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- Written by Simon Traynor
A clean sheet away from home in hostile Turkey can always be seen as a credible result, especially at this early stage of the season. Albeit a frustrating affair, The Gunners shouldn’t be too discouraged by their performance or the result this evening, as there are plenty of positives to take into the second leg next Wednesday.
Team selection this evening suggested that the Gunners wanted to build on their good fortune from Saturday’s result in the Barclays Premier League against Crystal Palace, by adding the presence of Olivier Giroud to the frontline in place of Yaya Sanogo. Nacho Monreal deputised for the yet again injured Kieran Gibbs at left back.
Player Ratings
Wojciech Szczesny - 7 – Arsenal’s number 1 was called into action within seconds of the kick off and pulled off a couple of good stops from Demba Ba in the first half. Wojciech was generally untroubled by balls into the box and covered well for balls over the top of the backline.
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- Written by Aaron Blows
For my first report I get to write about My Team –Our Team- being shown on a channel that marginally makes Bt Sport tolerable. This is written in sections to give you a sense of my mood, reaction and anger/elation I am going through.
Part 1 “I hate ITV”
I am actually waiting for ITV to show highlights of Utd winning the Champion League. Y’know that clip, where the goal goes in and you can hear the ITV operatives cream their pants?
Opening dialogue by Chiles is the usual “angst-ridden teen’s prose to a girl who will never read it” delivered with a slightly rosy face (obviously a result of those god-awful World Cup build ups out on the beach).
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- Written by Tom DiMaio
Yesterday’s game was a good opportunity for Arsenal to register a win on the first day of the season for the first time in a fair few seasons.
Although they managed it, it was less than convincing and as Arsene Wenger himself suggested, it looked as though the start of the season cam a bit early for the gunners.
Passing Problems
For me, the most notable problem for Arsenal was their apparent inability to pass the ball 5 yards. None of the players had a great game from a passing perspective, which made it incredibly difficult to break down Palace playing the way we did.
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- Written by Joel Dalhouse
The new season has begun, the belief is back at the Emirates.
This afternoon was a difficult game against a manager less highly motivated Crystal Palace team.
While it was an excellent result to start the new campaign there is much more to come from the FA cup winners.
Ratings
Szczesny – 5 - Almost caught out with back pass and poor clearance led to goal scoring opportunity, needs to take less chances.
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- Written by Michael George
Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. We've won the charity shield, yes. We've beaten man city 3-0, yes. We looked pretty great going forward, yes. But it's only 'pre-season.'
Ahhh who am I kidding, WE'RE GONNA WIN THE FRIKIN LEAGUE
First half we played some excellent stuff. What impressed me most was the speed and crispness of our passing. We were direct and sharp in the final third, which was a distinct contrast to the Monaco game only a week before where we were sluggish and unadventurous.
What I also liked was our pressing in the first half. Every season we always seem to start off with a high pressing game and then what proceeds half way through the year is that pressing beginning to fade.
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