No Arsenal star makes Sarri’s side

ARSENAL may have shown fight to battle back against Chelsea but their 3-2 loss only papers over the cracks. Looking at the Arsenal team, not one of their players would get in Maurizio Sarri’s best XI. At the heart of defence, Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis don’t look a partnership. At full back, Cesar Azpilicueta is both more solid defensively and more creative in attack than Hector Bellerin while Marcos Alonso has been impressive since his debut in 2016. Kepa Arrizabalaga could have done better with Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s first goal but I would rather have a young goalkeeper who is confident playing out from the back than Petr Cech, who is struggling. There was no contest between the two midfield enforcers. Jorginho looks every bit the midfield general, pulling the strings and dictating play. Granit Xhaka’s booking summed him up. He always gets to the tackle just too late and does not possess the quality of past Arsenal midfielders. Mkhitaryan was the only player Chelsea found it difficult to keep a lid on but he would not play in Sarri’s side ahead of Eden Hazard. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the player who would get closest to this team. He will be a star but when given two big chances on Saturday, he froze. IT was great to see harry Kane finally end his August hoodoo. harry has always laughed about it and he has thrived on playing catch-up in Golden Boot race.

he could not have picked a more perfect time to score after a week of negativity with delays to the new stadium.

While this is not harry’s favourite month, it’s a time when Callum Wilson thrives. his strike for Bournemouth against West ham means six of his 21 Premier League goals have come in August.

Wilson has started the campaign looking even fitter and sharper. I’m hoping he has his most consistent season yet.