Arsenal rounded off their pre-season preparations, with a fine 3-1 win over fellow Premier League team, Manchester City. Theo Walcott opened scoring for the Gunners as early as the 9th minute. Aaron
Ramsey's sublime reverse pass, found the England international spinning of former team mate Gael Clichy on the right. He kept his cool and dinked the ball over Joe Hart. For the rest of the first half, Arsenal were happy for City to pass the ball around, but broke quickly on the break.
The second half began with City well on top. However, 14 minutes after the break, Aaron Ramsey – who was in good form throughout the game – doubled Arsenal's lead. This time around, Walcott was the supplier. He returned the Welshman's pass and Ramsey kept his composure to go round Hart and tuck the ball into an empty net.
Giroud made it 3-0 just three minutes later. The French striker chased down a loose ball and beat Vincent Kompany to it, before lobbing Hart. New signing Alvaro Negredo outmuscled Koscielny and squeezed his shot past Fabianski, to get City a consolation goal.
Arsenal begin their top-flight campaign next Saturday when Aston Villa visit the Emirates Stadium, with City playing Newcastle at the Etihad Stadium on Monday.
Arsenal: Szczesny (Fabianski 46); Sagna (Jenkinson 73), Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs; Arteta (Perez 67), Wilshere (Cazorla 46), Ramsey (Hayden 88); Oxlade-Chamberlain (Zelalem 73), Walcott, Podolski (Giroud 46). Subs: Fabianski, Jenkinson, Sebastian Perez, Hayden, Zelalem, Cazorla, Giroud.
Manchester City: Hart; Zabaleta (Richards 46), Kompany, Lescott (Boyata 85), Clichy; Milner (Jesus Navas 46), Fernandinho (Rodwell 79), Toure (Javi Garcia 67), Silva (Jovetic 67); Dzeko (Nasri 46), Negredo. Subs: Pantilimon, Wright, Kolarov.
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