#3 Lincoln’s promising moments
While most of Lincoln’s time was given to defending (increasingly so as the match wore on), they did display some promising play during the game. They looked at their strongest during set pieces, knowing full well they were their best chance of recording a goal against the Premier League side. However, their best moment of the game came from winger Nathan Arnold when he was sent through by a teammate.
The former Grimsby Town player went tearing down the right wing in the first half in what was Lincoln’s best chance of the game. Arnold left Laurent Koscielny in his dust inside the box and curled a beautiful shot with his left foot that looked destined for goal. However, Petr Cech came through and parried the shot away right on time.
Even though Lincoln went on to concede five goals after that including an own goal from their captain, they never stopped having a go at Arsenal’s goal. By the 80th minute, when the game was all but over, Alex Woodyard, Adam Marriott and Alan Power kept the visiting fans’ hopes of seeing their side score at least one goal alive by retaining possession and trying to win set pieces in favourable positions.
