Ceballos makes his Arsenal debut | Arsenal 1-2 Lyon | Emirates Cup 2019 |
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Despite taking the lead during an impressive first-half display, we ended up losing out to Lyon in the Emirates Cup.
We had been good value for our lead at the break. The visiting defence were struggling to get to grips with our movement up front, even following Alexandre Lacazette's early withdrawal for a foot injury. His replacement Reiss Nelson was soon linking up well with Joe Willock and Henrikh Mkhitaryan - the Armenian had a smart volley turned away by Anthony Lopes before he set up the opening goal. His right-wing cross was met first time by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang six yards out, who reopened his Emirates account for another campaign. Aubameyang was joined up front in the second half by Eddie Nketiah, as Unai Emery switched from 4-2-3-1 to 4-4-2. We continued looking dangerous up front, with Nelson attacking at pace on the left wing and Willock seeing plenty of the ball in midfield. Nketiah spurned a couple of decent chances to increase our lead, and we were punished when Moussa Dembele headed home firmly from a searching left wing cross. Dani Ceballos was introduced for his Gunners debut with 20 minutes remaining, alongside Gabriel Martinelli for his first run out at Emirates Stadium. And the Brazilian winger looked to have made the perfect impact, when he tucked home from close range, only to have the goal ruled out for handball. The celebrations from the 50,000 crowd were short-lived, and there was more disappointment moments later when Dembele sprung the offside trap and put Lyon ahead with a cool finish. Aubameyang so nearly levelled the scores late on, but his first-time lob over the advancing keeper struck the post and went wide. For more match action, highlights and training videos, make sure you become a digital member and sign up to Arsenal Player. It's FREE and is the Home of the Game: http://po.st/YTArsenalPlayer Subscribe to the Official Arsenal YouTube Channel: http://arsn.al/Subscribe Follow us on Facebook: http://po.st/facebookyt Follow us on Twitter: http://po.st/twitteryt Follow us on Instagram: http://po.st/instagramyt Follow us on Soundcloud: http://po.st/soundcloudyt This is the Official YouTube channel for Arsenal Football Club. This channel will aim to showcase the personality of Arsenal Football Club and give fans more of an insight into what it's like to be at this fantastic club. This channel will look behind the scenes and get closer to the likes of Mesut Ozil, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Alexandre Lacazette, Bernd Leno, Granit Xhaka, Hector Bellerin and more. ABOUT ARSENAL FC Arsenal Football Club were formed in 1886. They have amassed 13 League titles, 13 FA Cups and many other major trophies since then. Their greatest players include: Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Tony Adams, Ian Wright, Robert Pires, Liam Brady, Patrick Vieira, Cliff Bastin and Charlie George. |