Arsenal ended their pre-season tour of the United States with a 3-1 win over Mexican side Chivas Guadalajara at the StubHub Centre in Carson, California.
Arsenal finished their US tour in style as goals from new signing Rob Holding, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Chuba Akpom gave the Gunners a 3-1 win over Mexican outfit Chivas Guadalajara. Arsene Wenger’s side romped to a 3-0 lead in the first hour of the game before Chivas got one back through a 74th minute Angel Zaldivar penalty.
Wenger seemed satisfied with his team’s performance after the win on Sunday night and reserved special praise for his younger players.
“It was an ideal game against a very determined Chivas,” Wenger was quoted as saying by the club’s official website. “Overall I think it was interesting for us because we needed to be patient as they started better than us. After 20 minutes we came into the game and we got a comfortable win in the end.
“It was very interesting to see some young players – we had a very young defence. Overall it was a positive experience for us.”
Arsenal goalscorer Oxlade-Chamberlain was also happy with his club’s pre-season form and took to Twitter to convey his feelings to his fans.
Good win tonight to finish the US tour. Thanks to all the fans out here for all the love ??… https://t.co/65g6yvdHSU
— Alex Ox-Chamberlain (@Alex_OxChambo) August 1, 2016
The Gooners took to Twitter to celebrate their club’s victory and to praise the players — especially ‘the Ox’, who continued his superb pre-season form, and young striker Chuba Akpom.
GOAL! 2-0. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been a standout for Arsenal in pre-season and he’s just scored a pearler, even better than in Lens
— Dominic King (@DominicKing_DM) August 1, 2016
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, that was ???. https://t.co/q0ZxRDJkif
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) August 1, 2016
I love it when chamberlain is doing great he’s one of my fav arsenal players..but i’m not going to get my hopes high never trust pre season.
— la peau d’orée (@ASarroya) August 1, 2016
And @RobHolding95 has already bagged his first #Arsenal goal. Lad! What a start to his Arsenal career. ?? #AFC
— Abhilash. (@AbhilashSanyal) August 1, 2016
Already looking like Arsenal have got rob holding at an absolute bargain.
— matthew clark (@mathewclark19) August 1, 2016
Morning. Amazing teamwork and beautiful 3 goals from Arsenal against Chivas. And not even with our best ? #goodfeeling #afc
— Angel Bonev (@Angel_Bonev) August 1, 2016
GOAL, Arsenal! It’s the MLS All-Star Game MVP Chuba Akpom who makes it 3-0.
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) August 1, 2016
who need Higuain when we have Akpom !
— Arif Yaakob (@mantapkosai) August 1, 2016
Breakthrough season for Akpom? YES PLEASE! #Arsenal
— Ali Danyal (@getprawned) August 1, 2016
While there were mainly positive tweets about the result and the form of the team, some fans pointed out the potential negative impacts of the result.
I want Ox to be like Theo in the pre-season & Messi in the regular season not vice versa as is normal
— You Are My Arsenal (@YouAreMyArsenal) August 1, 2016
Chamberlain with two exceptional goals in pre season now. The year of the ox? Hopefully.
— TikaTakaWilsh (@TikaTakaWilsh) August 1, 2016
Holding scores so we won’t sign a CB
Ox scores so we won’t sign Mahrez
Akpom scoring so no new striker pic.twitter.com/CN71NCHptZ— Arsenal Photos (@LeArsenalEdits) August 1, 2016
If he can stay fit and have a run of 10x games starting on the right, the Ox will prove his worth. I have faith in him ??
— MD (@Memz_Dogi) August 1, 2016
Everyone who is hyping ox up, he was great last preseason and then could not cut it in the league, we need mahrez
— Gregor Lešnjak (@grega93) August 1, 2016
Arsenal waved goodbye to their fans in the United States as they look forward to their next friendly against Viking FK in Norway, which is their penultimate game before the start of the season.
?? California, it’s been a pleasure #ArsenalUSA pic.twitter.com/pa0KD9PEgr
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) August 1, 2016
