Express review: Arsenal vs Braga

Arsenal 6 – 0 Braga

Arshavin 30,  Chamakh 34, Fabregas 53, 9(pen), Vela 69,84

I predicted a 3 – 0 win for Arsenal. I never imagined we would put six past Braga. I watched their qualifying games against Celtic and Sevilla and they played well against both.

Fabregas and Wilshere pulled the strings for Arsenal all night long.

It was good to have Nasri back. He had a decent game and completed 90 mins without incident.

Arshavin was very wasteful. At one point I was tallying up his mis-placed passes and counted 6 in the space of around 20 mins. Scored a well taken goal.

Lima, my touted danger-man and hat-trick hero from their last match started the game on the bench. After he came on late in the match you could see why.

Wilshere can be a tough cookie when he wants to. This is an interesting side to him that I would not be against seeing more of.

Our defence and Almunia had little to do and were solid throughout.

Braga gave us to much room and respect.

Koscielny is beginning to impress me. He had a remarkable stat last season in the French league that he did not lose a single one on one battle. You can see why!

Again, Vela impressed me. His finishing and movement was sharp.

Overall Conclusion: We won a game we were expected to win. Braga didn’t turn up. We could have scored more if we hadn’t taken our foot off the pedal. The six goals will send out a nice message to Europe that we mean business.

I thoroughly enjoyed last night. We look really sharp and there is a heightened sense of maturity about the players.

What did you think of the match? Let me know in the comments section.

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Until next time…….

THG