{"id":348089,"date":"2011-03-29T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/jens-lehmann-plays-for-arsenal-reserves-in-bid-for-match-practice\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T20:15:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T20:15:00","slug":"jens-lehmann-plays-for-arsenal-reserves-in-bid-for-match-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/jens-lehmann-plays-for-arsenal-reserves-in-bid-for-match-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Jens Lehmann plays for Arsenal reserves in bid for match practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ryan Benson<\/h3>\n<h4>29 Mar 2011 21:15:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.101898734177\">\n<div readability=\"18.285714285714\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jens Lehmann returns to Arsenal as a substitute against West Brom (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ede281c1126546_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jens Lehmann returns to Arsenal as a substitute against West Brom (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"29.583637691746\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> emergency signing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/germany\/1141\/jens-lehmann\">Jens Lehmann<\/a> featured for the Gunners for the first time in just under three years after completing a match with the club&#8217;s reserves.<\/p>\n<p>The match finished 2-1 to Wigan in the end leaving the second string just four points ahead of Chelsea\u2019s reserves, with the Blues also having four matches in hand.<\/p>\n<p>The former Arsenal goalkeeper came out of retirement as the Gunners suffered an injury crisis between the sticks as injuries to Wojciech Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski meant Manuel Almunia was the only senior keeper available for selection.<\/p>\n<p>Almunia\u2019s form was, and still is, another concern as the Spaniard produced another below-par performance in the 2-2 draw with West Brom, meaning Lehmann could push for a starting berth sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>Lehmann last started for Arsenal\u2019s first team back on May 2008 before moving to Stuttgart that summer.<\/p>\n<p>In the match, Arsenal went down to ten men in the first half as captain Ignasi Miquel was sent off, but they didn\u2019t fall behind until the 52<sup>nd<\/sup> minute as Callum McManaman put Wigan ahead with a confident finish.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Holt increased the home sides lead in the 83<sup>rd<\/sup> minute before Rhys Murphy added a consolation from the penalty spot in the closing minutes.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/><\/em><br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_613.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go here to see the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/29\/2417177\/jens-lehmann-plays-for-arsenal-reserves-in-bid-for-match\" title=\"Jens Lehmann plays for Arsenal reserves in bid for match practice\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jens Lehmann plays for Arsenal reserves in bid for match practice<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ryan Benson 29 Mar 2011 21:15:00 Jens Lehmann returns to Arsenal as a substitute against West Brom (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal emergency signing Jens Lehmann featured for the Gunners for the first time in just under three years after completing a match with the club&#8217;s reserves. The match finished 2-1 to Wigan in the end leaving the second string just four points ahead of Chelsea\u2019s reserves, with the Blues also having four matches in hand. The former Arsenal goalkeeper came out of retirement as the Gunners suffered an injury crisis between the sticks as injuries to Wojciech Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski meant Manuel Almunia was the only senior keeper available for selection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-348089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jens Lehmann plays for Arsenal reserves in bid for match practice - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/jens-lehmann-plays-for-arsenal-reserves-in-bid-for-match-practice\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Jens Lehmann plays for Arsenal reserves in bid for match practice - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ryan Benson 29 Mar 2011 21:15:00 Jens Lehmann returns to Arsenal as a substitute against West Brom (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal emergency signing Jens Lehmann featured for the Gunners for the first time in just under three years after completing a match with the club&#039;s reserves. 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