Arsenal’s Reserves have kicked off their Platinum One Challenge campaign with a 2-1 win over their Manchester United counterparts at the Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. An early Jay Emmanuel-Thomas penalty got the Gunners going before Wellington Silva scored a fine solo goal in the second half. Kiko Macheda set up a tight finish with his 71st minute strike.
Liam Brady selected a strong Arsenal team which included first-team players Havard Nordtveit, Henri Lansbury and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas. However, he did lose two options from his squad, with Emmanuel Frimpong pulling out with an injury and Jay Simpson staying behind to complete his move to Hull City. Wellington Silva started on the right of a dangerous looking front three.
Shea
Nordtveit – Hoyte – Miquel – Cruise
Aneke – Eastmond – Lansbury
Silva – Afobe – Emmanuel-Thomas
Subs: Martínez, Boateng, Yennaris, Evina, Deacon.
Arsenal snapped out of the traps and went straight at Manchester United. Within three minutes the first chance came as Emmanuel-Thomas slipped Henri Lansbury in on goal, but Amos saved well. Lansbury then curled a free kick into Amos’ arms in a quick succession of chances.
Macheda and Aneke then exchanged long range efforts which were both wide before the Gunners snatched the lead from the spot following a clumsy foul by Wooton. Emmanuel-Thomas sent Amos the wrong way from 12 yards, Arsenal 1-0.
United were getting out played by Arsenal but they did have a chance to get back into it when Norwood tried his luck from Cleverley’s corner, but it was straight at Shea. Emmanuel-Thomas was then at the heart of two amazing chances on the half hour mark. First he tried to chip Amos who clawed the ball away, then he fed Eastmond who put Afobe through, but Amos saved again.
The final chance of the first half fell to Afobe again who had his shot stabbed away by Amos’ feet’s after being released by Silva. Half time and Arsenal in front.
Half Time – Arsenal 1-0 Manchester United
The Gunners came out for the second half looking to double their advantage. Five minutes after the restart, they did. Wellington Silva burst inside the United back four from the right, they tried to catch him but couldn’t, and Silva thrashed the ball beyondAmos with a confident finish. 2-0.
United were being comfortably outplayed but on the break they were always dangerous. Brady should have scored after getting away from Cruise, but he fired over. With 20 minutes left, Manchester United did get their goal. Kiko Macheda raced away from the back four and had his powerful shot spilled by Shea. The Italian made no mistakes with the re-bound, making it 2-1.
It was completely against the run of play, and Arsenal wanted to put the scoreline right. Emmanuel-Thomas paced the back four again, but he lost his concentration and could only find back of the stand, not Amos’ net. Afobe should have righted Jay’s wrong, but despite beating his defender and the goalkeeper, he lashed wide.
Yennaris replaced Afobe with 10 minutes left as the Gunners looked to shut up shop. Vermeijl did try and trouble the defence with a Rory Delap style long throw, but the excellent Nordtveit was bullish and cleared. It was a clearance which epitomized the confidence Arsenal had shown.
They stroked the ball around at the back to run the clock down, and it worked. Arsenal comfortable and classy 2-1 winners.
DUB-SILVA!!!!!
GANGSTER
Sounds like we were outclassed by a strong Arsenal side. Saying that our lineup wasn’t too bad with the likes of Macheda and Cleverley on the field. Two player I hope will make the breakthrough into the first-team this season although after this match it may be too soon.
LUHG
talk too much, but for us your youth system is FAILED or maybe one way to be overcast. i can shot with 1OOO% power like macheda, but you can’t try to make a solo run like wellington. are you good? i say BIG NO haha.. your youth system must be overcast in the future.
J was Wellington the stand out? If squallacci does not go through do you think Nordtveilt can come up and be ready for the first team?
Wow, fast as always! Did Eastmond play well?
Lansbury, nordtveit , Jay Thomas were all impressive
they need to start being more clinical from top to bottom,this shit happens and costs us games.
Who was the man og the match ?
J, is wellington going to go straight in the first team when he arrives in Jan?
Is anyone from the club or players speaking to reporters/bloggers about recent events?
Thank You once again for the awesome work J.. Do you know if we have any contact with Christian Eriksen.. He is a truly great talent and Bergkamp has specially told that ARSENAL should come up and sign him….
Eriksen looks pretty good but he is the same syp as all the other midfielder we have.
J, how did you watch the match? Are you in Ireland?
