Wenger defends Sanogo, says he won't make promise on buying a striker before transfer market closes

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has made it clear that he will not heap any unnecessary pressure on Yaya Sanogo after he failed to score for the side in the premier league game against Leicester City on Sunday.

The 21-year old was the point-man for the Gunners since fellow countryman Olivier Giroud could not make the team due to injury which he suffered during Everton 2-2 draw.

''You have been 21 and you have certainly played football. If you play up front and you don't score it's very quickly a problem. I don't think that problem will last very long and at the moment when you have a chance to play for Arsenal Football Club as a centre forward and you don't score, it's a problem for you. - Wenger said.

''He fought very hard today, you can say he didn't score yes and is it in his mind? Of course because he is a striker and he scored many goals as a young player.''

Speaking on the team's performance and possible transfers, Wenger stated that the newly promoted sides were no pushovers as they gave the Gunners a good fight but complained bitterly about the chances begging to be buried.

On buying a striker before the deadline:

''I don't know because it doesn't depend only on me.

''I don't know what happened in the last two hours apart from in the game against Leicester.

''We can talk and talk and talk about signing someone or not. Could we win the game today without anybody [new signings], yes. We have plenty of strikers even when we had Giroud. When we had Giroud, you asked me the same question so it's a recurrence as long as the transfer market is open to make everybody dream by thinking the solution is always somewhere where it's not necessarily obvious.''