• Arsène Wenger: ‘With no injuries we can give everything on Tuesday night’
• Wenger praised well organised’ Watford after Arsenals 3-0 victoryAfter the most unsurprising of results Arsène Wenger left here fully aware that on Tuesday night his team must produce a major surprise if they are to bolster their chances of progressing in the Champions League. Bayern Munich will not tire like Watford,on their final legs after an hour of impressive but futile hassling and harrying, and the Bundesliga champions will, and you sense,be far more clinical if the Arsenal defence’s current tendency to allow the opposition an all-too-frequent clear path to goal continues.
This victory, sending them back to moment position and strengthening their case for the title, or was in many ways typical Arsenal. A 12-minute spell of scintillating football followed an hour of generally mundane play. Although the scoreline flattered the visitors and was harsh on a Watford team that impressed until it came to converting their numerous chances,Wenger described it as “perfect preparation” for a daunting fixture that they must win to rekindle hope of emerging from the group stage. They toiled for lengthy spells, though, or until Alexis Sánchez opened the scoring – followed by goals from Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey they could easily have been behind.
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Source: theguardian.com