The Jack and Cesc Show

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I never like anyone to score against us, obviously, so I couldn’t quite manage to applaud Eduardo’s goal last night. That said, it was rather fitting that the Crazilian should net again at the Emirates in a resounding result for the rip-roaring red machine.
As we know, Eddie never really recovered from the broken leg he suffered in 2008 thanks to hatchet man Martin Taylor at Brum. Yet he managed to give the scoreline a slight blemish after coming on as a sub on 63 minutes and scoring Shakhtar’s consolation goal with nine minutes left.
We never looked in trouble against an expansive Ukrainian outfit and AW was beaming afterwards and had special praise for Jack Wilshere and Cesc. He said: “I am convinced Cesc and Jack work well together – Cesc only came back tonight, but Jack has a good maturity level. You would never think he is only 18 from the way he plays and they combine well together.
“Wilshere plays football like he is playing with his mates. He has good technical ability, but he doesn’t hide from challenges. Those are the strengths you don’t want him to lose.
“Is he ready to start for England against France next month? If you asked me the reverse question, that he isn’t ready to start for England, then it would be difficult to say no.
“He’s not a completely holding midfielder, he’s more box-to-box than that. But to be honest, he can play in any position across the midfield, so it’s up to us to give him time and to let him play.
“When you win 1-0 people think it’s too difficult and when you win 5-1 it’s too easy – I think we had a good attitude tonight, but Manchester City is a different type of game.
“We have won our last two home games, so now we can go up there with a good level of confidence and with some certainty in the way we want to behave.
“If you wanted a Donetsk player to score a goal, it would be Eduardo. Everyone here has good feelings for him because everyone knows the player he was when he arrived here and what he went through.”