article_snippet.sent: his saw a free-kick 25 yards from goal deflected just over the crossbar early on and initiated a move later in the first-half that culminated in Serge Gnabry firing a snapshot on the turn that was saved the legs of Stoke goalkeeper Daniel Gyollai.
article_snippet.sent: With his runs through the centre of midfield, his caused plenty of problems for the Stoke defence and his had two opportunities to get on the scoresheet in his 70 minutes of action.
article_snippet.sent: On 17 minutes, a lovely through ball from Gnabry set his clear inside the box but a last-ditch tackle ruined everything and, shortly afterwards, his curled a shot a fraction over the bar from the edge of the area.
article_snippet.sent: And his repeated the trick five minutes before the break, locating the same corner from pretty much the same position after latching on to Diaby’s slide-rule pass.
article_snippet.sent: Arsenal had started on the back foot and fell behind eight minutes in when the highly-rated Ollie Shenton was gifted the simplest of close-range finishes when goalkeeper Deyan Iliev fumbled a cross from Nathan Ricketts-Hopkinson.
article_snippet.sent: It was the best of the young striker
article_snippet.sent: ’s treble as he burst forward at lightning pace and delicately lifted the ball over the keeper.