Oxlade-Chamberlain, introduced as a substitute during the interval with Pearce's Young Lions trailing 1-0, provided the assists for their three goals from open play in the second half as well as earning a penalty which was converted by Nathan Delfouneso. His performance on what was only his third appearance for the Under-21s went some way to showing why Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was prepared to spend big money to bring Oxlade-Chamberlain to the Emirates Stadium from Southampton this summer, and Pearce believes there is much to come from the 18-year-old. "I thought he gave us a real lift when he came on," head coach Pearce said. "His training has looked very, very good when he has been here - we had an 11 v 11 game on the second day when we had got together and after 10 minutes of that I said to Steve (Wigley, Pearce's assistant) 'this kid has got to play'. "His performance was outstanding just in that 10-minute snapshot. "He has got a bright future and he played very well here - although we have to nurture all of them, to make sure they all have a bright future."
