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Season 2008/2009

Pre-season: Arsenal 3-1 Stuttgart

Samir Nasri made his Arsenal debut as we came from behind to secure a 3-1 win over Stuttgart.

All our goals came in the second half from Carlos Vela, Nicklas Bendtner and Jack Wilshere (again playing a blinder) after Yildiray Basturk had put Stuttgart ahead.

In addition to new signing Nasri pulling on a Gunners shirt for the first time (incidentially the first official outing of our yellow away kit), Emmanuel Adebayor made his first pre-season appearance (looking rubbish...), while former Arsenal legend Lehmann was in goal for Stuttgart.

Lehmann easily collected an attempted chip from Robin van Persie in the 11th minute, before current Arsenal No.1 Manuel Almunia made a smart save at the near post from Romania striker Ciprian Marica and Nasri fired a 25-yard effort over following a quick counter-attack.
Brilliant reactions

Veteran Lehmann showed brilliant reactions to deny Theo Walcott from point-blank range after he was set up by Van Persie before Bendtner and Vela were introduced at half-time.

However, we were behind six minutes after the restart when Basturk drilled in a low strike from the edge of the box.

However, we quickly drew level, when Vela (who hit a hat-trick against a Burgenland XI on Monday) finished emphatically from Bendtner's pass. What a start Vela is making here...

Bendtner had scored four goals 48 hours earlier and chipped in with another pre-season goal when he poked the ball past Lehmann from Vela's pass on 65 minutes.

Wilshere, who had replaced Nasri on the hour mark, completed the scoring late on with his third goal in two appearances courtesy of a crisp shot.

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sports apparel said:

Great result.Arsenal will have a good season this year.There playing more like the 2004 arsenal team at the moment !

August 31, 2008 1:42 AM

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