Arsenal will look to continue its dominant play when it takes on Stoke City on Sunday.
The Gunners have won six straight matches in all competition after losing their opener against Aston Villa 3-1. In their most recent match, the team took down Marseille in the Champions League thanks to goals form Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey. There have been questions about the team's inability to lure a top striker, but manager Arsene Wenger is confident in his team's chances with the current crop of forwards.
"We have now strikers who are real strikers," stated Wenger, according to ESPN. "Yaya Sanogo is not fit but he has stature as well, we are building him up physically, he has good technical quality and don't forget we have Nicklas Bendtner who is coming back."
Of course, the top striker on the team right now is Olivier Giroud; the Frenchman has four goals in four Premier League matches this season.
Wenger also defended recent acquisition Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid President Florentino Perez's recent criticism. Perez stated that Ozil struggled with the pressure of expectations.
"I know Florentino well and I'm surprised," said Wenger, according to ESPN. "I spoke to Ozil about it and he was surprised as well. He said he is not sure that Perez said that completely. Real Madrid wanted to let one player go and Ozil wanted to come here.
"He played with pressure for the German national team and he won a championship with Real Madrid, where there is a lot of pressure. I don't detect this as a problem for him."
Prediction: Arsenal is the top team in this match and will win 3-0.
Start time: 8:30 a.m. EST
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