Arsenal has been off to a fantastic start this year and the team is in first place on the Barclays Premier League table and now the team is back in action on Wednesday, as they will be taking on Hull City and the match will be at Emirates Stadium live at 2:45 pm ET and streaming from NBC online.
Arsenal has a lead over Chelsea and Manchester City and the Gunners are coming off of a dominating win against Cardiff City that saw former star Aaron Ramsey score two goals and now the team will be looking to continue on with a good result from Hull City at home. Ramsey had a great game all around and he was classy in the affair as well, as he did not overly celebrate after either of his goals against his former club and now they will face Hull City, which comes before a big matchup with Everton over the weekend and that leads into another important road match in Champions League play against Napoli.
The Premier League schedule has a number of good matchups on Wednesday, as Manchester United and Everton are facing off, as are Fulham and Tottenham, while Liverpool will try and rebound against Norwich City after being upset last weekend. Tottenham is coming off of a draw against Manchester United, who got two goals from Wayne Rooney, while Hull City defeated Liverpool after they only got one goal from Steven Gerrard. Hull City got the scoring started off early with a goal from Jake Livermore before Gerrard tied it, but David Meyler put the team ahead for good. The final game of the day saw Manchester City defeat Swansea City by the score of 3-1 after two goals from Samir Nasri.
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Rotating the squad will be vital if Arsenal are to maintain the pace at the top of the Premier League as the most hectic part of the season looms, manager Arsene Wenger said on Tuesday. Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey got his first goal in the 29th minute in Wales after timing his arrival into the penalty area perfectly and glancing a fine header from Mesut Ozil's cross beyond keeper David Marshall to give Arsene Wenger's side the lead.
A superb start to the season has lifted Arsenal four points clear after 13 matches but they face seven games in 25 days in December, beginning at home to Hull City on Wednesday. Right back Bacary Sagna will miss the game with a hamstring injury, meaning a rare start for Carl Jenkinson, and Wenger knows the depth of his squad will be tested in the coming weeks.
"I rotate considering the level of fatigue," Wenger told a news conference.
"We have some indications - my eyes, some objective data and as well some positions where it's more demanding on the physical front than others.
"We have so many games that in some positions I will have to change; the full back position is one that is very demanding. Central defense is a little bit less demanding on the physical side, it's more on the concentration side.
"When you play so many games of that intensity, we expect to lose one or two players. In every single game I will rotate. I try to limit the number because I do not want to disrupt the balance of the team, so I do that in every single game."
With striker Olivier Giroud and midfielder Aaron Ramsey having scored 15 league goals between them this season, Wenger said he is not in a hurry to add to his forward options in the January transfer window.
"I am not concerned about that," he said. "We have at the moment Yaya Sanogo who is a striker we brought in during the summer, who is coming back from injury. Hopefully, he will help us in the second part of the season."
(Reuters)
