Arsene Wenger admits to feeling the strain of Arsenal’s losing run

Wenger’s men will hope to beat Watford at the Emirates stadium after ending a problematic four-game losing streak by beating AC Milan 2-0 away from home in the last 16 first leg of the Europa League on Thursday night. Why can’t Arsene Wenger’s Gunners play with that control more often? Mesut Ozil was also back in form, setting up both goals.

Arsenal started brightly at the San Siro but were lucky not to concede a penalty when Hakan Calhanoglou stayed on his feet despite appearing to have been fouled by onrushing Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina.

Deeney equalised from the penalty spot when the sides met at Vicarage Road in October before Tom Cleverley hit a late victor and, in a post-match interview, the striker accused Arsenal of lacking “cojones”. I can make that difference.

“Playing in Italy and in Europe are two different things, In Europe, you can see very well-equipped teams from a technical and physical point of view and then an English team takes about three or four times the TV rights of an Italian [club]”. We created many opportunities and we moved the ball well, got a couple of goals.

Henry has impressed in his role as Belgium assistant coach and Arsenal’s biggest stars are desperate for some kind of change at the club.

He continued: “It’s not the person they hate, they hate the manager who doesn’t deliver the performance”. Gracia walked out in protest, denying himself a crack at the top division.

Mkhitaryan, who has struggled since joining Arsenal from Manchester United in January, scored his first goal for the club and also hit the crossbar.

The injury doubts over Chambers and Kolasinac could see Rob Holding and Ainsley Maitland-Niles come in if the duo fail late fitness tests. It may well be a similar line-up to the one that edged out relegation-bound West Brom last weekend.

“He’s not the type of player who’s really going to show enough grit and determination for me”, Keown told BT Sport.

“We have to use this win, use it as sort of a target”, Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere said.

I’ll back Arsenal -1.5 on the Asian Handicap at [2.32].

The Premier League match between Arsenal and Watford will be broadcast on NBCSN.