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This weekend saw Stoke travel to Emirates Stadium this weekend and got beaten 2 – 0 for their troubles while you might think that this would upset fans , looking around the net there are a lot of positives to be found from this game.

With Ricardo Fuller on 4 yellow cards Tuncay started his first game for Stoke and didn’t dissapoint.Tuncay didnt stop running the whole game showing that his fitness levels are top notch. Throughout the game tuncay was making some very attack minded runs resulting in being caught offside on numerous occasions, although some may question the timing of his runs, Tuncay was playing a lone striker role with Sidibe behind looking for flick-ons and headers. A game with a more attack minded midfield in my opinion will be the game where Tuncay opens up defences and starts testing the goalkeeper. Another thing that impressed about Tuncay was his ability later on the game when Beattie and fuller can on, to play a deeper right sided midfield role.

All in all an exciting taste of what may be to come from the Turkish international. Praise from Tuncay aside Arsenal put on a great performance showing thier quality in both defence and attack.They were attacking stokes defence throughout the game and could have easily scored 4 or more. Arhavin is a different player when playing in the centre forward slot. He caused Faye and Huth constant problems at the back turning randomly and bolting leaving them scratching their head. It was always going to be an arsenal win and although stoke lost 2 – 0 improvements can defiantly be seen.

My man of the match:

Arshavin

Stokes man of the match:

Sorenson (yet another penalty save)