Marcus McGuane faced former club Arsenal on Monday night – and went home with Eddie Nketiah’s shirt after a 3-0 defeat.
Arsenal made the trip to the Kassam Stadium to take on Oxford United in the third round of the FA Cup.
Mikel Arteta made a number of changes to the Arsenal side and the first half was pretty tough going.
Arsenal were better after the break though and took the lead through Mohamed Elneny.
Eddie Nketiah got himself on the scoresheet for 2-0 before adding his second and Arsenal’s third.
Three goals in 13-minute blitz handed Arsenal a passage to the fourth round, where they will take on Manchester City.
Marcus McGuane lands Eddie Nketiah shirt after facing Arsenal
Oxford can be proud of a valiant effort for an hour, but just ran out of steam as Arsenal’s quality took over.
The game will have been particularly special for Marcus McGuane, started the game as Oxford’s main attacking midfielder.
McGuane’s name will ring a bell for many Arsenal supporters.
The midfielder came up through the Arsenal ranks having joined the club’s Hale End academy from the age of just six.
Come January 2018, with McGuane approaching his 19th birthday, he decided to leave the club for Barcelona.
McGuane didn’t quite make the grade for Barca and after a loan spell with Telstar, he joined Nottingham Forest in 2020.
That move didn’t really work out either but McGuane has now found himself a solid home with Oxford.
McGuane couldn’t provide a giant killing for Oxford but he didn’t go home empty-handed – not to make it sound like an episode of Bullseye.
A video has emerged in the tunnel after the game, showing McGuane chatting to former Arsenal teammate Nketiah.
The pair swapped shirts with McGuane no doubt treasuring the shirt Nketiah scored twice in – even if means he is now out of the FA Cup.
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