Alexander Lacazette admits he was pleased to find the net against Sheffield United having missed a couple of sitters on Thursday night in the Europa League.
The Frenchman helped himself to a brace as the Gunners cruised to a 3-0 win at Bramall Lane and in the process became only the tenth Arsenal player to hit 50 goals in the Premier League.
Facing theBT Sportcameras, the striker reflected on a good night at the office.
On the performance…
I think it was really important to win after the last few games where we were sad about the results and the way we played. Tonight was a great game for us, we won 3-0 and also the way we played was good. It was a great day for us.
On his goals…
Always good. I missed an easy chance on Thursday so today obviously I wanted to score. I had a good one-v-one today to give back the confidence which is good for me and the team…
On the first goal being a sign the Gunners were enjoying themselves…
This is the kind of goal we have to score more against compact defending like this. Obviously, we want to play together, we want to score and tonight it was a good goal.
On whether the team has lacked confidence…
Yeah, a little bit. We know we have the quality, we know when everyone is focused we can do some good things but sometimes we miss [this] in both parts of the pitch. Today, we were really efficient in both parts so we are happy.
On Saka getting injured…
This is the same for every team, I think. The schedule is really hard for the players, we didn’t have a lot of holidays. This is part of football, we have to deal with it and there is a lot of players in the team. I hope he [Saka] is not so bad and he will come back quick.
On a big night ahead on Thursday…
Yeah, it’s a really decisive night for us. We have now to stay focused, to have a good recovery and then go again on Thursday.
