International Break News | Henri Lansbury New David Seaman

Arsene Wenger kini tidak harus lagi pening kepala selepas dilimpahi senarai pemain untuk mengisi slot keeper, selepas pemain muda tengah Henri Lansbury yang sedang dipinjamkan di Watford telah mengenakan sarung tangan untuk England di bawah 21 tahun dalam kekalahan 2-0 ke atas Jerman pada selasa lepas. Sekarang Wenger harus rasa bertuah kerana kita sudah memiliki 'Pemain tengah cum Keeper untuk kes-kes Kecemasan'

Melakukan debut penuh, Lansbury tiba-tiba menonjolkan bakat serba bolehnya apabila meletakkan dirinya di gawang gol selepas keeper gantian Lee Steele dihantar keluar akibat dikenakan kad merah dari pengadil perlawanan, Christof Virant.

Tugas sebagai keeper bidan terjun teruji apabila terpaksa berhadapan dengan sepakan penalti, Lansbury kemudiannya meneruskan kerjaya baru dengan bertindak baik untuk mengekalkan kedudukan 2-0 apabila menyelamatkan tandukan jarak dekat dari Vukcevic dan menyelamatkan cubaan Tosun seterusnya mengekalkan gawangnya dari dibolosi selepas itu sepanjang 32 minit terakhir perlawanan dibawah kawalannya.

Menurut laman web Arsenal, Keeper skuad simpanan Arsenal, James Shea berkata Lansbury sangat gemar berada di gawang gol ketika melakukan sesi latihan.

Henri Lansbury loves a go in goal, he always takes my gloves off me after training and he’s not bad to be honest!

Mengulas mengenai peranan yang dimain sebagai keeper bidan terjun, Lansbury berkata:

I looked at everyone and they were all looking to the bench. So I thought, ‘Oh, I’ll go in’. It would have been better if I’d saved the penalty, though.

“I have always wanted to go in and used to do it a lot down the park with my mates. I also do a bit after training; I’ll go in goal and let the other lads take shots at me.

“I got a bit scared when I feared a couple of shots were going to take deflections but it was great to keep a clean sheet other than the penalty.

“I had never played in goal in a game before but Gerry Peyton and Tony Colbert, the coaches at Arsenal, would be proud.”

Sementara Ketua Jurulatih England bawah 21 tahun memuji Lansbury, Pearce dipetik berkata:-

"Henri put himself forward and I thought he was outstanding. Everything that went to him he handled very well. We might have found another goalkeeper tonight."