Arsenal 1-2 Villarreal LIVE Score, Club Friendly: Christian Norgaard Pulls A Goal Back For The Gunners

Corner for the Gunners and Gabriel Martinelli whips in a cross as Norgaard is unmarked and the Dane's header is straight into the Villarreal goal. Emirates crowd erupts as they are handed a lifeline.

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Karl Etta Eyong has doubled the lead for the visitors at the Emirates. Another poor defending at the back for Arsenal as a neat play from Villarreal. Cardona is left unmarked charging down the right and plays a weighted pass to Moreno, who slams it goalwards. Raya saves it but is unable to push it long as Eyong taps in the rebound.

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White and Saka combine nicely down the right with a sweet one-two, but Merino doesn’t do anything with White’s cross.

Soon, Lewis-Skelly drives into the box but Villarreal cut out the danger.

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The visitors are in full-confidence since their goal. Pepe is at the heart of Villarreal attack as he puts in a low cross from the right but there's no end product from the left as Arsenal thwart away the attack.

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Ethan Nwaneri is fouled after a great run on the right flank and wins a free-kick for his team. His cross is neatly whipped in but it falls straight to the Villarreal goalie.

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Well, well! Look who's scored on his Arsenal return. Nicholas Pepe, former Gunner, scores and does not celebrate as Villarreal have an early lead. Pepe has a pop at the Arsenal goal from way out but it rebounds and falls to another player as a floated cross is not cleared and Pepe puts the ball into the net.

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No Odegaard and Rice and Zubimendi but the Gunners are dominating that midfield against the Yellow Submarine.

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The English frontman is left unmarked and has acres of space to sprint through, but while Gyokeres is there, but no one is there quite quick enough to run onto his cross. A yellow shirt makes the vital clearance.

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Gabriel Martinelli and Mikel Merino combine nicely on the left, with the latter putting in a cross, and Saka tries to guide it in but the angle is slightly awkward and it’s over the bar.

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Both teams going for it, and it seems the Gunners are applying more pressure on the La Liga side. Nwaneri plays a nice through pass, but when it goes wide to Martinelli the latter then plays it to Saka but it is intercepted.

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Gunners start off with a high tempo as they look to attack from the word 'go'.

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Arsenal and Villarreal players are out in the middle as we near kick-off in London's Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal 0-0 Villarreal

Gunners fans will see some familiar faces on the opposition side as the likes Nicholas Pepe and Denis Suarez return to the Emirates for the first time in foreign colours. Pepe played 80 times and scored 16 goals whereas Suarez only appeared in four matches for the Gunners.

Villareal XI: Junior; Marin, Foyth, Mourino, Cardona; Eyong, Parejo, Gueye; Pepe, Moreno, Moleiro

Substitutes: Navarro, Suarez, Danjuma, Altimira, Conde, Comesana, Buchanan, Pedraza, Valou, Gomez, Cabanes

Arsenal XI: Raya, White, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly, Norgaard, Merino, Nwaneri, Saka, Martinelli, Gyokeres

Substitutes: Arrizabalaga, Setford, Timber, Gabriel, Mosquera, Zinchenko, Lokonga, Zubimendi, Odegaard, Madueke, Rice, Dowman, Harriman-Annous

The match will be available on Arsenal's in-house website/app (Arsenal TV). However, you can follow the live updates on our match blog.

Date: Wednesday, August 6 at 6 p.m. BST (1 p.m. ET; 10.30 p.m. IST and 3 a.m. AEST)

Venue: Emirates Stadium, London

Hello and welcome to live coverage of Arsenal’s penultimate pre-season friendly as the Gunners welcome Villarreal to the Emirates Stadium. We will have the team news and updates from the game, right here.