Arsenal's first pre-season game ended in defeat yesterday evening, going down 2-1 to Hibernian at Easter Road. I watched it on an iPad in the garden while I was cooking burgers on the BBQ. They were good. The burgers, obviously. Not Arsenal. I don't think there was much that we learned particularly, but some brief thoughts: – Crystal Palace might come back with a reduced £10m bid for Eddie Nketiah after his miss early on. He did well to dispossess the defender and should have scored, but put his shot around the post. Rusty, sure, but I bet he thinks he should have scored too. – Hibs' opener didn't look great for young keeper Arthur Okonkwo but it was his first ever game for the senior...
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