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title: "Wenger – Walcott is tough to stop"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Reginaldo Rosario"
section: "Arsenal News"
published: "2015-10-16T22:35:08Z"
modified: "2015-10-16T22:35:08Z"
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# Wenger – Walcott is tough to stop

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger believes that the increased work ethic Theo Walcott has shown in recent games makes him a threat to opposition defences.

The England international has been in scintillating form, and his performances in September, where he scored four goals, saw him voted as the Gunners’ Player of the Month by supporters.

Walcott has impressed onlookers playing up front, and Wenger believes the 26-year old has recovered from the cruciate ligament injury that kept him out for the best part of a year.

![Julian Finney/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readarsenal.com/readarsenal/2015/10/492026240.jpg)

Speaking to the [official club website](https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20151016/wenger-tougher-theo-is-hard-to-stop), the Frenchman said that Walcott has looked dangerous.

> *It took him a while to come back, I must say. But now in the last two games, he always looks dangerous in this position.*
>
> *The quality of his movement is outstanding and he has found his finishing again. Against Man United he has also found his commitment back.*

Wenger also believes that if Walcott can add a physical presence to his game and be more consistent with his finishing, he will be on his way to becoming the total package.

> *Maybe he can score more goals to chances.*
>
> *He gets a lot of chances, but the finishing is a bit up and down. But what you want from Theo is the commitment he showed against Man United in the challenges. If he adds that to his game then he will be difficult to stop.*

![Michael Regan/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readarsenal.com/readarsenal/2015/10/4912749506.jpg)

Wenger then continued, stating that Walcott is well and truly past his injury problems.

> *Sometimes the confidence comes back when you go into a challenge which you naturally avoid and then you realise nothing happens when you do it. It’s important sometimes to push the player a little bit.*
>
> *Overall, he’s made the most important step to get through his injury and against Man United you could see he was fully back.*