Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger says the Gunners were stupid to let Andrew Redmayne go after witnessing a shot-stopping masterclass from their former triallist during their 2-0 win over Sydney FC.
Responding to the Arsenal coaches’ remarks, Redmayne didn’t fully agree with Wenger’s admission.
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“I don’t know about that,” he said. “Maybe after tonight. But I guess it’s pretty exciting. It’s good to play well being the first game of the year.
“I’m sure I can build on that and then just get on a roll. It’s always a pleasure to put your best foot forward in front of 80,000 fans and I thoroughly enjoyed the match.”
When Arsenal opened the scoring after just four minutes there were concerns that the English Premier League giants would overrun Sydney FC in the same manner that Liverpool did in March.
However, the Sky Blues were much more organised and disciplined than they were against the Reds and held out Arsenal’s advances for most of the game.
That was until the Gunners $88 million French striker Lacazette scored the goal that the predominantly-Arsenal crowd were craving in the 83th minute.
Meanwhile, Wenger took time to praise Sydney FC for their effort during the game.
“You could see that we had the physical superiority in pace in power and for them not to pay a heavy price for that means they were intelligent,” he said.
“They didn’t die physically and the quality of their organisation and overall they played in an intelligent way for the whole game and I was surprised how well they defended in the final third we had to push to create clear cut chances in the first hour.”
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