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Must watch: Nicklas Bendtner offers early candidate for miss of the season

The flick did not come off as he would have hoped

James Orr
Thursday 04 September 2014 11:59 BST
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Nicklas Bendtner and that miss against Turkey
Nicklas Bendtner and that miss against Turkey (twitter.com/_ArsenalCentral)

Before bringing in Danny Welbeck on deadline day, such was the desperation at Arsenal that there was talk they should never allowed Nicklas Bendtner to leave to join Wolfsburg on a free.

This shocking miss for Denmark in their 2-1 defeat by Turkey last night, however, shows that Arsene Wenger was right to make the call.

After a flowing move, Spurs' playmaker Christian Eriksen dinked the ball through to Bendtner, and while the ball was slightly behind him, the striker's incredibly tame flick resulted him falling to the floor four yards from goal.

What was he thinking?

Watch: That Bendtner miss

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