Nigerian Goalie selected as Arsenal captain in second half of behind close door friendly

Supervisor Mikel Arteta chosen Nigerian goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo to captain the Arsenal first workforce for the second half of their 5-1 rout of League One aspect Ipswich City in a behind-closed-doors pre-season pleasant held at London Colney on Saturday afternoon.

The Gunners went on a scoring spree, netting 5 with out reply due to objectives from Ediie Nketiah (3), Sambi Lokonga and Folarin Balogun, earlier than Nigeria worldwide Sone Aluko pulled a objective again.

Based on the match photos published by Arsenal’s official website shortly after the sport, Okonkwo was handed the captain’s armband within the second half.

Arteta fielded a completely totally different workforce for the second half, with goalkeeper Okonkwo changing Germany star
Bernd Leno, and different senior gamers similar to Hector Bellerin, Thomas Partey and Nicolas Pepe made means for younger gamers and academy stars.

Academy product Bellerin, who has been on the books of Arsenal for eleven years, was named captain within the first half.

Okonkwo wasn’t weighed down by the captaincy of the workforce as he made a few sensible saves.

The Hale Finish Academy product was pressured into a sensible cease, stopping Lee Evans from scoring after he tried his luck from simply exterior the field jiffy into the second half.

Veteran ahead Aluko made it 5-1 with a low shot that evaded the dive of Okonkwo with 13 minutes left on the clock.