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This is much to do about nothing, they are really charging arsene for this rubbish. arsene should have went the full 100 and give Pardew a black eye.

Mao Jianqing Pictured in the red
According to reports in China, the 20 year-old is expected to travel to London in the middle of November after Arsenal sent an invitation to the talented forward to train at the club.

Mao said he has yet to receive a formal approach concerning the trial, but is excited at the prospect to train at one of Europe’s biggest teams.

“If there is such a chance, I would love to have a try,” Jianqing told the Xinmin Evening News.

Mao has been on good form for Shenhua this season and recently broke into the full national squad.

In 2003, he spent two weeks on trial at Dutch side Feyenoord but was unable to secure a permanent move.

The clean sheet gifted to the Russians last night was not down to excellent defending of any sort. In fact, Moscow’s defence was ripped apart so frequently that if it had been a stage act, the defenders would have been yanked off stage by their manager.

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger said: “The normal score in this game is 7-0, maybe 7-1.

“I don’t think tonight we could be guilty of trying to score the perfect goal - we created clear-cut chances, we dominated this Moscow team by miles. There was a division’s difference between us but we have to take the result.”

Despite his players not applying the finishing touch, Wenger was still delighted with his side’s performance, which would have been a flawless display of attacking football.

Wenger added: “In the first half it was the best performance by an Arsenal team in the Champions League,’ he said. ‘We took them out of position six or seven times.

“I’ve just seen the highlights on TV and we had nine clear-cut chances to win the game.

“But there’s no point making an obsession of it. Sometimes you create chances and they don’t go in. You cannot coach when you are five yards out and miss but you can help the players to get over that.

“The team is a at crucial moment, they could really explode and be sensational if we keep the belief and get the frustration out of the way and we could score five or six.

“I feel this team has great potential and it’s how we mature in the coming months that will decide whether we win a trophy or not.”