Arsenal and Barcelona have played an extraordinary match in Los Angeles where they are developing the preparatory phase.
In the presence of 70,000 fans at the SoFi Stadium, the English team won 5-3 in a game where everything was in it.
Robert Lewandowski scored first after eight minutes to give Barcelona the lead, but just five minutes later the score was tied at 1-1 when Bukayo Saka scored from close range.
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2️⃣ Arsenal (B. Saka 13' | K. Havertz 43')
2️⃣ Barça (R. Lewandowski 7' | Raphinha 34')#ArsenalBarça 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/bi9JZkTsba— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 27, 2023
The English talent had a chance to score from the penalty spot in the 22nd minute, but he shot wide and the score remained 1-1.
It was the 34th minute of the match, when Raphinha scored from a free kick to restore Barcelona’s lead to 1-2.
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🔴 2-2 🔵 (46)
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) July 27, 2023
But two minutes before the end of the match, Kai Havertz scored from close range to tie the scores at 2-2.
The second half was also spectacular where four more goals were scored. Leonardo Trossard made it 3-2 in the 56th minute.
The Belgian star appeared again in the 78th minute, scoring another beautiful goal for 4-2.
Tonight's goalscorers 🤩
Which one was your favourite, Gooners? 👇 pic.twitter.com/UmqKliX9c3
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) July 27, 2023
10 minutes later Ferran Torres scored Barcelona’s third goal, but in the last minute Fabio Vieira scored a spectacular goal for the final score 5-3.
This is how Arsenal won one of the friendly matches that will be remembered for a long time, as in addition to the eight goals, there were also dozens of scoring opportunities and the fans were extremely entertained.
Thank you, LA 😍
Next stop: London ✈️ pic.twitter.com/r5bp5Y9SyD
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) July 27, 2023