The Arsenal youth groups have had a blended weekend, with the u21s incomes a slender 1-0 win over Burnley however the u18s dropping by the identical scoreline to Southampton.
Photograph through Arsenal.com
The Arsenal academy kicked off the weekend with a superb win over Burnley on Friday night time, bouncing again from an embarrassing 7-0 defeat to Liverpool the earlier weekend.
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Although the 1-0 victory didn’t precisely repair the group’s new objective distinction deficit, it was a convincing efficiency to get the facet again on monitor.
had three good probabilities earlier than opener, hitting the publish and forcing a few saves from the Burnley goalkeeper.
Premier League 2 debutant Bailey-Joseph then received the objective Arsenal deserved, making a powerful run down the best earlier than firing throughout the keeper. It was a wonderful solo effort and an effective way to mark his first look within the competitors.
Photograph through Harriman-Annous on Instagram
was denied a objective by a wonderful Burnley block not lengthy afterwards, and a flowing Arsenal transfer resulted in one other last-ditch sort out on . And people had been simply the perfect possibilities of the match, with the hosts racking up six photographs on course to Burnley’s zero.
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“I’m pleased with the end result,” Max Porter afterwards. “We had a really younger facet on the market. I believe we had eight students taking part in, in order that was an enormous constructive for us.
“Final week we had been very poor and didn’t present our greatest selves. The entire week was about responding. Not essentially the end result, however placing in a a lot better efficiency throughout the entire recreation.
“We did that this week, and whenever you carry out higher, you give your self a greater probability of profitable, which we did tonight.”
Photograph through Emerson Nwaneri on Instagram
With Arsenal naming such a younger u21 facet, there was inevitably going to be an impression on the u18s the next day.
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15-year-old brother made his first u18 Premier League begin in Saturday’s match away to Southampton, as did and . had been on the bench for the u21s the earlier night, and he then raced to Southampton to begin for the u18s.
All the identical, the younger Gunners had probabilities, with hitting the publish and Nwaneri having a few alternatives. The group additionally thought they need to have had a penalty for handball within the second half.
However luck was with the hosts on the day, and Thierry Rohart-Brown transformed a rebound off the crossbar to offer Southampton a 1-0 win.
Arsenal u21 lineup vs Burnley
Porter, Nichols, Kacurri, Salmon, Ogunnaike, Ibrahim, Julienne, Harriman-Annous, Zecevic John, Bailey-Joseph, Sagoe Jr.
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Substitutes
Agustien (for Harriman-Annous, 61), Clarke (for Salmon, 67), Stevens (for Julienne, 67, Washington (for Bailey-Joseph, 84), Talbot
Arsenal u18 lineup vs Southampton
Talbot, Hamill, Pedro, Onyekachukwu, Mbala, Murisa, Nduka, Hashi, Thompson, Nwaneri, Marciniak
Substitutes
Stachow (for Mbala, 60), Sesay (for Hashi, 66), Frohock (for Thompson, 84), Owusu-Gyasi, Lupinski