A thoroughly deserved win over Chelsea was the perfect way to round off a successful pre-season tour to the USA.
We looked to take charge of this Florida Cup match from the first whistle, and unsurprisingly it was Gabriel Jesus who put us ahead with his fourth goal of pre-season.
Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka ensured we had a scoreline befitting of our performance, adding our second and third either side of the interval.
Playing the third and final game of tour, we looked sharp from the off, creating the first clear chance after just five minutes.
Defending a corner, Gabriel Martinelli nicked the ball on the edge of his own box and sprinted forward on the counter-attack, in a move very reminiscent of his famous goal at Stamford Bridge in January 2020.
This time however he elected to pass to Saka on the overlap, and his shot was saved by Edouard Mendy.
We continued to look the more likely scorers in the opening exchanges. Oleksandr Zinchenko – on his first appearance for us – was getting forward well on the left and had a shot charged down when he found space inside the box.
Shortly afterwards though we did get the goal our pressure merited, and what a finish it was. Granit Xhaka fired a first-time pass into the path of Jesus, who advanced on the keeper and casually dinked the ball over him for the opener.
The second was another well worked goal. Martinelli held onto possession just long enough for Odegaard to make his run into the box, before slipping the ball into his path. The captain did the rest, sliding his shot low into the corner.
It was one-way traffic in the first half. Thomas Partey was the next to go close, shooting just over from 20 yards out.
Odegaard, Saka and Jesus were beginning to enjoy themselves, with some wonderful one-touch passing and flicks – much to the delight of the vocal Arsenal support in the sell-out 63,000 capacity Camping World Stadium in Florida.
Despite our dominance in the opening 45 minutes, Chelsea so nearly pulled one back before the break, but Mason Mount’s effort struck the upright.
We kept up the tempo in the second half, and shortly after the hour mark we made it 3-0.
Martinelli drew a diving stop from Mendy on the volley, it fell to Granit Xhaka who flicked the ball up before firing another shot at the Chelsea keeper. But it was third time lucky as Saka thumped home the rebound into the roof of the net.
Mikel Arteta sent on Marquinhos for his non-competitive debut, on the right wing, as Sambi Lokonga got in the act in the closing stages with a composed header at the far post, helping us to seal a comfortable win.
At the final whistle we were presented with the Florida Cup, ensuring a memorable 10-day trip to America ended on a high.
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Chelsea coach’s expression after that appalling pass for the first goal is a thing of beauty for an Arsenal fan?
Jesus came to motivate and increase an effort in our forward striker
Đúng…! Martinelli đã trưởng thành rồi đấy… Những Đội bóng lớn hãy xem chừng đó nhé.
Amazing team
amazing player for Arsenal and I only hope that the club will see his full potential as a long term player for the club.
Xhaka became ronaldinho for a second there
Gabriel Jesus What a finisher
I hope Pep is okey :))
Saka is deceptively fast icl 0:08
???
Защитники Челси не умеют делать искусственный офсайд(((
Arsenal's vision ?
im a fan of the rival Man United. but this IS the arsenal i know
Арсенал зазвичай починає сезон добре, але потім щось йде не так.
العب يا النني
London is red ♥️
ของจริงดูเกมส์พีเมียร์ลีกดีกว่า
Thiago Silva perdidinho na zaga. Temerario a zaga da Selecao.
Jesus make the most of it of his position in arsenal…He is underrated in mancity ?
Pl 2022/24 top 4 team including arsenal?
winners 4-0 and the moral around the squad is BRILLIANT. so happy to be an Arsenal fan, bring on the new season COYG!
????????
As an Inter fan, Arsenal looking fire until now ??
Wow
My life is totally changed because I've been earning $15,250 returns from my $4,000 investment with Rodriguez
Mendy shows how good he is, its just the defenders who are lazy
Martinelli ❤️❤️❤️
Bro Édouard Mendy is the only one who decided to play vs Arsenal lmao. The rest of them were just ball watching. I can see what the hype is about fr
와. .아스날. .제주스온다고 뭐가 달라지겠냐 했는데. .제주스가문제가 아니라 전체적으로 집중력도그렇고 엄청 좋아졌네. .토트넘 이대로면 위험하다. .ㅠㅠ 언능 각성해라 토트넘!!!
I watched this match personally from Camping World Stadium and Jesus, Martinelli and Saliba, in my point of view, were the best players in this game. I'm confident in this season. Go Gunners!!!
i am surely watching us this season
Arsenal are on fire
Fantastic match! Highly impressed by the performances from the whole team!
chelsea lost cuz theyre playing in america
Gunners upgrade
Arsenal will finish 3rd in Premiere league this season
My team ??⚪️?⚪️ coyg
Gabriel memberikan keseraman pd sendal..
Chelsea is ruined ?
Arsenal is looking really fun, but 4:13 isn't that offside?!