Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal
Losses and goals conceded are always more palatable when your team acquits itself well. Giving up,
or turning up expecting to win, or crumbling inexplicably has been something of a hallmark in
recent seasons so one of the most pleasing things about this Arsenal side since October has been
the blossoming of its spirit and its excellent attitude.
Arsenal lost todays last pre-season friendly against Benfica and Arsene Wenger thinks that the
reason they were defeated was because we were missing key players. Okay, so lets have a look at the
team that played: Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Rosicky, Van Persie, Ramsey, Song, Djourou, Gervinho,
Arshavin, Gibbs Subs: Fabianski, Squillaci, Jenkinson, Chamakh, Traore, Frimpong, [.