Arsenal suffered a 2-1 defeat at home to Olympique Lyonnais in the Emirates Cup on Sunday afternoon.
Reported Manchester United target Moussa Dembele came off the bench to bag a brace in the capital as the Gunners gave debuts to new boys Dani Ceballos and Gabriel Martinelli.
Before the second game of the day kicked off, the Emirates Stadium rose to observe a period of applause in memory of Jose Antonio Reyes.
The former Arsenal forward died in a car accident on June 1, with this the first time the Gunners have been able to commemorate his achievements during his time at the club.
There was bad news inside 15 minutes for the hosts as Alexandre Lacazette, Arsenal’s player of the season for 2018/19, limped off to be replaced by Reiss Nelson having earlier had treatment on the touchline.
Arsenal took a deserved lead 10 minutes before the interval as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – playing centrally after Lacazette was withdrawn – turned home Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s cross to put Emery’s side ahead.
Moussa Dembele came off the bench at half-time and headed Lyon level with a little over a quarter of the game remaining after Arsenal’s own substitute, Eddie Nketiah, had missed a great headed chance minutes before.
Emery introduced new boys Martinelli and Ceballos, as well as Shkodran Mustafi, for the closing 20 minutes – the two new signings given a rousing reception by the home fans.
Martinelli looked as though he had marked his maiden Emirates Stadium appearance with a quickfire goal but his tap-in was ruled out as he caught the ball with his hand before prodding home.
Lyon then went straight down the other end and took the lead as Dembele beat the offside trap before coolly slotting past the onrushing Bernd Leno.
Aubameyang sent a free-kick inches wide before hitting the base of the post after lobbing over Lyon substitute goalkeeper Anthony Racioppi as Arsenal chased an equaliser to send the game to penalties.
But Arsenal could not find the leveller, meaning Lyon won 2-1 to ensure neither the men’s nor women’s Emirates Cup would stay in north London.
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