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Arsenal’s pre-season continues with an International Champions Cup clash against French champions Paris Saint-Germain today.
Unai Emery’s team will be hoping to bounce back after a 3-1 penalty shootout defeat by Atletico Madrid earlier this week, after a 1-1 draw in normal time.
PSG will likely pose a similarly tough test, with former Arsenal managerial target Unai Emery in the dugout.
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When is the match?
The match kicks-off at 12.35pm BST on Saturday 28 July.
Where is it taking place?
The Singapore National Stadium – located in, you guessed it, Singapore – will host the exhibition.
Where can I watch it?
Premier Sports will show the match live.
90 mins: Last season Real Madrid could only beat Real Madrid 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the Champions League.
This result therefore empirically proves that Arsenal are a better team than Real Madrid. And that's just facts.
90 mins: FOUR MINUTES ADDED TIME ARE YOU HAVING A LAUGH.
90 mins + 2: Arsenal are in the mood for another. They patiently build up play in the middle before Ramsey spots the run of Lacazette, but he's beaten to the ball and PSG clear.
90 mins + 4: GOAL! Arsenal 5-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Eddie Nketiah makes it five!
90 mins + 5: The youngster gets in behind PSG's abject defence and fires low past Cibois.
Arsenal finish the match in style.
Full-time: Arsenal 5-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Arsenal are the best team in the world. PSG are going to finish below Nîmes Olympique in Ligue 1 this season. Unai Emery is the messiah.
Well, they beat a bunch of kids, but Unai Emery will be delighted with how Arsenal saw out that win.
They were fitter, faster and stronger than the French champions, particularly impressing towards the end of the first-half when Ozil, Mkhitaryan and Aubameyang began moving the ball around in style.
His subs also impressed. In particular Lacazette, who came off the bench to score two goals, and would have had a hat-trick if he hadn't unselfishly tried to set up young Nelson.
Jack de Menezes was on five things we learned duty for this match, and here's his first, completely free of charge:
Emery looks set to return to 4-2-3-1
In a bid to end Arsenal’s struggles, Arsene Wenger altered his formation to flip between three and four-man defences, with differing levels of success and failure. The tinkering also brought about plenty of tactical uncertainty, which looked to affect the players as they were placed into different roles in different systems.
Emery looks far more settled on a 4-2-3-1 which in recent times has brought the best out of Arsenal players, and also allows the side to include Mesut Özil without the pain that his lacklustre defensive effort brings.
But it does mean that Aaron Ramsey, when brought back into the side, will likely have to play out of position while it also means that Alexandre Lacazette may have to make-do with fulfilling the role of back-up to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. It also creates a problem in midfield, as Ramsey, Lucas Torreira, Mohamed Elneny and the impressive Matteo Gouendouzi will all by vying for just two spots.
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