Arsenal 3-0 Fiorentina: Nketiah sends Emery message with double in 2nd ICC win

Arsenal youngster Eddie Nketiah scored a brace to hand the Gunners a comfortable victory over Fiorentina in an ICC pre-season friendly.

Match Events

15' GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Fiorentina (Nketiah)

GOAL! Nketiah makes it 1-0 to Arsenal! Kolasinac makes a break down the left flank and plays it inside to Nketiah, who takes a touch before dropping his shoulder to dodge Terzic and then fire home with his right foot.

36' CLOSE! Nketiah makes goal-line clearance

CLEARED OFF THE LINE! Fiorentina go close as Ceccherini connects with a strong corner delivery to head the ball towards goal, but Nketiah clears it off the line to ease the danger!

50' CLOSE! Leno denies Benassi with a decent save

65' GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Fiorentina (Nketiah)

GOAL! Nketiah scores his second of the game to make it 2-0! Mkhitaryan dances around the Fiorentina defence to find space on the right-hand side of the box, and he cuts it back to Lacazette who is well-placed in the area. The Frenchman then plays a disguised ball to an unmarked Nketiah on his left, and he tucks the ball home with ease.

65' GOAL! Arsenal 3-0 Fiorentina (Willock)

GOAL! Willock makes it 3-0 to Arsenal! The substitute caps off a pleasing night for the Gunners by connecting with Lacazette's nicely weighted lay-off and firing the ball beyond Terracciano and into the top corner.

Match reports

Eddie Nketiah again impressed with a double in Arsenal's 3-0 win over Fiorentina in the International Champions Cup.

The 20-year-old added to his strike against Bayern Munich with goals either side of half-time at the Bank of America Stadium, although Arsenal had things far from their own way for much of the game against their Serie A opponents.

Nketiah's first showed his increasing confidence as he dragged back Sead Kolasinac's low cross away from a defender before slotting in the opener, while his second was a tap-in from an Alexandre Lacazette lay-off.

Fiorentina had numerous chances in either half and with some better finishing would have punished Arsenal's often naive defending, but the Gunners instead added a third late on with Joe Willock's fine finish high into the net and kept up their 100-per-cent record in the cup.

Line-ups

Arsenal XI: Nacho Monreal, Mustafi, Emiliano Martínez, C. Jenkinson, Kolasinac, Chambers, Nelson, Nketiah, R. Burton, J. Olayinka, B. Saka

Subs: M. Özil, Sokratis, Aubameyang, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette, B. Leno, G. Xhaka, Matt Macey, Maitland-Niles, Zech Medley, Willock, Gabriel Martinelli, D. Thompson, T. John-Jules

Fiorentina XI: Saponara, Ceccherini, Cristóforo, Benassi, Bartlomiej Dragowski, Venuti, Gaetano Castrovilli, D. Vlahović, A. Terzić, L. Ranieri, Sottil

Subs: Pietro Terracciano, V.Hugo, Dabo, Eysseric, Biraghi, J. Báez, G.Simeone, David Hancko, Hristov, N. Milenković, Chiesa, S. Żurkowski, N. Beloko, Cristóbal Montiel, C. Koffi, E. Lakti, N. Chiorra