The 19 - year - old still needs to work on his end product in the final third, but he looked full of
confidence against Arsenal and was a menace to their left - back, Nacho Monreal, throughout the game.
The Saints boss Ronald Koeman believes that his team's
confidence against Arsenal is more than just that game.
Not exact matches
Arsenal can use the Chelsea game to recover from the sudden slump they suffered
against Watford if the Gunners approach the game at the Bridge on Saturday with totally
confidence and commitment and not be afraid of Chelsea in the game.
But if
Arsenal play at a high tempo and give them a really tough game, and especially if we knock their
confidence further by inflicting a second defeat in a row, it could have consequences for them
against Blackburn.
Your opening fixture this season was a win
against Arsenal — does that add to
confidence going into this match?
Arsenal travelled to Brighton with their
confidence at an all - time low but hoping to get back on track
against a team that have been battling relegation all season, but they couldn't have got off to a worse start.
Arsene Wenger has claimed that Alexandre Lacazette's misses
against Tottenham Hotspur were down to a lack of
confidence, stemming from
Arsenal's signing of Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang.
After all, a point away from home
against the champions would not be a bad result by any means, whereas yet another defeat, even if it is a narrow one, would inflict further damage on the
confidence and self - belief of the
Arsenal players.
The weekend before the EPL season kicks off
Arsenal will face Chelsea again at Wembley Stadium for the Community Shield and unless we do a lot better
against the title holders in that match there will be very little
confidence among us Gooners that the new season will be the one which finally sees
Arsenal crowned champions of England again.
I don think all those responding this morning has woken up yet, man City put seven past burnley and unless we adopted the same tactics of two seasons ago by being very defensive and hit them on counterattack because it's important we get a result as we did
against Chelsea when most pundits were fearing the worst and a point on Sunday will be wicked for it will do wonders for the players self
confidence and send a message as well that
arsenal can still do the business
Please Bob, be sincere with yourself,
Arsenal wasn't ruthless, we were just poor or a bit average, we played
against a poorer, lacking in
confidence Swansea side.
But the performance wasn't a vintage
Arsenal as
confidence has hit rock bottom... wish the boys good luck
against City nxtwk
Let's see
arsenal fans going
confidence crazy after beating Chelsea but Chelsea played with more vigour
against Swansea with 10 men than
arsenal who we all know fluffs their lines as usual.
I know that Arsene Wenger has a well deserved reputation for backing his players and that certainly goes down well in the
Arsenal dressing room, but with the Gunners all but mathematically out of the race for the Premier League title, our Champions League exploits are more important than ever and with Mesut Ozil in poor form and suffering a crisis of
confidence, an away match
against Bayern Munich is not the right time for the manager to stick with him.
Things are not looking good for
Arsenal ahead of tomorrows trip to St Marys to face a Southampton team that are playing with
confidence, and they usually play even better
against the Gunners!
Leicester City were extremely strong in last season's Championship and have performed admirably in their first two Premiership games
against Everton and Chelsea, so they are still full of
confidence and believe they can take all three points
against Arsenal this afternoon.
This was an emphatic and ultimately comfortable 5 - 1 away win for
Arsenal against West Ham that gets the
confidence flowing nicely again and keeps us right in the hunt for the Premier League title.
Arsenal can not afford to carry any passengers
against a determined and physical opponent, especially in the midfield area and we do not want Ozil to come back and perform badly either, as it would do nothing for his
confidence.
It has been said that our Fench striker Olivier Giroud has lacked a bit of
confidence in some games, and we all have vivid memories of the
Arsenal hitman missing a hat - trick of easy chances
against Monaco last season, but he made up for it n spades last night as he finally scored his very first hat - trick for the Gunners.
Giroud, when he struck that 25 - yard wonder strike
against Man City in the FA Community Shield, would have restored
confidence in Wenger and the
Arsenal faithful, but are they doing enough as specialists in their position?
Wenger blamed the 12 day gap between games as the reason for
Arsenal's poor start
against Liverpool a few weeks ago, then he claimed a lack of
confidence for the start
against Lincoln last week, but as most of our first team played last weekend and scored many goals in the second half then neither of those should apply this time around.
Leonardo Jardim has revealed that AS Monaco will be looking to pick up
confidence in their Ligue 1 match
against SC Bastia with the prospect of a Champions League second - leg
against Arsenal on the horizon.
Spurs winning or drawing
against City could elevate their
confidence and that is a bad Thing for
Arsenal.
Milan's keeper Goalkeeper Gigio Donnarumma was also in a confident mood after the game: ``...
Against Genoa we got three fundamental points that will give us
confidence and grit to face
Arsenal on Thursday.»
