now playing catch-up, Wenger said.

Yes, we are talking about 21 year old Japanese sensation Takuma Asano who made his move at Emirates from Sanfrecce Hiroshima to become Arsenal’s second signing of this transfer window.