Arsène Wenger felt it was time for change. After 56 minutes of tedium, during which Arsenal had failed to muster a shot on target, the manager broke from his habit and made what had to be considered as an early, unenforced substitution. The Emirates Stadium crowd responded positively to the sight of Danny Welbeck being stripped and ready but the cheers turned to boos when it was revealed it would be Alex Iwobi to make way. In other words, Olivier Giroud was staying on. Up to that point, Giroud had been intensely frustrating, with one moment rather summing things up. The centre-forward took a heavy touch when attempting to control a ball in the area on 48 minutes, then a heavier one and...
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