Two beaming smiles filled Arsenal's dressing room at New Bucks Head on Friday night, despite the Gunners being pegged back at the death by Wolverhampton Wanderers.
They belonged to returning full-backs Hector Bellerin and Kieran Tierney who each completed 63 minutes of the 2-2 draw in Telford.
There were 636 fans in attendance for the PL2 clash, many of whom were of an Arsenal persuasion. They certainly got value for money with Folarin Balogun notching a nice brace, but it was Bellerin and Tierney who they turned up for.
Hector Bellerin - 6.5
Bellerin, making his first appearance since rupturing his ACL in January, looked calm and assured at right-back. He was up against lively Wolves youngster Lewis Richards and held his own in his comeback game.
The Spaniard was everywhere in the first half. One minute he was dispossessing Wolves attacker Meritan Shabani in midfield, the next he was overlapping down the wing. It was a high energy performance from Bellerin in what was an end-to-end match.
Kieran Tierney - 5.5
Tierney was given a far sterner test down Arsenal's left with Wolves' summer signing Bruno Jordao having plenty of joy in behind the Scot.
Wolves' best two chances in the first half came from Jordao drifting in behind Tierney and firing low crosses across the Gunners' box. Neither came to anything but Jordao levelled early in the second half after Wolves caught Arsenal cold.
Tierney had pushed up with Arsenal in possession at the back, but they lost it and Elliot Watt quickly teed up Jordao, who was all alone in the space the ex-Celtic man had vacated, and the Portuguese fired home.
