Arsenal duo of Alex Iwobi and Chuba Akpom grabbed a goal each as the Gunners ended their pre-season campaign on a high by beating Premier League rivals Manchester City 3-2 at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg.
The Gunners dominated the early chances but fell behind to a Sergio Aguero goal, yet they battled back well in the second half to claim a morale-boosting victory a week before the new season.
City’s only real chance prior to their breakthrough fell the way of Aguero after he drifted past makeshift centre-back pairing Gabriel Paulista and Rob Holding, but Hector Bellerin got across well to take the sting out of a shot that Petr Cech eventually collected.
The Citizens then moved ahead on the half-hour mark thanks to a simple close-range finish from Aguero, who simply stuck out his boot to divert the ball beyond a helpless Cech following Raheem Sterling’s fine cross into the box.
Alex Iwobi was one of those to remain on the field, and it was the youngster who dragged his side level five minutes into the half when tucking the ball past the reach of replacement keeper Joe Hart.
Wenger’s men nearly had a second soon after when Sanchez curled a free kick back off the underside of the bar, while Theo Walcott’s well-struck shot required a big save from Hart.
The second did arrive in the final quarter of the match through Walcott, a man who has been at the centre of a debate over his best position, exchanged passes with Sanchez and delicately dinked the ball over Hart.
There was still time for two more goals late on, as Chuba Akpom came off the bench to punish some slack play at the back from City before Kelechi Iheanacho nodded home at the back post to drag his side back into it.
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