Norwich City v Arsenal Premier League

Arsenal will look to bounce back from their loss at West Brom when they take on Norwich City at Carrow Road on Sunday afternoon.

The 24-year-old midfielder was hoping to get a chance alongside Santi Cazorla at the heart of the Arsenal midfield following the recent injury to Coquelin, who has been ruled out for at least three months.

“If someone new comes in he will be welcomed, but I think we have a very strong squad, with good replacements for every position”.

The Brazilian’s skills on the edge of the box and quality dead-ball delivery make him the in-form player in the league, with the possible exception of Leicester goal machine Jamie Vardy.

Monday’s opponents, Norwich, are a solid unit but lack the class to trouble most rivals at this level – they’re not even ahead of Chelsea on the table.

There are only few teams in world of soccer that can deal with losing a player as capable as Coquelin in the middle of the campaign.

I’d play a combative three in central midfield, Alex Tettey, Youssouf Mulumbu and Gary O’Neil and attempt to dominate in the absence of Arsenal’s enforcer.

“His style is very explosive and very committed”.

Arsenal are trying to maintain their winning form amidst an injury crisis that sees them without the likes of Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta, Francis Coquelin and Danny Welbeck.

Norwich 1-2 Arsenal: We bounced back well against Zagreb in midweek and if we play like we did on Tuesday then I can’t see anything other than an Arsenal win.

“We spent almost £40m on Ozil but I still consider it a bargain because the player is top quality and the priority has to be the quality of the player”.

Arsenal are still in with a shout of progressing in the Champions League, requiring a two-goal win at Olympiacos to finish second.

He said, “I’m a bit negative to analyse now the Premier League teams because you know that when you go there, it’s always a special game for them”.

The Canaries are in desperate need of a positive result, having won just one game in their last eight league encounters.