Arsenal have ramped up their Premier League preparations with a scintillating 5-3 victory against Barcelona in a pre-season friendly at SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles on Wednesday night.
Bukayo Saka was the Catalans’ chief tormentor, scoring a goal, missing a penalty and being involved regularly as the Gunners cut up Barca at will, particularly in the first half.
January signing Leandro Trossard contributed two goals in a quality performance on the left wing, while new acquisition Kai Havertz and substitute Fabio Vieira chipped in on the scoresheet also.
Barcelona won’t be too concerned by the result as it was their first pre-season friendly, but they were outplayed throughout the 90 minutes, with two of their goals coming from lucky deflections.
Arsenal vs Barcelona final score
| Final | Goal scorers | |
| Arsenal | 5 | – Bukayo Saka 13′ – Kai Havertz 43′ – Leandro Trossard 55′, 78′ – Fabio Vieira 90′ |
| Barcelona | 3 | – Robert Lewandowski 7′ – Raphinha 34′ – Ferran Torres 88′ |
Line-ups
Arsenal (4-3-3): Ramsdale (GK) – White, Saliba (Kiwior 70′), Gabriel, Timber (Tierney 70′) – Partey (Jorginho 70′), Havertz (Smith Rowe 46′), Odegaard (Vieira 62′) – Saka (Cozier-Duberry 84′), Jesus (Nketiah 78′), Trossard (Martinelli 79′)
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Barcelona (4-2-3-1): 1. Ter Stegen (GK) (Inaki Pena 46′) – 2. Dest (Fermin 46′) (Yamai 79′), 4. Araujo (Garcia 46′), 15. Christensen (Kounde 46′) , 17. Alonso (Roberto) – 18. Oriol Romeu (Balde 46′), 14. Gundogan (Kessie 46′) – 22. Raphinha (Dembele 46′), 8. Pedri (De Jong 46′), 16. Ez Abde (Ansu Fati 46′) – 9. Lewandowkski (Ferran 46′)