If Arsene Wenger and the
Arsenal players were looking for any extra encouragement and
confidence ahead of the big game
against our local rivals on Sunday, they should have a look at Tottenham in action
against Bayer Leverkusen.
Sanogo has definitely underperformed when given a chance to impress with
Arsenal, except
against teams called Benfica, so we can only hope that he regains his scoring boots at Palace and comes back in the summer full of
confidence, but I doubt it!
I am not talking about the game
Arsenal face in the Champions League this week, because not too many of us
Arsenal fans are holding on to anything but the hope of a miracle and I don't think that any of us had much
confidence that we would get through over two legs
against Barcelona even before the home leg was played.
Arsenal v West Brom «It seems almost inconceivable that
Arsenal would go three home games without finding the back of the opposition net, but they looked jaded and out of sorts
against the Black Cats midweek and will be hoping for a
confidence booster before Wembley next weekend.»
Arsene Wenger and the
Arsenal players should be full of
confidence going into the FA cup quarter final
against Watford tomorrow.
I suppose that United winning moves them closer to
Arsenal but they are still a massive 10 points behind and I do not think that this win will be the start of a serious assault on the EPl table's summit, as they still look shorn of
confidence and fluency and they only managed to scrape a win
against the spuds.
I don't know about the rest of the
Arsenal fans out there, but I am not exactly brimming with
confidence about our trip to Everton on Saturday and with Man City currently just a point behind us we could do without them winning the derby
against Man United on Sunday.
Arsenal may not have looked too impressive last night
against Middlesbrough, but the only important thing right now is to get three points out of every single game, so this win will go some way to boosting our
confidence ahead of our daunting run - in.
The Gunners used up all their bad luck in last weeks game
against West Brom, but now with injuries easing and the extra
confidence gained from being on the brink of reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League, I can see a landslide win for
Arsenal.
As he told
Arsenal Player, a Premier League game
against Chelsea is always a huge game and after finally ending the winless run
against Jose Mourinho in the Community Shield at Wembley this year, the players should have a much better level of
confidence going to this one.
Following comprehensive wins
against Newcastle United and away at Galatasaray in the Champions League,
Arsenal will go into the big game
against Liverpool full of
confidence.
Arsenal's recent slump came to the fore when the Gunners failed dismally
against Hull at the Emirates, which forced Arsene Wenger's squad to need to visit Hull last night, but despite the well - known lack of
confidence from the Gunners they turned things around spectacularly and battered the Tigers 4 - 0 in the replay.
His touch maps
against Hull City and Sunderland — games that the North Londoners simply had to win — are a classic indicator of what Sanchez is doing to
Arsenal when the chips are down, and
confidence isn't exactly flowing through the entire squad.
Sterling will be full of
confidence after his man of the match performance
against Arsenal, in a game that saw him score twice and record his 4th and 5th goals of the season.
Liverpool will be looking to build on their two consecutive wins last week
against Crystal Palace and Hoffenheim and another win
against Arsenal will put
confidence in the team to sky high level.
Arsenal were gripped by four successive defeats but a win at San Siro
against the mighty Milan have restored back the much needed
confidence.
It means Tottenham are now winless in three, after taking just a point from last week's derbies
against West Ham and
Arsenal, and the challenge now will be to recover
confidence and form, with a trip to Aston Villa up next on Sunday.
Klopp will be hoping that this result will rekindle the momentum Liverpool had gathered before the last two draws and boost
confidence ahead of the upcoming crucial game
against Arsenal.
No longer moping in front of the media and offering up the idea he could resign, he appears to have rediscovered his fight and sense of mischief, flopping in front of Mike Dean on the touchline
against Arsenal, and is a manager once more filled with bullish
confidence and certainty over his ideas.
«There is still everything to play for in the Champions League and getting seven points from the games
against United, Liverpool and
Arsenal was a great achievement and gives us a lot of
confidence going forward.
Arsenal come off a
confidence - boosting victory in the Premier league to an away tie
against lower - league opposition, hoping to use the cup as a springboard to greater success.
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A 4 - 0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Champion's League during the week gave them some
confidence before the match
against Arsenal, but rumours surfaced that John Terry and Diego Costa had had a falling out in training.
The Belgian international didn't attempt one shot
against Arsenal and looked to be lacking in
confidence.
He was awarded man - of - the - match
against Arsenal and he will have taken a lot of
confidence from the game.
Ian Holloway now has a big job on his hands keeping his players grounded following their Wigan romp, as it's understandable that the player's
confidence levels are rightly sky - high, while fans will now be expecting the Tangerines to push on following that emphatic win, although their very next fixture is one
against the most technical sides in the country, arguably Europe in
Arsenal so they'll have their work cut out keeping the scoring down to a minimum let alone obtaining a positive result.