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Alex Lacazette is yet to score away from the Emirates for us - but he came close to changing that when bringing a fine save from Thibaut Courtois in the opening stages at Chelsea on Sunday. Addressing the media after the game, Arsene Wenger praised the striker’s first-half display and also shared his thoughts on David Luiz’s late red card. I felt Lacazette had a very good first half. He worked very hard for the team, he’s very disciplined and it takes him some time to maintain that intensity for 90 minutes. Don’t forget as well I had Walcott, Giroud and Alexis on the bench, so after 65 minutes in a game of that intensity, it's  normal that you bring some fresh legs in. I never ask any striker to understand that he has to make room for somebody else. You can never do that. It was excessive force, yes, and I think Kolasinac was not completely on his feet and eased a bit off. I think even Luiz, with a bit of distance, will accept that he went in too strongl...

Arsenal won a record 13th FA Cup with a 2-1 victory here over Premier League champion Chelsea, which missed out on the English double. Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez got the Gunners off to a strong start in this battle of London clubs at Wembley Stadium on Saturday when he opened the scoring at the four-minute mark with a right-footed shot past net minder Thibaut Courtois. That lead held up until well into the second half, and Chelsea’s situation became even more dire after Nigerian winger Victor Moses was sent off in the 68th minute for diving. Spanish striker Diego Costa, however, scored the equalizer for the Blues in the 76th minute by sending a misfit shot that bounced past Colombian goalkeeper David Ossian  and into the bottom left corner of the goal. Arsenal went back on top again though just three minutes later when Olivier Giroud, who had come on as a substitute just moments earlier, chipped a ball in front of the goal that found midfielder Aaron Ramsey for a...