WHAT HAPPENED Henrikh Mkhitaryan made his debut but ended up on the losing side as we let a lead slip in South Wales. It was all going well enough when Nacho Monreal continued his purple patch with a predatory finish from Mesut Ozil’s sumptuous diagonal cross. It was Monreal’s fourth of the season and his second in three games. But we only led for a minute. Alfie Mawson stole possession and slipped a pass through for Sam Clucas, who applied a calm finish past Petr Cech. The wait for Cech’s 200th clean sheet goes on and his day got a lot worse when he failed to deal with a backpass from Shkodran Mustafi. The goalkeeper tried to clear but could only scuff the ball to Jordan Ayew - and...
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