Very impressed with Nordtveit, should be kept in the first team squad with his versatility now that Frimpong is out
As its not on camera, can anyone who saw the game describe silva’s goal in more detail?
Arsenal tv has really pissed me off that they haven’t televised any of the games he’s been in, are they not allowed to for some reason?
Arsenal TV Online states due to lack of viewership? WTFreak! How bout that JET!!!!!!!Yeah should be a starter in 1st team! Great job J!
WELINGTON GOAL WAS EXCELLENT , NORDVELT BROKE DOWN UTD ATTACK HE WORKED THE BALL FORWARD TO EASTMOND WHO GAVE IT TO DSILVA ON THE KEFT HE CUT INSIDE THE UTB FULL BCK BE FORE CURLING IT INTO THE NET VERY HENRY TYPE FINISH CELEBRATED BEHIND THE GOALS VERY GUD . BUT JET, NORDVELT LANDSBURY, WERE BEST SHEA COULDNT BE FAULTED FOR THE GOAL MADE EXCELLENT SAVE JUST B4 . MY OPINION NORDVELT LUKS READY FOR THE FIRST TEAM AS DOES JAY WHO COVERD EVERY INCH OF THE PITCH THE GUY IS HUGE
I hope these kind of performaces from Nordtveit will convience Wenger to stay him and not let him go despite Squillazi’s arrival. Last season we had to have five defenders, with Squillazi we would have only four. And don’t forget, Nordtveit is verstatile, he could play as DM and RB, as well. I would be more than happy if he stayed, I’m a huge fan of him. Unfortunately I feel that Wenger wants to get rid of him…
I really don’t think Wenger wants to get rid of Nordtveit, otherwise he wouldn’t have given him chances in the preseason or talked him up as much as he has. I believe Wenger doesn’t think he’s quite ready for the first-team. There is a difference.
Nortvedit looks like a very good squad player to have
Great work J. Keep it up. Thanks very much
J i noticed other people on ur twitter were able to watch the match, how can this be done so i can see the next math
Cheers
How was Eastmond? Was that the best ManU reserve team? Shots on goal for them? For us? Thanks so much for this report and feeds!
I read that Randall came on as a sub, but what of Murphy?
The lads should beat Rovers on Sunday aswell looking forward o it
Can we have some player ratings as not many people got to see the game
Cheers guys!
Philip, I can’t answer for other people. Lots of people on Twitter often tweet at games and many told me they were going. So I guess that.
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas is my man of the match, although Nordtveit and Afobe run it close. Eastmond was typically tidy, look a little off the pace.
How did you watch the game, J.?
Eastmond looks like he will take over from Frimpong now and how good is wellington
I think he’s been involved in either scoring or providing an assist in almost every game I can think of
Jay Simpson to Hull confirmed via ARSENAL Official Site.. All the very best to the lad.. I like him very – very much.. He was a through and through Gooner.. I hope he becomes one of the best players’ in the world….
congrate to those that were able to see the game. how in the world did ManU won the reserve league last year and we are able to beat them easily?
Any chance anyone know if the club is going to put the highlight on the club TV?
Sad to hear about Frimpong injury, when are all these injuries going to end. Wish him a speedy recovery
I WAS THERE!
Jet is a crazy talent
maybe he can get help
J, please write us an article what you expect from the new first team players, Lansbury, JET, and Nordtveit this season. Will they stay or go on loan, what are your expectations.
I second this!
man Silva..should come to first team
Lads,
I was at the match, I’m a member of Shamrock Rovers, Arsenal are my English team to follow so I was looking forward to this game. It was a very impressive performance from Arsenal. JET was MOTM by a long way, everything went through him, he looks ready for the first team to me. He has such quick feet for a tall guy, he won the pen. He must have covered every blade of grass on the pitch as well. Lansbury, Eastmond and Nordveit looked excellent as well, as did Afobe and Wellington in patches. Wellington’s goal was a lovely placed finish into the corner of the net and he really celebrated his goal, great to see btw. They really outclassed Utd from start to finish. Shea made a couple of good saves. Macheda’s goal was a rebound from another impressive save from Shea. But for slack finishing, the young guns would have scored a lot more tonight. The future looks good on tonight’s performance.
future always looks good I hope this year the present will also look good
and I saw someone post this a breakdown of our current team and I have to say it looks very very good
http://i34.tinypic.com/2rmty7b.jpg
Lads,
http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/4137/
thanx man.
