The Gunners are now once again firmly in the mix for a top four Premier League spot, and the match at the Bet365 Stadium is crucial.
'I want to focus on football.
Arsenal is making a traditional late-season charge in a bid to seal a top-four finish, with this fourth win in its last five league games lifting Wenger's side above Manchester United and into fifth place. We have 69 points, on Tuesday will look to make it 72. He went through a hard period when he came back from his ankle injury, but I never questioned his attitude.
That description can't be applied to Sanchez, however, and his goals have kept the Gunners in the hunt for a Champions League place. To be fair, we have to do the job first and then see the other results. We created more space and overall I think it was a very convincing win.
The victory featured two goals from Olivier Giroud and efforts from Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez although Arsenal faced an anxious period in the second half after Peter Crouch pulled the score back to 2-1 with a goal that owed much to an obvious handball from the Stoke substitute. "In the second half they made it a bit more physical, we had to find some resources and keep our nerve, and continue with the desire to play, and we did that well". And against bad teams like Stoke, this should kill them with the quality we have and it did.
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I wish I could stop three players (on my own) but it's not possible. "It's football. Well they have a good tactical manager, and are now 10th in the Premier League.
The Potters had struggled for goals in recent fixtures until they faced Bournemouth last weekend, a game in which they scored twice, but allowed the home side back into the game on both occasions and ended up with just a point.
Giroud scored the opening goal on 42 minutes as Arsenal scythed their way through the Stoke defence impressively. Even a draw probably won't be enough for Hull because of its inferior goal difference.
A curious and perhaps remarkable fact is that it was the first time Arsenal had taken the lead away to Stoke in a Premier League match; such has been their poor record here. "But now we have three games and we have to give everything to try and get everything out of all the games".
"That support always helps, we know that, and it's important for us to play well in order to deserve any plaudits we get - that is certainly our intention".
Since their arrival in the Premier League in 2008, only Manchester City (14) have had more red cards in home league games than Stoke (13).
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