Alexandre Lacazette was not best pleased as Arsene Wenger hauled him off in the second-half of Arsenal’s 3-2 victory over Crystal Palace.
The 26-year-old striker, who completed a club-record move to the Emirates in the summer, has been dropped for a number of Arsenal’s important Premier League matches this season, but was handed a start at Selhurst Park.
It was Alexis Sanchez, though, who stole the headlines with a second-half brace as Arsenal secured three points despite a late scare after James Tomkins goal in the 89th minute of the clash.
Lacazette’s frustration after not finding the net was clear to see as Wenger replaced him with Francis Coquelin in the 75th minute.
The France forward appeared irritated with his manager’s decision and had a face like thunder as he made his way to the dugout.
Lacazette was dropped for Arsenal’s trip to Manchester City earlier this season but his agent, David Venditelli, insisted that there is no issue with Wenger.
He told SFR Sport: ‘It’s not worrying, because he played at Chelsea.
‘Our way of working is to relativise things: 11 matches, nine starts. Of course, it’s not nice to see that he didn’t start that match, but it was – as Arsene Wenger explained – for tactical reasons.
‘He’s learning. Alex needs to have calm around him. He’s happy, and Arsenal are too with his work.
‘It’s not because a player doesn’t play, even though it’s two important games of course. He would have preferred to have played them.’
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