3. Play the Target man
Olivier Giroud has been quiet in the past couple of games but not ineffective. He has ingeniously made sure defenders are out of place tracking his runs while Sanchez, Ramsey and Ozil penetrated the box lethally. But Arsenal will need Giroud’s aerial abilities this weekend. His headers will cause problems for Phil Jones and Chris Smalling. The defenders are more likely to be drawn out to check the dribbling of Arsenal’s world class midfielders, giving Giroud a chance to make some stealthy runs behind them. The Frenchman has to be better utilised if the Gunners plan on improving their chances of scoring at Old Trafford.