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Live blog from the Emirates Stadium as Arsenal host Villarreal in a pre-season friendly.
“He continues to impress, without a doubt. The impact he had in the game again today, the efficiency that he shows in every attack and action, it’s incredible. Again, he deserves to have chances, and if he continues like this, let’s see what happens.”
“Yesterday in training he felt something and this morning he wasn’t quite right, so we decided to rest him.”
Mikel Arteta heaps more praise on 15-year-old Max Dowman.
We are now LIVE on YouTube for Mikel Arteta’s post-Villarreal press conference!
Full time at the Emirates.
Another pre-season defeat for Arsenal.
We have another three minutes here.
Martin Odegaard gets into space and fires a shot towards goal, but his effort is narrowly wide of Diego Conde’s goal.
Max Dowman might be 15-years-old, but he is toying with these Villarreal defenders.
He’s got so much confidence.
Noni Madueke and Oleksandr Zinchenko come onto the pitch.
They replace Gabriel Martinelli and Myles Lewis-Skelly.
Martin Odegaard scores the penalty to give Arsenal hope!
Max Dowman has won Arsenal a penalty!
Another Villarreal goal, what is happening at the Emirates?
Substitute Arnaut Danjuma is sent through on goal and finishes hard and low under Kepa to restore the Spaniard’s two-goal lead.
Max Dowman, Martin Odegaard, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Gabriel, Jurrien Timber and Declan Rice are all coming on.
They replace Ethan Nwaneri, David Raya, Bukayo Saka, William Saliba, Viktor Gyokeres and Jakub Kiwior.
Sergi Cardona is receiving treatment after a collision with Mosquera.
Another chance goes begging for Arsenal, as Nwaneri’s shot is parried by Luiz Junior and cleared away.
Villarreal get us underway for the second half!
Martin Zubimendi and Cristhian Mosquera come on for Christian Norgaard and Ben White.
Half time at the Emirates!
Arsenal trail 2-1 after goals from Nicolas Pepe and Karl Etta Eyong but the visitors two infront.
Just like that Arsenal get one back through Christian Norgaard!
Martinelli floats a corner to the back post and Norgaard is there to head it into the goal.
Game on!
Villarreal are taking their chances here!
Gerard Moreno is sent through on goal, but David Raya superbly saves the Spaniard’s shot, however Karl Etta Eyong is on hand to acrobatically tap in from two-yards.
Ben White and Bukayo Saka combine down the right hand side, and the fullback’s cross is met by Gabriel Martinelli, but his header lets him down.
Bukayo Saka and Ethan Nwaneri combine against down the Arsenal right hand side, but Saka’s shot is parried away by Luiz Junior.
Superb skill from Ethan Nwaneri to get past Sergi Cardona, dragging the ball through the fullback’s legs before being hacked down and winning Arsenal a freekick in a dangerous area.
Fortunately for the visitors it leads to nothing.
One Villarreal chance, one Villarreal goal.
A scramble in the Arsenal box afte former Gunner Nicolas Pepe’s shot hits the post, before the Ivorian smashes the ball into the roof of the net.
A section of the Emirates applaud their former player.
Another Saka cross, this time it meets Viktor Gyokeres, but the striker’s ambitious overhead kick narrowly misses the ball.
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