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£32m Arsenal player said to have really struggled in pre-season defeat to Liverpool
Mikel Arteta watched his Arsenal side round off their pre-season tour of the USA with a defeat to Liverpool in Philadelphia.
Arsenal began the match well but soon conceded to Mohamed Salah – a familiar story for the Gu🔜nners when facing the Egyptian over the years.
Live𒁃rpool then doubled their lead before half time, for Kai Havert🐠z’s strike in the 40th minute to then be the last of the game.
All in all, it has been a positi⭕ve experience for Arteta and his team stateside, who have shared some valuable minutes around the squad whilst impressing in moments.
Interestingly, and unlike Emile Smith Rowe, Eddie Nketiah who is nearing an Arsenal exit did get 15 or so minutes off of the bench in the win, perhaps sugg𒆙esting that there’s still work to be done in 🐈agreeing a deal with Marseille.
That being said, although he didn’t feature𝔍 last night, Arsenal will soon have Riccardo Calafiori at their disposal – which could be a big boost on Thursday morning’s evidence.
Oleksandr Zinchenko struggles against Mohamed Salah yet again for Arsenal
Starting at left-back in a fairly familiar back four, Zinchenko struggled against Salah in the fir💯st half, as noticed by j🌞ournalist Kaya Kaynak who was covering the game for .
Zinchenko delivered a performance which was ❀something✅ of a microcosm of his last two seasons at Arsenal.
The was strong in possession, able to dictate play with the ball at his feet, but was often caught out defensively 🦩– and was at fault for Sala🌌h’s goal.
Kaynak gave Zinchenko a 5/10 for his efforts in the f🤪irst half, saying i🍸t was a display that won’t do anything to inhibit Calafiori’s pathway into the starting eleven.
He shared: “Typical best and worst of Zinchen𓃲ko. Some superb switches of play, but defensively not at the♛ level.
“Lost Salah for the g✅oal. Not a display that 🌸will stop Calafiori’s pathway into the first team.”
Of course, TBR Football did share in July that Arsenal would be prepared to sell Zinchenko this summer.
At the time, Arsenal intended to keep Jakub Kiwior but were also happy to sell Kieran Tierney – a revamp of their ꧃options on the left.
And with Calafiori al🦩ready making himself popular at Arsenal, it’s becoming hard🔴er to see a way back forꦐ Zinchenko.