Arsenal should drop Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil for Saturday's North London derby, according to one former Gunners favourite.
Charlie Nicholas, who played over 150 top-flight games for the club during a five-year spell in the 1980s, believes Arsene Wenger's best chance of victory is to leave his two big names out in favour of Alexandre Lacazette and Danny Welbeck.
Despite their undoubted ability, Nicholas believes Sanchez and Ozil go missing in too many big games to justify being given starting berths against Arsenal's fiercest rivals.
“If Arsenal are serious about winning these big games, I would go with Alexandre Lacazette and Danny Welbeck and leave Ozil out and Sanchez out,” Nicholas told Sky Sports.
“Are they two of our best players? Of course they are, but they don’t do enough in these big games.
“Welbeck isn’t as talented but what you’ve got to do against a back three is move them about to create chances, while Lacazette is our best finisher and sulky Sanchez doesn’t like playing out wide.
“I’d play Alex Iwobi as well. People will question me for leaving those two out but it worked against Chelsea.
“I’d have Aaron Ramsey in central midfield with Granit Xhaka, but my concern is that Wenger sticks with his principle of playing two holding midfielders, even though he doesn’t have the right players to play in those positions.”