Pellegrini
Manuel
Pellegrini’s first game as Manchester City manager finished in a 2-0
pre-season friendly defeat against SuperSport United in Pretoria on
Sunday.
But Arsenal enjoyed a much more
successful start to their tour of the Far East, hammering an Indonesia
All Stars XI 7-0 in Jakarta.
Fernandinho was given a starting berth
at Loftus Versfeld and City looked strong in the first half, but could
not find the breakthrough.
Pellegrini changed the entire XI at half-time, and the hosts needed only 11 minutes after the restart to break the deadlock.
Senegalese striker Mame Niang rose
highest to nod the opener past Costel Pantilimon in the 56th minute,
with a neat finish from South African forward Kermit Erasmus sealing
matters nine minutes from time.
There were further disappointment to
come for the Premier League runners-up, when Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya
Toure limped off in the 83rd minute.
England forward Theo Walcott slammed
home the opener for Arsenal after 19 minutes, before the floodgates
opened after the interval.
Chuba Akpom slotted home nine minutes
after the restart and Olivier Giroud’s quickfire brace had stretched the
Gunners’ advantage to 4-0 by the 73rd minute.
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