The Guardian - * Friendly: Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea
* Xhaka 69; Havertz 26, Abraham 72
Perhaps it was a way to make a 25,000-strong crowd feel at home. The goal that afforded Chelsea half-hearted bragging rights on an afternoon of rollicking entertainment felt like a tribute act to Arsenal failings past. In the present it rather demonstrated that, with a dozen days remaining until the new season, the unresolved issues around this part of north London persist in significant volume.
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