Arsenal newcomer tackles a jerkface former Gunner. Pic via Guardian.
Arsenal 1: Chamakh 36
Milan 1: Pato 76
It's late and I'm exhausted after helping a friend move, so you get bullet points instead of paragraphs. Deal with it.
- Both new signings, Marouane Chamakh and Laurent Koscielny, looked great in their Emirates Stadium debuts. Chamakh had the Arsenal goal with a nifty little touch finish in the box nine minutes from halftime.
- Among the youngsters, both Jack Wilshere and Emmanuel Frimpong looked comfortable on the pitch.
- Lukasz Fabianski was not abysmal and he had no chance on Milan's goal, off a free kick which I didn't think was a foul on Sagna to begin with. But, while he had no chance, Arsenal's organization in defending the free kick was poor in the first place, and that organization is generally the keeper's job.
- Speaking of Sagna, I thought he was a step off the pace a bit, but I'm not positive if this was his first match of the pre-season or not.
- Arsenal had a golden chance to regain the lead shortly after Milan leveled the score, but Mark Randall was stifled twice in the box. Those shots have to go in. It was practically gift wrapped.
- Fabianski was bailed out by the woodwork on at least two occasions.
- I thought Samir Nasri was absolutely brilliant today.
- Overall, it was a thrilling match for a pre-season friendly and plenty of players had good showings. Both sides missed a number of chances to win this one.
