For those that did not stay up until the early hours of this morning, here is a brief summary of what happened:
We lined up in the same formation as the Manchester United game with a few expected tweaks.
White came in at right back and Timber was moved to the left hand side. Partey replace Rice in the mode.
Rice was left out of the squad altogether. Reports are he has been doing some intensive fitness training work to catch up with other.
Trossard came in on the left and Jesus upfront as Arteta looked to give as many players game time as possible.
Barcelona took the lead after just 7 minutes through Lewandowski. Saka levelled 6 minutes later.
Bukayo then sent a penalty wide on the 22 before Raphinha re-gave Barca the lead.
A couple of minutes before half time, Kai Havertz pounced to score a poachers goal. 2-2 at half time.
As the second half began, so did the subs with Smith Rowe replacing Havertz. Trossard than have Arsenal the lead for the first time with a brilliant finish across the keeper.
Odegaard made way for Vieira after 70 minutes before Trossard made it two for himself and four for Arsenal.
That would be Trossard’s last involvement in the game as he and Jesus made way for Martinelli and Nketiah with 11 minutes to go.
More subs would come as Gabriel went off for Holding. Then the young and exciting Cozier-Dubbery came on for Saka.
On the 88th minute, Barcelona made it 4-3 through Torres before Vieira secured the match with a rocket of a strike.
We win 5-3 after losing to Man U 2-0. Plenty of players got some game time. And we now head back to London for the Emirates Cup and then in 10 days, the Charity Shield.
That concludes the US tour…
Keenos
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon 
The team display was very good but I think we can be stronger with partey and rice in that mid
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I’m especially impressed when the players suddenly rose their level to match and eventually outmatch Barcelona’s early intensity and pressure. Our third match with the opponents sitting back and unwilling to commit in attacking. This is good. The fear factor of the old Arsenal is back. And also our fullbacks didn’t invert. And poor Ben White played full 90mins when everyone took rest. Big plans for him, I guess.
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