It seems that not signing a new defensive midfielder was not actually a mistake by Wenger who was in fact making room for youngster Francis Coquelin. The player’s performance against City convinced the audiences that he is worth being selected in the starting eleven regardless of the adversary. According to the Daily Mail, former Gunners and also Wenger, see in Coquelin the perfect man to take over the mid-section of the field. Seen as the next Gilberto Silva, the 23 year old has adapted perfectly to the North Londoners’ game and has proved worthy of being called back from Charlton Athletic where he was on loan for a couple of months.

Coquelin reminded the spectators of Vieira and dominated his adversaries despite having little experience as far as the Premier League goes. The Frenchman also looks like a leader which is something Arsenal are missing right now. Wenger is very close to his fellow compatriot and has had a lot of confidence that he will manage to handle the pressure of a game such as the one against City. Coquelin had an impressive passing percentage and won almost all of his tackles. He is very likely to continue being sent on the pitch as Arteta is out injured and Flamini is having a hard time keeping up with the rest of the team. Hopefully Henry was right when he said that the Frenchman will finally fill in the empty spot left by Song when he joined Barcelona.