Arsenal and Luton played out a behind-closed-doors friendly on Thursday night, with Leandro Trossard scoring twice in a 3-0 win for the Gunners.

Mikel Arteta’s team do not play until Monday night when they take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, while Luton are not in Premier League

The two teams played at London Colney over three 30-minute thirds, with Trossard scoring two and Bukayo Saka

 

Leandro Trossard is pushing for a starting place on Monday night

David Raya pulled on an Arsenal shirt for the first time as the Spain international turned out in the match after his switch from Brentford.

Oleksandr Zinchenko, who missed the Community Shield and the Premier League opener against Nottingham Forest due to injury, also participated in the game as he recovers.

In his pre-game press conference prior to the Palace game, Arteta discussed Raya’s transfer to Arsenal and the competition he will present for veteran goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.

‘When we had different goalkeepers there were questions as well,’ Arteta said. ‘To have two excellent goalkeepers is great – there’s nothing wrong with it. We have two great left-wingers and two great strikers and two great holding midfielders. We have Jorginho, Thomas and Declan and that is not a problem, and it should not be a problem.

‘We want to be better every single day and to be better the environment has to change and be better. We tend to always be at a certain level because it’s in our nature – when you change the environment and the environment is to be 100 per cent every day, believe me, the level is going to increase.

‘I’ve seen that close up with my own eyes with the players that we have now, compared to the players we had two years ago. If we want to be better, we have to create that environment.’