Asano scores first goal of loan spell [with video]
Takuma Asano has scored his first goal for VfB Stuttgart, giving them the lead against Karlsruher SC in the 10th minute.
Takuma Asano has scored his first goal for VfB Stuttgart, giving them the lead against Karlsruher SC in the 10th minute.
Calum Chambers took to his Instagram account to hail his side’s 2-0 win over Jack Wilshere’s Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.
There were more minutes for Arsenal’s crop of talent, both senior and youth, players currently out on-loan across Europe.
After an encouraging start to life on-loan on the south coast, there was an interesting test for Jack Wilshere as Eddie Howe’s side travelled to the Riverside with a beatable opponent in their sights, but faced reinvigorated side after their draw against Arsenal last weekend.
According to reports coming from Portugal, Joel Campbell is struggling while on loan at Sporting because he can’t seem to gel with manager, Jorge Jesus’, plans.
Jack Wilshere has rubbished Jamie Redknapp’s assertions that the midfielder’s time is over at Arsenal.
Eddie Howe was speaking after Bournemouth’s draw with Tottenham on Saturday and the Cherries manager was full of praise for Jack Wilshere who completed 90 minutes for the first time in living memory.
It was a better week for Arsenal’s crop of players out on-loan, especially Dan Crowley, who followed up his goal against Coventry with another well-taken finish against Port Vale in one of Saturday’s 3pm kick-off’s.
Takuma Asano played just over 70 minutes in VfB Stuttgart’s 2-1 home win over 1860 Munich on Friday afternoon.
Dan Crowley was a second half substitute for Oxford United in their League One game against Coventry on Tuesday night and he managed to get himself on the scoresheet in injury time.
Calum Chambers started for Middlesbrough as they lost to Watford on Sunday afternoon but the big talking point was the way the referee handled a situation that was quite similar to the one which saw Jon Moss send Granit Xhaka off against Swansea.
Wojciech Szczesny played the full 90 minutes as Roma prevailed in an impressive 3-1 away win against title challengers Napoli.
Takuma Asano came on as a second-half substitute, but was unable to help influence a comeback as VfB Stuttgart were comprehensively thrashed 5-0 away from home at the hands of Dynamo Dresden.
Joel Campbell won and scored an injury-time penalty to give Costa Rica a dramatic 4-3 win over Russia in a friendly that took place on Sunday.
Jack Wilshere missed an absolute sitter for Bournemouth at the weekend but his teammate, Andrew Surman, has been praising the Arsenal man as he looks to get back to full fitness.
Jack Wilshere admitted on Facebook that he should have scored for Bournemouth after the Arsenal man missed an absolute sitter in their 2-2 draw with Watford.
Calum Chambers was happy with Middlesbrough’s point at West Ham in a game that saw another three fans arrested after crowd trouble outside the London Stadium.
After an encouraging but unspectacular debut performance against Tottenham last time out for Chambers, it was more of the same against West Ham – although he showcased his defensive capabilities on a number of occasions to keep the hosts at bay.
After an encouraging display against Everton last time out, Jack Wilshere started and played 75 minutes for Bournemouth during their 2-2 draw against Walter Mazzari’s Watford side.