Player focus Archives: 01/2017

Lucas Perez made another appearance in an Arsenal shirt against Southampton on Saturday and was once again hugely influential.

Danny Welbeck is back, folks.

Playing in a more central role alongside Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Jeff Reine-Adelaide, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain put in quite possibly one of the performances of his career against his former club, Southampton.

Jeff Reine-Adelaide put in another mature performance in the FA Cup, this time against Southampton during Arsenal’s emphatic 5-0 victory at St Mary’s.

Theo Walcott scored his fifth Arsenal hattrick against Southampton during the Gunners’ 5-0 FA Cup clash at St Mary’s on Saturday.

Laurent Koscielny put in another valiant performance for Arsenal against Burnley.

Mesut Ozil completed the most passes out of any other player in the final third against Burnley.

Alexis Sanchez had twice as many shots as any other player during Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Burnley.

Aaron Ramsey was back alongside Granit Xhaka against Burnley on Sunday and seems to really be finding his rhythm again.

The Nigerian forward had a quiet day against a tough Burnley defence.

Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny is currently away on international duty with his native Egypt, as they aim to secure a record eighth Africa Cup of Nations trophy this year.

Despite appearing to be struggling with an injury to his ankle, Olivier Giroud once against proved why Arsenal were right to extend his deal when the Gunners beat Swansea 4-0.

Alex Iwobi managed to score not just one but two deflected goals against Swansea to seal Arsenal’s 4-0 win on Saturday.

As usual, Alexis Sanchez was brilliant for Arsenal during their 4-0 win away to Swansea on Saturday but there was a downside to his afternoon.

Olivier Giroud – another player on the list of great buys for Arsene Wenger? Yes, definitely!

After missing out on our Premier League clashes against Crystal Palace and Bournemouth because he had the flu, Mesut Ozil returned to his rightful place in Arsenal’s starting lineup against Swansea.

As a centreback, it’s somewhat unusual for Shkodran Mustafi to consistently complete the most passes out of anyone on the pitch.

Chuba Akpom started and played the first-half of Arsenal u23s’ 2-1 victory over bottom side Derby County on Friday.

Squad rotation was always likely with Arsenal’s FA Cup clash away against Championship opposition, and Ainsley Maitland-Niles made his third start for the senior side this season after impressing in previous fixtures.

Lucas Perez is very quickly becoming a player I like a lot.