Ighalo: Arsenal are ‘flying’ but Watford can beat them

Arsenal are “flying” at the moment, but Odion Ighalo says Watford can still cause an upset in their Barclays Premier League clash on Saturday.

The Gunners travel to Vicarage Road for the evening kick-off with their 3-0 win against Manchester United still fresh in their minds.

But Ighalo believes that Watford can cause an upset.

“Arsenal are flying and are doing well and you can see Alexis Sanchez is scoring for fun now,” he said.

“It is not going to be easy for us because they are a good team, a Champions League team, and they play some of the best football here in England.

“But we hope to cope with that. We hope to fight until the end. We will see what happens and a positive result would send out a signal to the other teams that they should be careful of Watford.”

Ighalo has scored five goals for the Hornets on their return to the elite division this season to take his number of goals for the calendar year to 21 – the highest across England’s top four leagues in 2015.

However, the 26-year-old does not mind if he fails to score against Arsenal as long as his team claim all three points.

“I always want to score goals and it does not matter who I score against,” he said.

“If I score against Arsenal on Saturday and we lose the game I will not be happy. It does not matter if I score, I just want to help my team and make sure we win the game if it is possible.

“If the goal does not come and we win the game I will be so happy because it is team work and we have been working together as a team.”