by TommyGoon » Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:30 pm
Went to the game, a few thoughts...
Iwobi took his goals well, 2 were very similar rifled into bottom right hand corner from the left inside the box.
Thought Gnabry was quite lively throughout, I would say he is close to match fitness. Jack wasn't bad, but didn't stand out, grew into the game though. Arteta was mostly average, Diaby looked miles off the pace at times, but had some flashes of the old Abou, I think he would struggle against top PL midfielders currently.
Didn't realise Crowley was smaller than Wilshere, not sure he will be able to cut it in the PL being that small. Bielik made a poor pass early on that nearly gifted them a goal but settled into the game. Looks very strong coming forward from the back with the ball, you can see why Wenger targeted him.
Iliev is a poor goalkeeper, his mistake gifted Stoke the first goal.