«It's obviously frustrating,» Walcott said after spending the whole of
the Palace game on the bench.
Not exact matches
Because of the skill of Campbell to scheme & wriggle past defenders, I am starting him
on the
bench to come
on at a stage in the
game and I'm giving Welbeck a complete rest from the match till the
Palace game when he could be in my match day squad.
So it was a bit of a shock when Wenger brought Alexis
on from the
bench in the very first
game of the season (the loss to West Ham) and then played the whole 90 minutes in the following weeks win at Crystal
Palace.
Even more surprisingly, Ramsey wasn't even
on the
bench for the
game against
Palace, and Wenger instead had Maitland - Niles and Reiss Nelson as reserves, and they were both given
game time with Nelson replacing Ozil after 72 minutes.
He would not start a
game in an Arsenal shirt again, although ironically in the next match, at Crystal
Palace when he was dropped to the
bench, he came
on to score a typical Sammels strike in a 2 - 0 win.
Axel Tuanzebe — The defender has been
on the fringes of Van Gaal's squad this season and made the
bench for the Premier League
games away to Crystal
Palace and Bournemouth.