Arsenal have wrapped up their 2023/24 preseason campaign with an Emirates Cup final win over AS Monaco in North London.
The Gunners retained the trophy, as part of their traditional summer match at the Emirates Stadium, but they were forced to rely on a penalty shootout to secure victory against Ligue 1 opposition.
Youssouf Fofana early header increased the nerves amongst the Gunners home faithful, before Eddie Nketiah volleyed home his first goal of preseason, to level the tie just before half time.
Despite a flurry of late changes from Mikel Arteta, the game was settled by its pre-agreed shootout, as Aaron Ramsdale denied Takumi Minamino and Gabriel Magalhaes converted the winning spot kick.
Arsenal vs AS Monaco final score
Full Time
Goalscorers
Arsenal
1
Nketiah
Monaco
1
Fofana
*Arsenal won 5-4 on penalties
Confirmed lineups:
Arsenal (4-2-3-1, right to left):1-Aaron Ramsdale (GK) — 18-Takehiro Tomiyasu (Ben White, 63), 2-William Saliba (Gabriel Magalhaes, 63), 15-Jakub Kiwior, 12-Jurrien Timber (Kieran Tierney, 63) — 5-Thomas Partey (Jorginho, 63), 41-Declan Rice (Kai Havertz, 63) — 10-Emile Smith-Rowe (Martin Odegaard, 63), 21-Fabio Vieira, 11-Gabriel Martinelli 9Leeandro Trossard, 63) — 14-Eddie Nketiah (Marquinhos, 85)
AS Monaco (3-4-3, right to left):16-Phillip Kohn (GK) — 41-Soungoutou Magassa, 3-Guillermo Maripan, 34-Chrislain Matsima — 2-Vanderson (Krepin Diatta, 73), 19-Youssouf Fofana, 4-Mo Camara (Eliot Matazo, 73),12-Caio Henrique— 44-Eliesse Ben Seghir (Takumi Minamino, 48), 10-Wissam Ben Yedder (Kevin Volland, 73), 17-Alexandr Golovin
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