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3 positives and negatives from Arsenal’s win over FC Zurich

By Mitch Peotter

ST GALLEN, SWITZERLAND - SEPTEMBER 08: Eddie Nketiah of Arsenal (R) celebrates his goal with his teammate Marquinhos of Arsenal (L) during the UEFA Europa League group A match between FC Zurich and Arsenal FC at Kybunpark on September 8, 2022 in St Gallen, Switzerland. (Photo by Marcio Machado/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)
ST GALLEN, SWITZERLAND - SEPTEMBER 08: Eddie Nketiah of Arsenal (R) celebrates his goal with his teammate Marquinhos of Arsenal (L) during the UEFA Europa League group A match between FC Zurich and Arsenal FC at Kybunpark on September 8, 2022 in St Gallen, Switzerland. (Photo by Marcio Machado/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images) /
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Arsenal began their European campaign on Thursday in the Europa League with a 2-1 win against FC Zurich in Switzerland.

This is an exciting opportunity for the Gunners to enjoy a deep continental run and they’ve got a great chance of reaching the competition’s epilogue in Budapest next May.

3 positives and negatives from Arsenal’s win over FC Zurich

Here are three positives and negatives from their Matchday 1 victory.

Positive #1: Marquinhos

Marquinhos had quite the debut. (Photo by Marcio Machado/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)
Marquinhos had quite the debut. (Photo by Marcio Machado/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images) /

A full debut from the young Brazilian and what an entrance!

This was the first look at him other than a few cameos in pre-season and boy did he make an impression. A goal and an assist for the 19-year-old and he looked great deputising for Bukayo Saka on the right wing.

His passion after scoring the opener was also really awesome to see, you could tell it meant a lot. Arsenal didn’t bring in a winger this summer other than the Brazilian, so he could end up being the guy pushing Saka for minutes in the Premier League if his debut doesn’t prove to be a mere flash in the pan.

The tools are definitely there.

Negative #1: No clean sheet

Unfortunately, a clean sheet was not achieved for Matt Turner on his Arsenal debut with Eddie Nketiah conceding a penalty right before half-time to help FC Zurich restore parity.

Given how much better Arsenal was despite their rotated XI and failure to take full control, it was unfortunate to let them score to put the pressure on.

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