The Swiss global was a second half substitute, showing an impressive range of passing. “But I believe we know what we have to do”, Wenger was quoted as saying by The Guardian on Thursday.
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However, Drogba was left disappointed with the result – despite it being only a friendly fixture.
“I hate losing so for fun I will have fun with Petr because I scored but he already killed me”.
The England U-21 striker tapped home Nacho Monreal’s cross to secure victory against a United States Major League Soccer representative team that included Champions League winners Andrea Pirlo, Kaka, David Villa and Didier Drogba in their starting XI.
After receiving a throughball from Dos Santos, Drogba bundled the ball into the back of the net after his initial shot was saved by Cech and blocked on the line.
There was a scare for the MLS team in the 22nd minute, when Dallas star Kellyn Acosta collided with Francis Coquelin.
Beckerman, a defensive midfielder, almost played a significant offensive role early in the game – a role he planned beforehand with Kaka.
Blake stopped a free kick in the sixth minute for the MLS group, which regularly pushed into its offensive half. “I would have loved to have won the game and made this experience a little more positive”.
Chances were few and far between, although Chris Wondolowski blazed over from 15 yards with seven minutes remaining after being presented with a glorious opportunity.
Landon Donovan, a 14-time MLS All-Star and former San Jose great, was on hand and posed for photos with MLS Commissioner Don Garber.
This fixture will be Arsenal’s second in their pre-season schedule. Just when Arsene Wenger thought the coast had cleared, up popped the striker who haunted him for 12 years to torment Arsenal’s defence once more.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says “it’s quite scary” to look at the money being spent to strengthen his Premier League rivals ahead of the new season. We hear about it in the National Basketball Association and the NFL but I’ve never seen it in the MLS.
Rob Holding impressed on his Arsenal debut, but there are two words which underline the importance of managing expectation regarding the 20-year-old.
Defender Andrew Farrell replaced starting right back Keegan Rosenberry of the Philadelphia Union at halftime as the MLS All-Stars gave up a late goal to Chuba Akpom and Arsenal in a 2-1 loss.
“They have a lot of good players here, and we knew it was going to be a tough game”. The Gunners have been on a training camp in France where they played out a 1-1 draw with Ligue 1 outfit RC Lens. It’s not life or death like when we play against a club.
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“The contact is a bit less strong”, the Frenchman said.
