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his movement, he is always looking to go into spaces that are difficult to cover,” Wenger said.
“When he gets ahead it is hard to catch him. When we understand him better we can make more of that.
“He is not at his best physically and still has some work to do on that, but the price is reasonable I think, overall for that quality of striker in today’s market.”
Mkhitaryan looked revitalised at the Emirates Stadium, linking with Aubameyang and Mesut Ozil to devastating effect as Arsenal tore Everton to pieces with four goals in the first half.
“He is a good link player and he works very hard as well,” Wenger said.
“Overall, I think he looked wellaccepted by the rest of the team and was understanding very well how we want to play. I can say is that it was a convincing debut.”
Aubameyang fired a warning to their Premier League rivals saying he has much more to offer after the win.
Wenger also reserved praise for Ramsey as the Wales midfielder finally took his manager’s advice to stay cool in front of goal.
“I felt always — when I watched the games after on the video — you think always that he is there in a good position in the box and I felt always that he had between 10 and 15 goals at least in his locker,” Wenger said.
“He didn’t do it until now because I think he rushed, sometimes, with his finishing. He looks much calmer.”