Jese Rodriguez scored a superb winner on his Stoke debut to help beat Arsenal\u00a01-0 in the\u00a0Premier League.<\/p>\n
The former Real Madrid forward, who joined the Potters on a season-long loan from\u00a0Paris Saint-Germain\u00a0this week, wasted no time settling in at the newly-expanded bet365 Stadium, though his opponents will feel aggrieved.<\/p>\n
They will they should have been awarded a penalty in the first half, while Alexandre Lacazette had an effort ruled out for offside among a host of other chances created by the visitors.<\/p>\n
Jack Butland was also impressive in the home goal as Stoke claimed their first points of the season.<\/p>\n
The Gunners controlled a lot of the game and the likes of\u00a0Aaron Ramsey\u00a0– who received his usual booing treatment from the Stoke fans – and Granit Xhaka shone in midfield.<\/p>\n
Arsenal\u00a0had a deliberate ploy to chip the ball over the Stoke defence and it created a few openings.<\/p>\n
Lacazette teed up Ramsey in such fashion but\u00a0Mame Biram Diouf\u00a0did enough to knock the midfielder off his stride and his shot was a tame one.<\/p>\n
Diouf, however, was lucky not to concede a penalty when Arsenal tried this mode of attack again and he appeared to bring down Hector Bellerin. Referee\u00a0Andre Marriner\u00a0gave only a corner.<\/p>\n
Danny Welbeck\u00a0also got behind the defence from a clever dinked ball but Butland denied him.<\/p>\n
For all the Gunners’ composure in possession, they were vulnerable to the counter-attack.<\/p>\n
Stoke were starved of possession but Jese served warning of his threat with a powerful run to set up Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who was making his first start, but\u00a0Petr Cech\u00a0saved comfortably.<\/p>\n
Choupo-Moting then turned provider but\u00a0Ryan Shawcross\u00a0headed his cross over.<\/p>\n
Butland again had to be alert to smother a chance from Ramsey after\u00a0Mesut Ozil\u00a0floated a free-kick into the area and the Stoke keeper also saved a long-range Xhaka effort.<\/p>\n
Stoke made a more positive start to the second half and were instantly rewarded as Jese started and finished the move that broke the deadlock.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard carried the ball forward from inside his own half, exchanged passes with Saido Berahino – an early replacement for the injured Xherdan Shaqiri – and beat Cech with a low shot across goal.<\/p>\n
Berahino, still looking for his first Stoke goal, might have added to the lead but Cech palmed over his awkward bouncing header.<\/p>\n
Welbeck had opportunities at the other end but first mistimed a header and then failed to get a clean shot away under pressure from defenders before Ozil had an attempt blocked.<\/p>\n
Arsenal upped the tempo, sending on\u00a0Olivier Giroud\u00a0and\u00a0Theo Walcott\u00a0while Stoke withdrew Jese, and Lacazette rifled in a shot, only to turn and see a flag raised.<\/p>\n
Wenger’s men pressed on – annoying Stoke by not putting the ball out after Erik Pieters went down injured – but the hosts stood firm.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Source: Talksport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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