Before looking forward to Besiktas, a quick word on Everton Game. Wenger used this game to experiment Alexis Sanchez in the Centre-forward role which didn't worked out according to the plan and thus resulted in toothless attack. And Everton piled on the agony by taking a two goal lead before going into halftime. It seemed as if the story of the past season was to be continued but it wasn't to be. Instead gunners came out with inspired performance along with Giroud who replaced Sanchez. They played the Arsenal way and kept going forward and created chances and finally the goals arrived from the boots of non other than Ramsey and Giroud! And the game ended with gunners raising their morale but they had to pay the price in form of Giroud's injury.
So the gunners are carrying injury of Giroud besides high morale into this game. With Arteta also sidelined and Ramsey suspended, Wenger will have to pair Wilshere and Flamini in Central Midfield. Midfield doesn't seem to be as serious a problem as Centre-forward. Because all the options available have been tried without much success. Sanogo, Sanchez, Podolski and Campbell are the real candidates with Frenchmen enjoying little bit of success during his time in this position. So Wenger starting Sanogo as CF seems to be more likely.
For the rest of the team, Gibbs is an absentee along with Walcott and Gnabry. And Koscielny's situation also seems to be positive as he didn't got mentioned on the list of injuries in the Press Conference. Besides, Wenger also busted the rumours of Podolski leaving Arsenal in this window. So cheers gooners!!!
So assembling a winning team will not be a much problem but winning will not be easy against a stubborn Besiktas side as another Hard-fought game is expected on the cards. But with no home advantage unlike previous game, the opposition may find going tough at the Emirates against gunners who seems to be very very good side when playing at home.
After weighing up all the options, we can expect a starting XI similar to this:
Szczesny; Debuchy, Chambers, Mertesacker, Monreal; Wilshere, Flamini; Cazorla, Özil, Sanchez; Sanogo
So Let's enjoy the game. On Twitter @saram297
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