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Arsenal take on Juventus in their final mid-season friendly before domestic football returns. The Gunners played two friendlies in the Middle East in the ...

Arsenal dominated but could not put the ball in the back of the net. 90 mins from kickoff: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of tonight's clash at the Emirates. For Juventus, this will be their first match since the World Cup break and former Everton striker Moise Kean starts. — Arsenal lacking any real cutting-edge in the final third so far. Competitive club football is almost back in our lives and tonight will be Arsenal's last mid-season friendly before the campaign resumes. Juventus take a 1-0 lead into the break but Arsenal have been by far the better side. Arsenal then nearly did take the lead early in the first half when Nketiah capitalised on a Juventus mistake at the back. Juventus come away with a 2-0 win without having to create too much on the attacking front. This is a reoccurring theme in pre-season, one that Arteta will hope to snuff out. The goal was ruled out as he was comfortably offside. Granit Xhaka tried to clear Nicolo Fagioli's cross with his head but turned it into his own net.

Goals in stoppage time at the end of both halves saw us fall to defeat, with a Granit Xhaka own goal and a strike from London-born Samuel Iling-Junior proving ...

The second half once again saw us control possession and territory but struggle to create the same amount of opportunities. Copyright 2022 The Arsenal Football Club plc. On a rare foray forward, Juve won a corner and after it was played short to Nicoli Fagioli, his cross was inadvertently flicked on into his own net by the head of Xhaka to hand the advantage to the Italians.

Arsenal's final friendly match before the Premier League resumes later this month ended in a 2-0 defeat to Juventus at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

[Reiss Nelson](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/227794/Reiss-Nelson) limped off and had to be replaced midway through the first half. "The fact he had to leave the pitch immediately is not good news, especially someone like Reiss, who is really powerful and fast. [Italy](/soccer/team?id=162) internationals [Manuel Locatelli](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/217538/Manuel-Locatelli) and [Moise Kean](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/248633/Moise-Kean). [United States](/soccer/team/_/id/660/united-states) goalkeeper [Matt Turner](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/303794/matt-turner). [Samuel Iling-Junior](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/341273/Samuel-Iling-Junior) that deflected in off [Rob Holding](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/218188/Rob-Holding). [England](/soccer/team?id=448) goalkeeper [Aaron Ramsdale](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/236015/Aaron-Ramsdale), also making his first outing since the World Cup, as the only two changes form the lineup that began Tuesday's 2-1 win over [AC Milan](/soccer/team?id=103) in Dubai.