Arsenal ended their Singapore trip with a sparkling performance to win the Barclays Asia Trophy.
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Wenger named two hugely different teams in the space of a couple of days, demonstrating the depth available to the Frenchman.
“Little bit (surprised) because yesterday we had quite a good strong session and I found the players a bit exhausted but they were quite sharp today”.
“The game tonight was a great advert for the Premier League in Asia”.
The midfield is packed with talent. NBC UNIVERSO is part of Hispanic Enterprises and Content, a division of NBCUniversal (www.nbcuniversal.com), one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. This allowed more tackles to be made by the England u21 and set Arsenal on numerous counter attacks.
The Gunners fielded Petr Cech for the first time, but Alexis Sanchez was missing due to an extended holiday after the Copa America. Arsenal continued pressing the Everton goal as Mesut Özil and Aaron Ramsey linked up well on the edge of the penalty box, but the Welshman’s shot dragged wide of the goal.
The Gunners took the lead in the 22nd minute as Theo Walcott burst onto a pass from Santi Cazorla before finishing past Toffee’s keeper Joel.
The goal capped an impressive display.
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Made one stunning save and looked comfortable dealing with crosses.
However, there is a shadow over his contribution.
Asked if we would be fine if talks dragged into the new season, he said: “Definitely”.
His range of passing was excellent and he showed off a rarely-seen ability to finish with the Gunners’ third goal. However, that may be tested by another protracted contract saga.
The South African required treatment on his back after being clattered by the Stoke defender but no doubt his aches and pains were an accumulation of the countless other times he’d been hacked last night. “But he’s going to find it tough in the next two or three weeks”.
The Frenchman confirmed that the Englishman will extend his contract that expires at the end of next season. Benzema would be an upgrade over Olivier Giroud and striker has long been an area where fans and pundits alike believe Arsenal should improve. And Real Madrid haven’t played their hand yet.
He is regarded by plenty of good judges among the best young defenders in the Premier League and there is naturally an added premium by being English.
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I’m not honouring this question. It’s a really exciting year for myself personally and I think this team can go very far. After all, Arsene Wenger did and he now has a nice trophy from pre-season.
