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Match report: Arsenal U-23s 3-1 Chelsea

We came back from a goal down to beat Chelsea 3-1 on a night that saw two exceptional strikes at Meadow Park on Friday.

Mazeed Ogungbo and Alex Kirk, fresh from the first-team training camp in Dubai, started at the back and had to be alert right from the off, as the visitors started brightly and piled on the pressure early on.

Hubert Graczyk was forced into a number of impressive saves to keep the scores level, but could do nothing to stop Jayden Wareham from giving Chelsea the lead midway through the first half.

We equalised minutes later through Zach Awe's instinctive header after a short corner routine ended up at the feet of Zak Swanson, who picked out our defender with a menacing cross into the box.