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da premier bet： It’s that time of year again. Following the Merseyside Derby last night, fans of the beautiful game have to wait a whole WEEK to see their teams in action again as the football calendar takes a break for the Christmas festivities.Of course, this is the time that you are forced (well, in some cases anyway) to spend time with your family, when you’d much rather be at a match or watching one on TV.While you have presents (hopefully some football-related gifts) and more food than you can humanly manage to distract you on Christmas Day, if you can’t handle the wait until Boxing Day for your fix then we have a festive tradition to keep you occupied – a good old Christmas Cracker.Indeed, this Xmas-in-one-gallery includes a classic football-based teaser, a randomly picked but nonetheless scintillating wonder-strike and an intriguing statistic to impress the family with around the Christmas table.So, without further ado, have a pull on Arsenal’s Christmas Cracker!
The Teaser
Who are the EIGHT current Arsenal first-team players to have also played their football in Spain?
A very tricky teaser – so we’ll give you one clue. One of the players is actually out on loan from the Gunners this season.
Click through to the last page to reveal the answers.
The wonder-strike – Electric Eduardo
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger may not have seen the League Cup as aÂpriority back in 2007 after naming an inexperienced XI to come up against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane with a place in the quarter-finals at stake, but his young side – along with a couple of senior players – didn’t let him down.
Kieran Gibbs made his first-team debut at the age of 18 but it was Croatian striker Eduardo who showed how it was done by putting the visitors in the lead with a great strike from outside the box – relieving some of the pressure on the teenagers in the starting XI.
The forward arrowed the ball into the top corner with his left foot in the eighth minute with Wenger’s men going on to record a comfortable 3-0 victory that saw them through to the last eight.
The Stat
Arsenal have a new-found lack of mental strength it seems, especially if the last week is anything to go by.
Despite taking 1-0 leads against Everton and Manchester City at Goodison Park and the Etihad Stadium respectively, they surrendered those advantages to lose 2-1 in both games, meaning they have already surpassed their record of losing games from winning positions from last term, when they finished second.
Arsene Wenger will know that they can’t too many more slip-ups if they are going to challenge for the Premier League title this season.
The Answer – Gabriel, Lucas Perez, Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Nacho Monreal, Santi Cazorla, Shkodran Mustafi and Joel Campbell.
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for – the answer to our tricky Christmas teaser. Did you manage to get all of them?
As you can see, the Gunners certainly have their fair share of players with experience of playing in the Spanish league, with Gabriel and Joel Campbell having appeared for Villarreal, Lucas Perez for Rayo Vallecano and Deportiva La Coruna, Alexis Sanchez for Barcelona, Mesut Ozil for Real Madrid, Nacho Monreal for Osasuna and Malaga, Santi Cazorla for Villarreal, Recreativo Huelva and Malaga and, finally, Shkodran Mustafi for Valencia.