{"id":36746,"date":"2014-08-04T09:59:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T09:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=36746"},"modified":"2014-08-04T09:59:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T09:59:21","slug":"arsenal-beaten-by-monaco-as-valencia-win-emirates-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=36746","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal beaten by Monaco as Valencia win Emirates Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" itemprop=\"description\">Arsenal were beaten 1-0 by Monaco as Valencia won the Emirates Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Colombian striker Radamel Falcao scored the only goal of the game, converting a free header from the edge of the six-yard box just before half-time.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners, who miss out on winning their home tournament for the first time in four years, felt they should have been awarded a late penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Summer signings Alexis Sanchez, Mathieu Debuchy and Calum Chambers made their first starts for Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Having won 5-1 against Benfica in their first match, Arsenal struggled against the Ligue 1 outfit and created little in the way of clear-cut chances, with Sanchez rarely on the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Falcao, starting a game for the first time since a serious knee injury in January, opened the scoring on 37 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal substitute Chuba Akpom was brought down by visiting goalkeeper Danijel Subasic as he burst into the box, only for referee Martin Atkinson to award a free-kick rather than a penalty &#8211; despite replays showing the foul was clearly inside the area.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish side Valencia won the tournament after coming from behind to beat Portugal&#8217;s Benfica 3-1 in Sunday&#8217;s early kick-off.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Arsenal: <\/strong> Szczesny, Debuchy, Chambers, Koscielny, Monreal, Arteta, Ramsey, Wilshere, Cazorla, Sanchez, Giroud Subs: Martinez, Miquel, Hayden, Bellerin, Coquelin, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Zelalem, Akpom.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Monaco: <\/strong> Subasic, Dirar, Carvalho, Raggi, Echiejile, Bakayoko, Kondogbia, Carrasco, Joao Moutinho, Ocampos, Falcao. Subs: Caillard, Fabinho, Abdennour, Berbatov, Germain, Isimat Mirin, Martial, Toulalan, Bahamboula, Diallo.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" alt=\"Valencia players celebrate after winning the Emirates Cup\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/76718000\/jpg\/_76718478_453115526.jpg\" width=\"624\" height=\"260\" \/>Valencia players celebrate after winning the Emirates Cup<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal were beaten 1-0 by Monaco as Valencia won the Emirates Cup. Colombian striker Radamel Falcao scored the only goal of the game, converting a free header from the edge of the six-yard box just before half-time. The Gunners, who miss out on winning their home tournament for the first time in four years, felt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":36747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[139,1149,29,3,1807,1942],"class_list":["post-36746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-china","tag-director-general","tag-dr-mahamudu-bawumia","tag-ghana-news","tag-ghana-school-of-law","tag-queen-margrethe-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}