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Lucas ‘new option’ for Arsenal
- Updated: September 21, 2016
Lucas Perez will provide Arsenal with a vital extra attacking option, according to former Gunners striker Alan Smith.
Perez scored his first and second goals for the club in Tuesday’s night’s 4-0 win at Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup.
With Olivier Giroud missing with a toe injury and Alexis Sanchez, who has been used as a centre-forward by Arsene Wenger this season, rested for the evening, Perez seized his opportunity to make his mark in the first team.
And Smith feels the performance of Perez, a £17.1m summer transfer window addition from Deportivo La Coruna, provided Wenger with an extra dimension to his attack.
“It was good to see him do well and it was …
