adminsee off the combative Championship outfit three days after his double in the 5-1 Premier League defeat of West Ham.
The France striker’s performance drew praise from Wenger, but the Gunners manager conceded he still lacks sufficient cover up front, particularly with Gervinho away at the African Cup of Nations with Cote d’lvoire.
“It’s good for Giroud’s confidence. He’s scored four goals this week and he had a few more chances here,” Wenger said. He gets there. He has a presence in the box, he’s dangerous and his physical presence was very important.”
But asked whether he had sufficient strikers, he added: “Quality-wise no, number-wise, we could be a bit short maybe. Gervinho is not here at the moment.
“We have (Theo) Walcott, who can play through the middle and then of course Giroud.”
With that in mind, Wenger is expected to attempt to bring in another striker before the end of the January transfer window, although he is not optimistic of completing a deal and denied he had moved for Fiorentina’s Stevan Jovetic.
“You do not find them (strikers) in the street, the strikers that can play for us and strengthen our team. It’s difficult in January,” he said.
“In this kind of job it is realism that is important. Realistically I cannot tell you I will sign anyone tomorrow, or Tuesday, as we are not close to doing it.” Wenger opted to leave Walcott, Jack Wilshere and Santi Cazorla on the bench at Brighton but the plan almost back-fired. — AFP.
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