The Same Old Arsenal!

Mikel arteta side started the pre season friendly of the summer with a loss in Easter Road on Tuesday. The squad which consisted mostly teenagers and young talents were unable to overcome the threat of Hibernia conceding a defeat of 2-1. However,Arteta made several changes at half-time, with Lacazette, Pepe, Partey, Smith Rowe and Folarin Balogun all coming on. This changes certainly led to a far better Arsenal performance after the break, with the visitors dominating the majority of the second half. Hibernia were the first to score in the 21 minutes rather than the visitors who looked more threatening. Okonkwo’s unfortunate mistake was punished by Boyle's finish at an empty net after the Nigerian international missed a backpass. The 20 year old keeper who just signed a new contact with Arsenal begun his first pre season match with an error. Arsenal missed a couple of chances as Eddie Nketiah missed an open one in the first half and Reiss Nelson also failing to hit the targe...