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Wenger puts faith in Sanchez as a striker

ESPN staff
August 31, 2014
Wenger: We have striking options

Arsene Wenger has opted to play Yaya Sanogo alongside Alexis Sanchez at Sunday's Premier League fixture at Leicester as the Arsenal manager continues to insist that he is happy with his striker options despite Olivier Giroud's long-term injury.

Other than Sanchez, Sanogo will be supported by Aaron Ramsey, Santi Cazorla and Mesut Ozil, with Mathieu Flamini coming in for Jack Wilshere.

Costa Rica's World Cup hero Joel Campbell is alongside Wilshere on the bench.

For Leicester, the Champions League-winning new signing Esteban Cambiasso starts among the substitutes.

Leicester City starting XI: Schmeichel, De Laet, Morgan, Moore, Konchesky, Mahrez, King, Hammond, Schlupp, Nugent, Ulloa

Substitutes: Hamer, Drinkwater, Vardy, Albrighton, Cambiasso, Wasilewski, Wood

Arsenal starting XI: Szczesny, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Flamini, Ramsey, Cazorla, Ozil, Sanchez, Sanogo

Substitutes: Martinez, Chambers, Rosicky, Campbell, Wilshere, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Podolski

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