Pre-season

Arsenal defeated Sydney FC 2-0 on Thursday, thanks to goals from Per Mertesacker and Alexandre Lacazette.

Arsenal won their first pre-season friendly 4-1 against MK Dons on Tuesday, as they prepare for the weekend Community Shield match.

Arsenal played another behind-closed-doors friendly today, as they continue their pre-season preparations with a match against Premier League Watford.

Despite a bit of a defensively dodgy first half, Arsenal managed to romp to a comfortable win over Benfica in the Emirates Cup.

Arsenal took to Twitter to thank all the fans Down Under who turned out in huge numbers during their short tour of Sydney.

Now we're in to July, let's have a look at some important dates for Arsenal this summer, starting with when Arsenal return for pre-season training.

Arsenal and PSG will be sharing the same hotel when the two sides travel to the States for their pre-season tour.

Arsene Wenger has described his excitement ahead of friendlies against Sydney and WS Wanderers this summer.

Barcelona are reportedly still looking for an opponent to play during the World Cup break after being rebuffed by both Arsenal and Juventus.

Quite a few Arsenal fans weren’t happy with our loss to Sevilla in the Emirates Cup and seemed disgusted with our 3-0 loss to Chelsea a week earlier.

With another pre-season trophy in the bag, pre-season has gone well, but what have we learnt about Arsenal from the Emirates Cup weekend? With Arsenal...

Arsenal continued their winning pre-season with a 2-0 victory over Everton in Baltimore on Saturday night and Mikel Arteta is impressed with what he has seen so far.

Arsene Wenger has ridden in on his white horse and delivered the news that we've all been waiting for... no, not THAT news, we haven't signed a striker yet, but Alexis Sanchez, Aaron Ramsey and Granit Xhaka are all fit and set to play against Manchester City.

Rob Holding played his first game for Arsenal against the MLS All-Stars on Friday and although he performed well, he admitted that he did suffer from some pre-match 'jitters'.

Arsene Wenger and his 25-man Arsenal squad are officially on their pre-season tour after jetting off to Australia on Sunday evening.

Victorious conclusion for Arsenal's US tour with a thrilling 5-3 triumph over Barcelona, showcasing a promising squad ahead of the upcoming season.

Although it was only a pre-season match, some form of cohesion would have been nice.

The expectation is that Folarin Balogun will compete for a place in the Arsenal first-team next season after being assessed in pre-season.

Mesut Ozil, Alexandre Lacazette, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Emi Martinez, Francis Coquelin and Nacho Monreal all attended an Arsenal fan party in China.

Another pre-season win for Arsenal against Viking FK saw moments of brilliance from a few Gunners.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain expressed his surprise at the magnitude of Arsenal's clash against the MLS All-Stars after the Gunners won 2-1.

Arsenal have invited Peruvian defender Arón Sánchez to take part in a full pre-season with the club, according to reports in Peru and England.

Several first-team players are set to feature in an Arsenal XI team to play Boreham Wood tomorrow.

Arsenal players were working hard in training on Monday, but Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud and Mohamed Elneny found the time to visit the impressive Yuyuan Garden.

Olivier Giroud has revealed his excitement ahead of next week's pre-season tour in Sydney, citing his fond memories of matches against Australia at international level and the chance to meet Arsenal fans as the reason he 'can't wait'.

Unai Emery is trying to get his squad up to speed ahead of the new season starting against Manchester City in just a few weeks and believes working to get the tactics right is more important than the scoreline in pre-season.

Before we get to covering how this match played out, a number of qualifiers have to be pointed out in order to put everyone's performance into perspective.

Arsenal played out a 2-2 draw with Rangers to end their mini-tour of Scotland.

Theo Walcott has said that the MLS is close to Premier League standard as he tries to lead the Arsenal charm offensive in America by saying things we all think isn’t true.

Thomas Tuchel was an angry man after Arsenal thrashed his side 4-0 on Sunday morning, moaning "We got absolutely beaten by a team that does not play Champions League football this season."

Arsenal drew against Ligue 2 RC Lens in our pre-season opener but there's no need to overreact - we're fine.

Sevilla gave Arsenal a far tougher test on Sunday compared to Benfica in the Gunners' second Emirates Cup clash.

Arsenal will embark on their tour of Australia next week to play two friendlies and participate in a number of events.

After confirming another of their planned pre-season fixtures on Tuesday morning, Arsenal's summer schedule is starting to fall into place.

Legend Freddie Ljungberg and Sol Campbell both visited Sydney recently to promoted Arsenal's pre-season tour.

A heated pitch-side rivalry spills over into the stands during Arsenal's game against Manchester United. More than a game, a glimpse into the season ahead.

Alex Iwobi what once again fantastic during Arsenal's 3-2 win over Manchester City.

Nacho Monreal is excited to visit Australia for Arsenal's pre-season tour in July.

Konstantinos Mavropanos is already in pre-season training for loan club VfB Stuttgart ahead of the 2020/21 Bundesliga campaign.

Alex Iwobi was pleased with Arsenal's penalty shoot-out win against Bayern Munich.