Gunners overcome early scare to beat Shrews – Arsenal 3-1 Shrewsbury Town
|Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain marked his first start in an Arsenal shirt with a goal, as the Gunners recovered from a goal down to beat League 2 side Shrewsbury Town.
Almost 47,000 were inside Emirates Stadium to watch a nervy first half display, and those nerves were emphasised when James Collins buried a 16th-minute header past ‘keeper Lukasz Fabianski.
Despite a dominant spell from Shrewsbury, Arsenal’s class finally showed 10 minutes before half-time after Carl Jenkinson found fellow defender Kieran Gibbs who nodded in at the far post.
Arsenal controlled the second half and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s bullet shot made it 3-1 after the break.
Highly-rated Dutch youngster Oguzhan Ozyakup was brought off the substitutes bench and made an immediate impact finding Yossi Benayoun, who secured Arsenal’s passage into the Carling Cup Fourth Round with a calm finish.
Man of the Match: Francis Coquelin – Fantastic performance from the young Frenchman. Broke up play and created opportunites for the strikers. Top stuff.
relief.
Well done, i like the rotation of the players but please Arsene be cautious respect the quality of the opposition. Lets try and win something (anything).
we at arsenal need to be patient with this team… we will always av nervy moments dis season, we are nt a team yet. our target shud be Carling cup, top 4 finish, quarter final Champions league, FA semi final
Coquelin was great, but AOC was class
Making the top 4 and winning the CC should be our target…
a wins a win. second half we were great. lets focus on bolton now.
Djourou is fuckin’ useless!
Bullit
Top 4, winning the champions league. What planet are you on!
@Peter
Bullit meant to say CC as in Carling Cup
@Peter: Peter how can you insult bullett saying he’s from another planet when u havent even read what he said properly C C means CARLING CUP not champions league i cant stand people who put their message across without thought
From what I read Coquelin continues to impress, is he ready to step up one?
CC means Carling Cup, CL means champions League, you are so arrogant and stupid
Peter you are a Spuds supporter, you are obviously on the wrong site…Spuds are out, so get loss
pl someone help me i need to watch this match at least d replay. unfortunately i cant get to pay for arsenal player( a lot of card bureaucracies) pls who can pay for me or give me a site to watch it now. love form Nigeria
hello,cc is Carling Cup
Francis Couqelin is calling out, answer the door Mr. Wenger. The boy has heart of a lion.
We will get der bcos I keep d faith with Arsenal
@kinggunner: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xl7lds_arsenal-v-shrewsbury-town_sport?start=0#from=embed here you go, mate! 😀