Arsene Wenger happy to give Jack Wilshere more time

Alexis Sanchez is still missing and Wenger has said he will rotate his side due to the fixture congestion over the festive period.

Sanchez has been a regular fixture in the Arsenal team so far this season and has scored six goals and made one assist in 14 Premier League games for the Gunners. We have to rise above that and show that we can deal with all that and I believe we have to be guided by playing better football and being a real team in every game and show that we can be competitive. “I could rest him more if I had these players because Wilshere can play there and Cazorla can play there”. I was fairly impressed with Chambers and the Ox as well and would be happy to see them start again.

“If you are down there then those are the matches you lose but they will not stay down there – they are a good team”.

“Some of his touches and his goal alone was just… he didn’t even break stride, it was like he was jogging”, he added.

“You know I’m an optimist and I always think: ‘OK it’s true that he hasn’t played many games in recent years.’ But I hope at some stage that will stop because he is young and I hope I’m right”.

“If things go well, they have a bunch of young players …”

While Ozil is nearly certain to start, Gabriel is another player who will be hoping to keep his place having been drafted into the centre of defence as a replacement for Laurent Koscielny on Monday.

“The most important thing is to feel, at the end of the season, that we have given absolutely everything to be successful”. “One in the first half and one at the beginning of the second, on top of that he gives calm and never panics and today we needed that”. “We have the confidence and it’s just flowing out there”.

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“In the middle of the park they have players like Moussa Sissoko and Georginio Wijnaldum who can make a difference as well, so they are a risky team to play”.

Walcott believes that with Ozil, he is alongside the best.