2-1, Pre-Season, Rhein Energie Stadion, 23/7 -11
Gervinho 7, 15
Amazing debut for our new Ivorian striker Gervinho! We looked incredible offensively in the first half, a lot of that was down to Jack Wilshere, he has looked brilliant this pre-season, he definitely ran our midfield in this game's first half.
The opening goal was a real beauty, Wilshere set up Gervinho with a breath-taking ball that went over the opposition defense straight in the path of the Ivorian striker, whose finish was clinical!
It didn't take long before he was on target again, Walcott provided a great cross for Gervinho to score from close range.
Just before half-time Jenkinson got really unlucky when his clearance went over Szczesny (who was on his way out to collect the ball) and into our own net. He looked pretty bummed out about it but fortunately lots of team-mates came to comfort him, so I'd reckon he'll recover quickly.
In the second half we didn't have the same rhytm in our play (could be down to the fact that the entire team except for Gibbs had been replaced).
However, there was a sad ending to the game when Henderson (who had replaced Gibbs 70th minute) got injured whilst committing to a tackle, it appeared as though he twisted his knee, and he had to be stretchered off the pitch.
Injury Update;
-Diaby has a long term injury that will keep him out of the start of the season.
-Fabregas failed to recover from a muscular injury in time for this game, hopefully he'll be fit (and still an Arsenal player) for the Emirates Cup.
-Fabianski made his debut from his injury in this game, so it was good to see him back in action
-Eboue missed this game through injury, but it doesn't seem to be a long term one.
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