HENDO’S LEADING MAN

Wenger said: “It’s important he gets that off his shoulders. You expect a striker to score. You could see he was happy.”

But the Gunners boss wanted his players to show more sportsmanship in the friendly in front of a sell-out 80,432 crowd.

Arsenal were given a penalty after the referee thought Theo JORDAN HENDERSON says he’s not the only leader in the Liverpool camp.

The skipper (right) played 45 minutes in Wednesday’s win over Tranmere after five months out with a heel injury.

Liverpool missed his Walcott’s shot had hit Seb Ryall’s hand only for replays on the big screen to show it was his back.

Mertesacker told Danny Welbeck to roll the ball back, but keeper Andrew Redmayne saved the spot-kick anyway.

Wenger added: “We made a mistake – we should have given them the ball back.” leadership during his absence, but the England midfielder said: “A lot of the other senior lads will be driving the team forward and we will be expecting that in every training session, every game. “We’ve got a good set of lads who want to work hard.”