Player focus Archives: 08/2016

Who is Shkodran Mustafi and what are Arsenal buying?

Granit Xhaka announced himself to the watching world on Saturday when he displayed his vast, precise and incisive range of passing, his ability to read the game, position himself for maximum effect and generally act like the midfielder we’ve been crying about needing for around 10 years.

There were a few pre-match doubts as to whether Özil was going to start, after returning to first team action during our goalless draw away at Leicester last weekend.

Santi Cazorla is back, ladies and gentleman, and he’s out there controlling out midfield as if it’s the easiest thing in the world.

The Swiss midfielder got his first start for the Arsenal and did not disappoint.

It only took a matter of minutes to see exactly what Arsenal were missing last weekend against Liverpool, the dogged determination to defend consistently well throughout.

It was most definitely a day to forget for Arsenal v Liverpool, especially as we took the lead and squandered it in spectacular fashion.

Somewhat naively, I always thought that Alexis Sanchez would make a good striker. How wrong was I?

It’s not been a year to remember for Theo Walcott.