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Player focus: Alexis Sanchez superb and influential as usual against West Ham

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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 03: Mesut Ozil of Arsenal celebrates with team-mate Alexis Sanchez after scoring the opening goal during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Arsenal at London Stadium on December 3, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Alexis Sánchez was at his superlative best: netting a well-taken hat-trick, creating an assist as well as numerous promising chances too during Arsenal’s 5-1 thrashing over West Ham on Saturday evening.

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Player focus: Analysing Wilshere’s fantastic Bournemouth performance at Stoke

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Following his impressive display against Sunderland last time out, Jack Wilshere continued where he left off with another standout playmaking performance as Bournemouth narrowly prevailed away against Stoke on Saturday.

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Bellerín confirms desire to remain at Arsenal ahead of proposed contract extension

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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 22: Hector Bellerin of Arsenal in action during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Middlesbrough at Emirates Stadium on October 22, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Hector Bellerín will reportedly sign a new Arsenal deal within the next two weeks after the player publicly declared his desire to remain with the gunners in the long-term.

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Why Arsenal should be interested in Julian Draxler

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As previously reported, VfL Wolfsburg’s creative midfielder Julian Draxler is expected to leave the club in the coming months if his agent is to be believed. Read on to find out why arsenal should be on red alert for the german’s signature.

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Analysis: Three talented youngsters aiming for senior England call-ups

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James Ward-Prowse captains England's under-21 side. Source - Daily Echo.

With the international break now well underway, I take a look at three of England’s youngsters in the under-21 setup – all of which will be aiming for a call-up to join the senior squad within the next year or so.

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Five things we learned from Arsenal’s smashing win over Chelsea

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It was a morale-boosting victory for Arsenal against fierce west London rivals Chelsea on Saturday evening, but what did we learn from the match?

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Player focus: Alexis Sanchez puts in silky performance v Chelsea

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It was another excellent performance from the talented Chilean, who showed his world class quality in a number of different situations against a Chelsea side who came but were ultimately unprepared for Alexis’ tireless running and admirable workrate.

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Tactics: Avoiding formation predictability

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With the majority of things in football, once a team is successful in adopting an approach to winning – others follow suit.

This can be through imitation, adaptation or otherwise. In terms of formations, it’s been clear for a year or so that most sides in the Premier League have copied or altered each other’s formations.

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