Arsenal beat Manchester United in USA as City, Chelsea suffer defeats
28th July 2024
Man City was beaten by AC Milan as Chelsea received a thrashing from Celtic.
- Rasmus Hojlund fired the Red Devils into an early lead, but Gabriel Jesus finished off a neat passing move to draw Arsenal level.
- Fellow Brazilian Martinelli then came off the bench to net the winner.
- Several European sides are playing pre-season tune-ups in US venues ahead of next month's start of their league campaigns.
Gabriel Martinelli scored for Arsenal in the 81st minute to
give the Gunners a 2-1 victory over Manchester United in a friendly at SoFi
Stadium in Los Angeles early Sunday morning.
Danish 21-year-old striker Rasmus Hojlund opened the scoring
in the 10th minute for United.
Marcus Rashford lofted a clearing pass down the left wing
and Hojlund took the ball and battled Arsenal defender Ayden Heaven into the
box, where he got a step ahead and blasted a goal between the legs of Gunners
goalkeeper Karl Hein.
Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus netted the equalizer in the 26th
minute, the Brazilian tapping in a centering pass from point-blank range as the
Red Devils appealed in vain for an offside call.
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Martinelli, who helped Brazil to Tokyo Olympic gold, came in
from the left side and flicked in a right-footed shot inside the near post to
give Arsenal the winning margin.
Elsewhere, Lorenzo Colombo scored two first-half goals and
Marco Nasti netted the game-winner to give AC Milan a 3-2 victory over English
Premier League champion Manchester City on Saturday at New York.
Nasti lifted Milan ahead to stay in the 78th minute, the
20-year-old Italian striker taking a centering pass from Belgian right-wing
Alexis Saelemaekers and firing an inside right foot blast into the goal.
Several European sides are playing pre-season tune-ups in US
venues ahead of next month's start of their league campaigns.
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Norwegian striker Erling Haaland opened the scoring for
Manchester City in the 19th minute, but Italian forward Colombo answered for AC
Milan in the 30th and 34th minutes to lift the Italian side ahead 2-1 at
half-time at Yankee Stadium.
City equalized in the 55th minute when Manchester hometown
winger Micah Hamilton crossed the ball from the left side into the box.
English striker James McAtee headed the ball into the net,
setting the stage for Nasti's decider.
Earlier, Japan's Kyogo Furuhashi and Denmark's Matt O'Riley
scored first-half goals to power Celtic over Chelsea 4-1.
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Luis Palma and Michael Johnston added second-half goals for
the Glasgow side, while Christopher Nkunku averted a shutout for the Londoners
with an 89th-minute penalty kick.
Celtic, who beat Man City 4-3 on Tuesday, dominated the
match at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
Celtic seized the lead in the 19th minute on O'Riley's
left-footed blast from the right side of the box inside the far post.
An unguarded Furuhashi tapped in a left-footed shot in the
33rd minute from point-blank range off a centering pass from O'Riley to give
the Scottish side a 2-0 advantage at half-time.
Honduran striker Palma boosted the lead in the 76th minute and Johnston netted the Hoops' final goal in the 79th.
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