Michael Flynn felt Swindon acquitted themselves well against a talented Arsenal Under-21s

Michael Flynn enjoyed the test which was posed to a young Swindon team against Arsenal Under-21s in the EFL Trophy. Total Sport’s Joe Acklam spoke to the manager after the game.

Swindon held the lead at half-time courtesy of an own goal from Reuell Walters and a goal from Tariq Uwakwe either side of Lino Sousa’s header, before Jimi Gower’s late equaliser set-up Arsenal to win on penalties.

Flynn enjoyed seeing many of his younger players go up against some of the most talented players at their age group in the Arsenal team.

He said: “I thought it was a good game of young players showcasing their talents with some very, very impressive Arsenal players.

“I know they're young but their players are really good, not just ability wise, but their mentality for a young group is very, very good.

“A lot of it is their movement, you know, being able to cope with quick, sharp, decisive movement and there's a couple of players that played tonight who have trained with the Arsenal first team, so they're highly thought of.

“You will only get a few teams in League Two who try and move like that, and they probably won’t do it as well as Arsenal.

“I think they finished stronger than us, but again we had a young team as well and for the boys who came in, it was a good test.

“If I'm trying to compare some of our young players against some of the best at their age group at Arsenal then it would have been very, very unfair.

“It would be like our first team playing against their first team and expecting them to get something from the game.”