Hi Lads I was at the game tonight long time red level member but rovers is up the road so i took a stroll to the match, Negatives : JET came out of the trap flying but what I didn like was his attitude my god if someone other then Chukes or Afobe didn pass the ball did he do a little dance like a 2 year old ,Chucks isn blessed with great pass for a big lad its like he doesn raise his legs when he runs Tom Cruise needs to work on his positioning to many times wellington was coming back and nearly playing LB Banfield kept telling him to push on but when work came Cruises way he put a Solid proformance arsenal need to get players in the box for a front three they dont attact the box from crosses JET and Deacon had created space on 2 occasions but had no one to aim for with the height in the reserves they should be pushin men in . Positives : Ignasi Miquel was my MOTM im never seen a 17 year old play so dominatly really nothin got by him won every header and had no problem going out with them ball reminded me of Pique in awful lot not spectacular but but so composed and dominante Really expecting great things from him , Lansburys passing was so crisp tonight little balls over the top to the wing very nice , James Shea had an excellent game made 3 or more really good stops one in the first 20 seconds from a header really impressed . the play at sometimes was amazing carving united apart but it reminds me alot of the 1st teams problems in the play always lookin for that killer ball in stead of gettin to the by line and whipping it im not sayin be bolton with crosses and long balls but a variety would hurt teams and create so much more space when there worried about crosses .
sorry i didn’t help u on this match but ill help u on the match vs rovers on saturday sorry
and the best player on the picth was nordveit he played very well
Love the blog mate, and very excited about JET , Nordveit and Wellington they are definitely making it to the 1st team.
After nice build up jet slipped the ball behind the lb and silva bet the r b to the ball from the angle opened his body up and played the ball along the ground to the bottom corner , spoke to murphy before the game he was injured but is looking to go loan when he is fit again can’t believe no one is talking about miquel he was real stand out in the match . J I love your site excellent work I’d love you to reply to my 2 comments to have your opinion
ive said it bout miquel at least 3 times!!! he stood out a mile
Extremely happy to hear our young guns did great against a good team. Hopefully they will get a chance to impress when others in the first team is not so impressive. Walcott should be scared as hell right now. Many in the reserves can do a better job than he is doing. Gibbs can be dangerous in the wings one day.
to be honest i was at the match and i dnt tink any of them will b anywhere near ist team this season
Miquel and Eastmond were superb
lansbury has joined swansea on loan
I love the over reactions after each game. You play a good reserve game and people start saying you should start for the first team.
I do like this new reserve system.
My question is why was Nordveit playing right back if he is suppose to be our 4th string centerback according to people on here.
Eboue is now seen as a midfielder by Wenger so that leaves Sagna as the only RB. Nordtveit will be his back-up and can play CB when needed, as he did in the bundesliga..
Eboue is very much a RB and he will stay a RB
Nortvedit right now will probably be utilized as a squad player who if we suffer terrible injuries can play either as a RB, CB or DM
Gunnor- What? Eboue has rotated between RB and RW for 2 years now. I don’t think that will change mate
Andrew…..Nordtveit could be our John Oshea.
was at the game thought miquel stood out the most he looks like a class prospect.wellington took his goal well henry type finish from a tight angle.tink the blogger is bein a bit harsh on shea sayin he spilled machedas shot from were i was sittin he made a fantastic save and was unlucky with the rebound still tink eastmonds way 2 early 2 b considered for 1st team and id say we wont see welly anywhere near 1st team till nxt season at the earliest
I think Miguel might make the jump into the first team before Bartley
Heard JET was the stand-out MOTM. Did he not look sharp to you?
yea jet played well put himself about but is he 1st team? my honest opinion is no not yet anyway
id say miquel is ahead of any reserve defender in terms of 1st team
he looked very good comfy on the ball and a big lad aswell
BTW lads heres jay thomas penalty found this clip on youtube its not mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsPVsfVcZQc
Boy jay thomas looks huge
thers 4 or 5 of them in that team tat looked absolute monsters
wellington looked tiny id say average height of reserves is a lot bigger then the 1st team
Also here some post match interview with Neil Banfield and Ole gunna solskjaer
where?
http://www.youtube.com/user/ExtratimeVideo#p/u/0/DtOmiBk28_A
cheers
Thanks a lot John!!!
