Reading looked more decisive and hungry in midfield, and Arsenal's defensive midfield duo of
Emmanuel Frimpong and Francis Coquelin looked naive.
To protect the 1 - 0 advantage and control the midfield, Wenger deployed a more defensive - minded 4 -2-3-1 with Alex Song and
Emmanuel Frimpong (on the heels of his impressive performance at Liverpool) sitting in front of the defense.
Emmanuel Frimpong was a victim of his lack of experience.
Arsenal also saw youngster
Emmanuel Frimpong sent off and are likely to be without defender Laurent Koscielny for Wednesday's Champions League qualifier second leg against Udinese in Italy after he suffered a back spasm.
As you are all probably aware, Jack Wilshere, Bacary Sagna and
Emmanuel Frimpong all completed 90 minutes in a friendly against Chelsea on Wednesday.
Lining up alongside fellow long - term absentee
Emmanuel Frimpong, Wilshere gave an air of class to proceedings, and his return naturally raised the profile of the match beyond that of a reserve game.
There have been a number of players who have been utilised in the role since (Alex Song, Denilson,
Emmanuel Frimpong, Mathieu Flamini), but to no avail.
Also returning to first team training was
Emmanuel Frimpong and again it will take some time for him to settle down.
Denilson joined Sao Paulo on a free transfer; Andrei Arshavin re-joined Zenit St Petersburg for free; Vito Mannone was sold to Sunderland for # 2m; Sebastien Squillaci joined French side Bastia on a free transfer; Andre Santos was sold to Flamengo for an undisclosed fee; Gervinho joined AS Roma in an # 8m deal; Marouane Chamakh was released to Crystal Palace; and
Emmanuel Frimpong joined Barnsley for an undisclosed fee in January.
The midfielder is nursing an ankle injury but should recover in time to partner
Emmanuel Frimpong or Alex Song in the centre of the park.
Emmanuel Frimpong started in place of the suspended Alex Song, while new signing Carl Jenkinson, a right - back started at left - back.
When
Emmanuel Frimpong arrived on the Arsenal scene at the start of last season, there was hope among Gooners that... Read More»
It all wound downhill when
Emmanuel Frimpong lunged at Lucas and received his second yellow card.
Virtual unknowns like Abu Ogogu and
Emmanuel Frimpong — the latter even younger than Jack Wilshere — are likely to feature in the squad, supported by relative «old heads» like Alex Song, Johan Djourou and Lukasz Fabianski.
Highly entertaining interview in the Telegraph today with
Emmanuel Frimpong late of this parish.
But you will have players like
Emmanuel Frimpong and Jay Emmanuel - Thomas so it will be a very young side.»
Spartak Moscow, whose fans were accused of taunting FC Ufa midfielder
Emmanuel Frimpong, were not punished.
Emmanuel Frimpong is another man looking to stake his place in the first team squad and after a series of bad injuries limited his progress.
There'll be a lot of wage bill cleared this summer, with Nicklas Bendtner, Denilson and
Emmanuel Frimpong all likely to exit.
Former Arsenal midfielder and professional social media wind up merchant
Emmanuel Frimpong has been at it again, this time mocking outgoing Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.
Well, notable examples of youth prospects that have failed to breakthrough into the first team picture properly have included Serge Gnabry, Kieran Gibbs,
Emmanuel Frimpong, Nicklas Bendtner, Wojciech Szczesny and Hal Robson - Kanu.
Former Arsenal midfielder
Emmanuel Frimpong has trolled Manchester United by pretending that he is in transfer talks with the stuttering Red Devils.
New signings Eggert Jonsson and
Emmanuel Frimpong are available, but Ronald Zubar is doubtful with a knee injury and Nenad Milijas is suspended.
Former Arsenal midfielder
Emmanuel Frimpong was on the wrong side of arguably one of the worst refereeing decisions of the season on Friday night as he was sent - off whilst playing for Russian outfit FC Ufa after reacting angrily to racial abuse.
Championship strugglers Barnsley have signed Arsenal midfielder
Emmanuel Frimpong on a permanent deal, Sky Sports reports.
Emmanuel Frimpong failed to impress Arsene Wenger in the first team outings he has been handed and following an injury curtailed loan spell at Wolves last term the defensive midfielder has been sent to Charlton Athletic until January.
Not exact matches
I didn't catch much of the pre-season so I'm not very familiar with guys like Hoye, Ogogu, Merida,
Frimpong or
Emmanuel - Thomas.
The only midfielders players left who have played in the Premiership are Eastmond, Denilson and Rosicky, with possible call - ups for
Emmanuel Thomas, Coquelin or maybe
Frimpong.
The rest are
Emmanuel Asigri — CEO, NYA; Justin Kodua
Frimpong — CEO, YEA; Morgan Asiedu — ECOBANK, Rep. of Corporate GH; Victor Agyeman — Director General, CSIR; Professor Kwaku Appiah Adu — Office of the Vice President; Kwabena Ampofo Appiah — MD, State Housing Company; Yaw Owusu — CEO, Venture Capital; Hene Aku Kwapong — Rep. of Entrepreneurs; Professor Samuel Nii Odai — Pro-Vice Chancellor, KNUST and Vincent Kwapong — Ghana MIT REAP Team Co-ordinator.
Ghana Premier League giants Kumasi Asante Kotoko have announced the contract terminations of winger Frank Sarfo Gyamfi and defenders Eric Donkor and
Emmanuel Tuffour
Frimpong.
Citi Sports investigations have revealed that two persons, Richard
Frimpong and
Emmanuel Osei, were deported from Seoul Airport on the 26th of April for posing as officials of the Ghana Para-Athletics Association at the 25th Seoul International Wheelchair marathon.