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Arsenal 1-2 Lyon: What happened

WHAT HAPPENED

Despite taking the lead during an impressive first-half display, we ended up losing out to Lyon in the Emirates Cup.

We had been good value for our lead at the break. The visiting defence were struggling to get to grips with our movement up front, even following Alexandre Lacazette's early withdrawal for a foot injury.

His replacement Reiss Nelson was soon linking up well with Joe Willock and Henrikh Mkhitaryan - the Armenian had a smart volley turned away by Anthony Lopes before he set up the opening goal.

His right-wing cross was met first time by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang six yards out, who reopened his Emirates account for another campaign.