Arsenal fell to metropolis rivals, Tottenham 1-0 within the first ever North London derby outdoors of Europe. The Gunners have been surprised by a purpose from Pape Matar Sarr late on as the primary was virtually ending.
Softfootball caught all of the actions as Arsenal dominated however couldn’t take any of created probabilities in entrance of purpose. The Gunners fielded a powerful aspect and later known as on new striker, Viktor Gyokeres however he may affect the sport a lot when he got here on.
The end result was Arsenal’s solely loss within the preseason tour of Asia as they defeated AC Milan and Newcastle in Singapore. Talking after the sport, midfielder Mikel Merino was not happy with the end result. The Spanish worldwide who was introduced on within the second half shared his ideas concerning the recreation with the Arsenal media by way of the membership’s official web site.
He defined that:
It’s not the end result we wished,” Mikel mentioned. “Clearly, successful is a precedence for us, however in pre-season, there are different issues which have loads of worth, like getting match, conserving that reference to the followers right here on this superb metropolis.
We tailored shortly to the pitch, to the opponent, I believe we dominated a lot of the recreation. The result’s clearly the worst half, however we have now to take the positives.
Clearly, this sense goes to be the gasoline for the season to continue to grow, continue learning and hopefully go upwards.
The sport introduced the curtain down on our two-week Asia Tour, following two wins in Singapore. Merino mentioned he was blown away by the reception the gamers acquired.
The assist has been superb all through the entire tour. Thanks very a lot to the entire fan base, as a result of I do know it’s onerous for them to assist us through the season, generally with occasions that aren’t splendid for them. However thanks very a lot as a result of it was pretty.
It was a tremendous two weeks. I believe all the time if you come to those form of excursions, you’ve loads of pleasure about it.
Time to find new locations, new components of the world for us. And on the identical time, present what Arsenal is, the tradition, the household we’re in a special nation. So total a tremendous expertise and hopefully we’ll come again quickly.
The North London derby makes the top of the Asian tour for the Arsenal as they return to London for the upcoming Emirates Cup and the 25/26 season.
