Job done, not the prettiest performance but Arsenal start on the front foot. Let’s get straight into it.

Headline: Arsenal aren’t fully cooked.. yet

There isn’t any other way to say it right now but it does look like several Arsenal players are not fully up to fitness. This has been clear in the pre-season and it is not unexpected given that this was a summer with two International tournaments that took the players away and messed with the preparations.

The game started out fine, not fast but Arsenal had enough control and slowly built their way into the game.

It took 15 minutes to get the first shot and from their it seemed to loosen things up for Arsenal as they started peppering the goal and getting some more looks at the goal.

Arsenal couldn’t quite fully cut open the Wolves backline but they were starting to create some half chances, mostly from crosses and cutbacks. That is how they generated the first goal and it is something that I hope that we see more of. I love a quick switch, a nice little cutback to the corner of the box, and a back post overload.

That should be a pattern that we see from both sides this season and I think it will lead to lots of success.

Arsenal continued to look in control after the goal and had a few more chances that just didn’t come off, having to settle for a 1-0 half time lead.

The second half, especially from about 55-70 minutes however is a red flag. Arsenal dropped deeper into their mid-block content to let Wolves have some of the ball and see if they could generate counters.

It didn’t really work out and produced some heart-in-throat moments with little in the way of threat on the counter.