Mehmet Ali reflected on our narrow loss to Sparta Prague in the Premier League International Cup at Meadow Park and the takeaways from Wednesday night's performance.
The 1-0 defeat was our under-21s first on home soil this season and despite our Young Gunners' spirited fight to attempt a way back into the game, it wasn't quite enough on the night.
"In the last five minutes, I saw the boys really trying to get into the box, get crosses in, make aggressive runs in behind their backline," said Ali. "It was just a shame that we didn't do that earlier on in the game.