Wenger delight at Nasri debut
17 Aug 2008 - 11:08:55
Arsene Wenger believes Samir Nasri can make an instant impression on the Arsenal side after marking his debut with the winner in Saturday's opening 1-0 success over West Bromwich Albion.
The £11million summer signing from Marseille finished off a superb flowing team move in the fourth minute to announce his arrival in the Premier League.
And Wenger believes the French youngster has already proved he has what it takes to be a hit in England.
"He has shown he is an intelligent player, he has good technique and can integrate well with the team," said the Frenchman.
"He added something that people wanted from him in France and that was to score goals.
"He started to score some goals towards the end of last season and had a scoring start here today."
Meanwhile, Wenger revealed he was happy with the opening day performance despite his side failing to kill off the Premier League newcomers with a second goal.
"We made a good start, were always in control but could not finish the game off," he continued.
"You have that old story in the game, when you cannot finish the game off you feel you deserved to be punished when there's 10 minutes to go.
"I am pleased with the fact that we didn't concede a goal. We scored two on Wednesday, one today, so it's better than the reverse.
"Overall it was a good week for us. A winning start, a win in the Champions League, so yes a good week."