Has Lacazette transfer made old Arsenal strikers better?

A packed schedule has seen Arsenal face the likes of the Bayern Munich and Chelsea in Asia, while they are now preparing to play two fixtures in the Emirates Cup this weekend.

Wenger’s initial impression was that Lacazette would recover quickly.

But Wenger thinks prices for even average players are being pushed through the roof and the Gunners boss says that makes signing the quality of player Arsenal want tough. He suffered a bit from the fact when we were a bit flat.

Ben Yedder, who assisted the opening goal, seemed bewildered by the rule and took to Twitter, jokingly claiming that Arsenal should give the trophy to Sevilla as they had won both of the games.

With games against Benfica and Sevilla, it will be a bigger test than we’ve faced in earlier pre season.

“The major quality of Theo is the quality of his receptions – that means he gets the ball in areas where he is extremely risky and that is a very intelligent part of a football player”.

In the end, a sloppy defensive display meant it was a frustrating afternoon for the Arsenal manager.

Arsenal then added some polish to the win as Giroud acrobatically volleyed in a ideal cross from 17-year-old Reiss Nelson and Alex Iwobi hammered home a hard strike into the roof of the net.

Nelson, who is a product of the Arsenal youth academy, has impressed during the club’s pre-season fixtures and looked extremely assured on his first senior outing at the Emirates.

Oxlade-Chamberlain showed pace and strength to burst down the right flank and, although Welbeck mishit his low cross, Lacazette was on hand to tap in at the back post.

Arsenal host Sevilla, Benfica and RB Leipzig in the Emirates Cup in a two day event starting tomorrow (July 29) in London.

New signing Saed Kolasinac played a part as he flicked the ball forward for Francis Coquelin, whose through-ball found Walcott in the box and the England global proceeded to slot home.

Joaquín Correa opened the scoring for the game, giving Sevilla a lead with Steven N’Zonzi doubling for the Spanish side with a brilliant strike, that went past keeper Petr Cech.