Darren Ferguson’s team gave Arsenal a fright as a contest that looked relatively comfortable in the first half turned into a nail-biter. Any kind of injury picked up in a game like this would have opened up a can of large worms. It was his creative instinct that provided Arsenal with their goal midway through the first half. Theo Walcott ambled onto Sánchez’s crossfield pass and took a touch to control the ball before finishing with a neat dink past Ian Lawlor. Early on Wilshere and Olivier Giroud combined beautifully to conjure a chance that was centimetres away from a goal to savour.

Source: The Guardian September 20, 2017 21:00 UTC