Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the Arsenal captain, got away with a winning penalty as the Gunners defeated Liverpool in a Wembley shoot-out to lift the Community Shield on Saturday. There’s a lot to learn from this first game. Here’s the takeaway.
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Arsenal got their new head coach Mikel Arteta in December (his first managerial position.) His takeover happened after an increasingly bleak run. Taking that into account, it’s quite the miracle that the team is doing well. The 38-year-old definitely has his team on board. There is clearly far more clear decisions making and more cohesive playing, which has evidently already led to bagging two trophies in a month.
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will unlikely do make little changes in the up coming campaign after what he saw at Wembley on Saturday. The runaway Premier League champions were wwerelacking some key player from the last season. Their three strongest; Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino were oddly off the mark. Liverpool have signed just one Greece international this summer, the full-back Kostas Tsimikas. Bukayo Saka showed Arsenal his very best and Aubameyang is set to have his new contract announced by the club quite soon.
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Gabriel Magalhae has finally been confrfirmed as the new defender and the aademy graduates Bukayo Saka and Ainsley Maitland-Niles were as expected , in great shape. fine form. Eddie Nketiah led the line, while Joe Willock and Reiss Nelson did their bit for the team.
The Takeaway
It’s safe to say with all things considered, especially with a promising new head coach, that Arsenal’s future looks incredibly bright. Exect the team to move forward in the new season. As we all know, they certainly cook use a good push. It probably won’t be easy, taking into account a the previous rough patch, but we can expect for better for this great football team.