Arsenal 1-1 Como: Lewis-Skelly nets opener as Guimarães makes Gunners debut

Bruno Guimaraes made his first appearance and Myles Lewis-Skelly scored amid speculation about his future as Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw by Como in their final pre-season friendly.

Match Report 

Guimaraes, signed for £75m from Newcastle on Saturday, was introduced at half-time at the Emirates Stadium after Myles Lewis-Skelly's opener had been cancelled out by Martin Baturina.

Lewis-Skelly's goal, stroked home after cutting out a poor pass from Como goalkeeper Jean Butez, came as he is linked with an Arsenal exit. He celebrated by making a heart gesture with his hands.

Guimaraes received a warm welcome from the home fans with his introduction but Arsenal were unable to find a second-half winner after Baturina showed impressive footwork then fired past Kepa Arrizabalaga for Como's leveller before half-time.

Mikel Arteta left out Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice and Martin Zubimendi despite their returns from World Cup duty this week, but there were first cameos of pre-season from Eberechi Eze, David Raya, Mikel Merino and Noni Madueke.

The two sides played out a penalty shootout after the game, with Arsenal, who will face Manchester City at Wembley in the Community Shield on Sunday, winning 4-3 as new signing Christos Tzolis slammed home the decisive spot-kick.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

3' Match Event for Arsenal vs Como

7' Highlight from Arsenal vs Como

16' Match Event for Arsenal vs Como

33' GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Como (Myles Lewis-Skelly)

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44' GOAL! Arsenal 1-1 Como

46' Match Event for Arsenal vs Como

55' Highlight from Arsenal vs Como

62' Highlight from Arsenal vs Como

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85' Highlight from Arsenal vs Como

Line-ups

Arsenal XI: Kepa, Jesus, Gabriel, Eberechi Eze, Martinelli, Hincapie, Nwaneri, Lewis-Skelly, Theo Julienne, Max Dowman, Marli Salmon

Subs: David Raya, Ødegaard, Merino, Guimaraes, Viktor Gyökeres, Havertz, Ben White, Illan Meslier, Madueke, Fábio Vieira, Calafiori, Christos Tzolis, Cristhian Mosquera, Tommy Setford, Josh Ogunnaike

Como XI: Kempf, Jean Butez, Anastasios Douvikas, Lucas Da Cunha, Yan Couto, Máximo Perrone, Martin Baturina, Álex Valle, Jacobo Ramón, Assane Diao, Mattia Liberali

Subs: Mauro Vigorito, Morata, Luis Milla, Goldaniga, Emil Audero, Alessandro Gabrielloni, Trevoh Chalobah, N. Kühn, Caqueret, Alberto Dossena, Ivan Smolcic, Noel Törnqvist, Alieu Fadera, Kaiki, Jesús Rodríguez, Adrian Lahdo