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Arsenal news: Lacazette and Aubameyang answered big question against Cardiff - Defoe
ARSENAL strikers Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have shown they can play together, according to Jermain Defoe.
Lacazette and Aubameyang started together for the first time under Unai Emery against Cardiff today.
The pair scored a goal each in the 3-2 win to give Emery his first points on the road as Arsenal boss.
Aubameyang scored the Gunners’ second with a curling effort from outside the box, with Lacazette securing the win with a powerful strike from a tight angle.
And asked whether the pair showed they can play together, Defoe said on Sky Sports: “I think so.
They’re two great players to be fair. They’re sharp, they make things happen, they score goals
“Like I said before, at the end of the day you want to try and get your best players on the pitch.
“They’re two great players to be fair. They’re sharp, they make things happen, they score goals.
“Aubameyang’s goal was brilliant, that Thierry Henry finish.
“Obviously we saw with Lacazette his movement, which I mentioned before hand, in and around the box really sharp, stays high, and we saw with the winning goal.”
Lacazette’s goal means it is back-to-back wins in the league for Arsenal.
And fellow striker Defoe was impressed with the finish from the Frenchman.
“You have to put power there and especially go high as well,” he added.
“It’s a great finish. It’s sharp, the touch and the finish.
“Hit the ball clean, hit the target.
"From that angle it is difficult to go low and beat the goalkeeper from that sort of angle.”
Victory moves Arsenal up to ninth in the table with a trip to Newcastle next up after the international break.