Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hopes that his side’s victory over Sunderland will give them the motivation they need to improve their performance this season.

The Gunners secured a comfortable 4-1 victory over the Black Cats at the Stadium of light with both Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez scoring a brace.

The 67-year-old manager believes Giroud’s hard work during training has paid off after the striker notched a brace against the Black Cats.

‘Olivier was absolutely brilliant,’ Wenger told the Arsenal website.

‘He’s such a great option to have on the bench and overall you could see in training already that he was sharp, this week he is back to sharpness.

‘He’s worked very hard, like Aaron. Aaron is still a bit behind but Olivier is there now.’

Wenger hopes that Saturday’s win will give them the strength to improve their performance even further and says after his side’s

‘Statistically, when you are 1-0 winning and suddenly the home team comes back 1-1, you have more chances to lose the game,’ he added.

‘That’s why, in the end, it was a great response from our side and I think that will strengthen, even more, the belief in our squad that we can do well.

‘Then it was [a case of] do we feel sorry for ourselves or do we bounce back and go again? That’s why I’m very pleased.’

Arsenal will now turn their attention to the Champions League when they Ludogorets Razgrad at the Vasil Levski National Stadium on Tuesday.

Kick-off has been scheduled for 21:45.