Jack Wilshere confident of Premier League title success

The 66-year-old – who said the Everton win provided a “massive three points” – admits he did not envisage such a turnaround so quickly after the first game.

“The two worldwide games with Chile, plus all the travelling, plus last Saturday’s game at Watford, plus Bayern, it is too much”.

“You gain credibility through consistency and when people think this could be a game where we could slip a bit and you respond in a positive way”, Wenger said.

“I have a lot of respect for Louis van Gaal, but I don’t agree with him on that”, said Wenger.

“But that shows we can recover from setbacks and if you work hard together and recover together you have a chance”.

Asked about Giroud’s goalscoring spree in recent weeks, Wenger responded by saying, “Giroud came on and made a difference”. It’s one of those results that you couldn’t see coming.

The Gunners had beaten Bayern Munich on Tuesday night to kickstart their Champions League campaign, and were out to take advantage of leaders Manchester City not playing until Sunday’s derby with United at Old Trafford.

Everton pressed for the leveler, with Romelu Lukaku heading against the crossbar and Gerard Deulofeu denied late on by goalkeeper Petr Cech.

He said: “There is no winter break and I think that is the most evil thing of this culture”.

“Defensively we look good”. Ideally I think not him or Bale should have played against Andorra, because they were qualified. “We have to keep the concentration, the togetherness and the humility”. After, we lost one or two players and we lost one or two big games, and that was the killer for us.

The performance on Tuesday was outstanding and we executed our game-plan to perfection but we’re going to face a very different test tomorrow evening when the Toffees come to town.

“But, now, the start of the season will mean nothing if we don’t carry on with a few consistency”.

There were warning signs for Arsenal that the game wasn’t won, Galloway heading wide from close range after a cross to the back post found the home defence ball-watching.

EPA Per Mertesacker admits Arsenal must develop more consistency if they are to sustain their Premier League title challenge. We know the competition will be long; we have played nine games and there is a long way to go but let’s make sure we can produce week-in, week-out.