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'We played with purpose from the off’

By Lloyd Webb

Aaron Ramsey has put Arsenal’s encouraging performance against West Brom down to “playing with real purpose from the off".

Alexis gave the Gunners the lead after just six minutes, and added his second with a free-kick before half-time as Arsène Wenger’s side secured their 500th Premier League win with a comfortable 2-0 victory.

"I felt really good out there, really comfortable. I thought it was really important for the whole team to put in a real good performance and I think we did that"

Aaron Ramsey

Ramsey also made his first start since the beginning of March, and says the team's performance warranted three points.

“We played with a real purpose from the off and we created opportunities,” he told Arsenal Player. “We managed to take a couple of them and I thought we deserved it today.

“That is perhaps where we have been lacking in the last couple of games. We definitely proved what we could do tonight and if we play like that all the time there is no reason why we can’t win every game.

“I felt really good out there, really comfortable. I thought it was really important for the whole team to put in a real good performance and I think we did that.”

Aaron Ramsey