{"id":6289,"date":"2023-07-20T06:03:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T06:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/involvement.co.ke\/?p=6289"},"modified":"2023-07-20T06:03:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T06:03:14","slug":"arsenal-thrash-mls-all-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/arsenal-thrash-mls-all-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Thrash MLS All-Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[<em>Photo courtesy of AFC<\/em> ]<\/p>\n<p>The All-Star Game against Arsenal, revealed just how the gap between American competition and Europe\u2019s elite was strikingly evident. The Gunners dominated with a resounding 5-0 victory, captivating a packed crowd at Audi Field.<\/p>\n<p>The MLS attackers struggled to find a cutting edge, but it was the league\u2019s defenders who appeared most out of their depth. Cincinnati\u2019s Alvaro Barreal endured a tough time on the right flank, relentlessly targeted by Bukayo Saka, who exposed his defensive vulnerabilities. Saka\u2019s brilliant play led to a beautifully chipped opening goal by Gabriel Jesus<\/p>\n<p>Barreal\u2019s challenges continued as he earned a yellow card for a foul on Saka in the 18th minute, and shortly after, Saka again got the better of him, providing an assist to Leandro Trossard for the second goal.<\/p>\n<p>The first half ended with MLS collecting four yellow cards, and their attacking play lacked cohesion in the final third. Hany Mukhtar\u2019s passing was wasteful, Christian Benteke had a clumsy touch in front of goal, and Denis Bouanga struggled to make an impact, save for a few bursts of speed.<\/p>\n<p>The second half started on a sour note for the hosts, as Arsenal earned a penalty just seconds after the restart due to a handball by Tim Parker. Jorginho calmly converted the penalty, securing Arsenal\u2019s dominance in this preseason tune-up.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Martinelli extended Arsenal\u2019s lead with a composed finish on the break, followed by Kai Havertz scoring the fifth and final goal of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s Record signing, Declan Rice came on in the second half to a warm to reception from the travelling support. The English man joins the Gunners from fellow London team West Ham<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Photo courtesy of AFC ] The All-Star Game against Arsenal, revealed just how the gap between American competition and Europe\u2019s elite was strikingly evident. The Gunners dominated with a resounding 5-0 victory, captivating a packed crowd at Audi Field. The MLS attackers struggled to find a cutting edge, but it was the league\u2019s defenders who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[238],"tags":[352,373],"class_list":["post-6289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-sports","tag-arsenal","tag-mls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}