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, who scored a goal, missed a penalty, and participated frequently as the Gunners sliced apart Barca at whim, especially in the first half, was the Catalans’ main tormentor.
December signing Leandro Trossard scored twice in a strong display down the left wing, and he was joined on the scoresheet by recent addition Kai Havertz and replacement Fabio Vieira.
Barcelona won’t be very alarmed by the outcome because it was their first friendly of the preseason, but they were outplayed for the whole 90 minutes, and two of their goals came from fortunate deflections.
Here are the best moments of the match that we collected:
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