Arsenal breezed through their first pre-season clash, with a team consisting of a mixture of youth and experience running out comfortable 4-0 winners. Chuba Akpom stole the headlines with his hat-trick, but there were a number of positives we can take from the first of our Barclays Asia trophy matches. Chuba Akpom opened the scoring, with the young striker pouncing on a loose ball. Jack Wilshere was denied after a quick counter-attack, but Akpom was there to smash past the keeper to make it 1-0. Wilshere had arguably been the best player on the pitch, and was pulling the strings from midfield. Everything seemed to go through him, and it was only right that he got his goal. Mathieu Debuchy...
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