Arsene Wenger backing Arsenal’s top stars

Arsene Wenger has backed his key players to come good at the perfect time to help deliver the Premier League title to Arsenal for the first time in 12 years.

The Gunners travel to Manchester United on Sunday afternoon on the back of a goalless FA Cup fifth-round draw with Hull and a 2-0 Champions League defeat to Barcelona.

But Wenger’s side remain well and truly in the mix for the Premier League crown, which Arsenal last lifted in 2004, after beating leaders Leicester in their last outing.

The trip to Old Trafford will invoke memories of the scintillating 3-0 success over United at the Emirates Stadium earlier in the season, where a brace from Alexis Sanchez and a goal from Mesut Ozil had the hosts three goals up inside the opening 20 minutes.

United were outplayed for much of that contest but, despite their lofty league position, Arsenal have struggled to replicate anything like that sort of form in recent weeks and Wenger has already spoken of his concern for the goals ‘drying up’.

‘It will be a different game this time but I want to see the same effort from our side,’ he told Arsenal Player.

‘I think we came out really strong, trusted in ourselves, nicked balls from them in their final third and then broke them down. It was remarkable how we played and how we reacted.

‘We were really active from the start, pressed them high and tried to get the ball as quickly as possible. It completely worked out.

‘That was our plan, to get the ball early, so the distance between where we got the ball and the goal was short.

Source: Dailymail