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Much better given the recent form and we seemed to play a bit more like how we know we can. We dominated simply put and the scoreline doesn't reflect the flow of the game. Maybe we got a bit naive removing Valverde as early as we did to get Elanga more minutes, maybe his defensive qualities did have more importance than we though it would at 2 up. But otherwise, yea happy to be back to winning ways ahead of a massive tie in Europe.
We need to get a run of wins going again is the fact of it, and more displays like this, we know we're capable of achieving better than recently.
We got off to a good start with an early goal but The Blades equalizing very soon after made it it look like this was going to be a close game. That wasn't the case though as we ran away with it and it was Luis Diaz who headlined for us scoring a hat trick. Things now looking healthier for us but we are still not where we want to be.
Round thirteen saw a London derby with North meting East with West Ham next to visit the Emirates. Both sides have enjoyed very good starts to the season and although it was points shared, it will be Arsenal who will feel hard done by and will look at it as two points dropped after a dominant performance that saw them take the lead through Chiesa only to concede soon after and not take any more of their chances in a game that they were the better of the two sides in.
The Arsenal Manager spoke after the game ;
" Looking at the start to the season that West Ham have had, we expected a tough game and put out a side we felt could get the job done and all three points and the stats will show we deserved them but credit to them, they showed just why they are where they are in the table. If only games were won on stats we would be a lot higher than we are but none the less, we could have lost it which would have been harsh, we deserved more but it wasn't to be today ".
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