Can someone post the United squad? I heard they had a pretty strong squad as well, so this would be pretty impressive. That starting lineup looks really strong from my 2nd hand impression of these kids. Could see that almost being the full 1st team lineup in 5-6 yrs time if Arsenal didn’t already have such talented youngsters in the first team. But the competition can only serve to make them all better whether they make the grad or not at Arsenal.
amos
gil–wooton–dudgeon–fabio
cleverley–norwood–keane–eikrem
brady–macheda
subs.Vermeijl, Devlin, Brown, Ajose
That front three would trouble any defence at this level, especially with a great talent like Aneke playing just off them. Interesting to see Gavin Hoyte still in the mix. It would be nice if J.S, anto or anyone else who was fortunate enough to catch the game could get back at us and let us know how he fared.
Also, anyone notice how Benik looks absolutely massive in that pic? (is that the camera playing tricks or something?). And while you guys are at it, can someone explain why James Shea looks surprisingly tall?
hoyte played ok but standout defender by a long way was miquel
nordveit was solid aswell tho
I love this new reserves rather then the reserve league. They get to play in front of crowds and it also spreads our brand. The games seem more like real games with the atmosphere rather then just scrimmages. Really good that we can beat a quality manchester united team and out play them aswell.
It good the reserve team making it to this level always; the challenges goes to the first team too this season.
Nice work J, Keep it up.
nordtveit was meant to have had a brilliant game
did he not have a good game then?
Anyone with the players ratings
Vintage Arsenal! If I may ask, who captained da team?
JET or Nortvedit I would think
Miquel was captain
Thanx guys. At dis rate I see Miquel making the step up 2 da 1st team before any of the lads we have ahead of him in terms of age including Bartley. The responsibility bestowed upon him at such a young age speaks volumes of his capabilities.
Miquel was captain.
G Hoyte did very well, interesting at centre back after a year on loan playing RB. Does this mean Nortvedit is seen as a RB – interesting.
Bullethead56
Is there a footage of the goals that we can see ?
Well done to the lads always nice to beat those f**ks at any level.
I think its good to remember that these arsenal youths are 2 years ahead of most age groups. One point that bothers me is this inabllity to destory teams maybe last night was a off one but even in the first team it takes 3/4 chances to score a goal and it’s been like that for the last few seasons. Loads are lovely footy then some very bad decision making in the final 3rd… It thought that’s wat training is all about getting better at your weak areas??
Jay any word on Havard contract negotiations I have a feeling he is abit piss at his treatment since joining us and wont sign a new deal … personally I hope he does but fear others could be sniffing around.
I know it hard to get the contract renewal 100% right but anyone with a year left to go theres always a risk in them seeing out there contract why let that happen example Merida???
some clips here but not of the goals
http://www.youtube.com/user/platinunonegroup#p/u
To all the people that keep talking about who will be the 4th or 5th choice centerback in case of injury, Wenger said this today when talking about the william gallas situation. Wenger, “You have to turn somewhere else and now we trust Koscielny, [Johan] Djourou, [Thomas] Vermaelen and [Alex] Song.”
Alex Song will rotate to centerback like he always has and Nordveit and the others will not be relied on at centerback this year.
was at the game…JET is a beast couldnt believe the size of him has great feet and was outstanding along with lansbury who ran the show in the midfield!! nordviet was excellent aswell!! totally outclassed united!!
always a pleasure to beat “MANURE” AAROGANT B’S*****DS!!
Anyone know where Randall was?
where’s the video, analysis is good but seeing the goals would be better
lansbury is a good talent but when ramsey will arrive in november lansbury will desapear, i feel sad because i like henri but ramsey is far better player and he have character that this for the arsenal is necesari because we only have fabregas with character, the others are like mercenaris that only play for arsenal. And I think that ignasi mikel is a big prospect but he is catalan like me and he was a barcelona fan and i don’t want to have another player that wants to play for barça when he will be a star.!!!
Ignasi hates Barca more than any Arsenal fan does…they treated him like a slave…
trust me, when next we face Barca, Ignasi would plead for Wenger to play him so he can kick pep`s face
I disagree with Lansbury not going to make it at Arsenal. I actually like the way he plays, every time i see him. He seems to never miss a pass. I also think in the future, he will be able to play anywhere in the midfield 3.
was w silvas goal good
Marko, wellingtons goal was like a typical Henry finish…passed it around the keeper with a bit of bend to the bottom corner and was well happy when he scored..got me pic taken with him after and seems like a nice guy!!
Hey guys I love the young gunners. Does anybody want to come with me to the next game?