Arsenal tore Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen to shreds as they ran out convincing 4-1 winners over Xabi Alonso’s immortals 10 days out from their Premier League opener against Wolves.
The ruthless Gunners were three goals to the good at the interval courtesy of strikes from Oleksandr Zinchenko, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Jesus. Zinchenko struck a brilliant opener on eight minutes when he arrowed the ball into the bottom corner of Matej Kovar’s net before Trossard showed superb composure to finish a slick team move just one minute later.
The impressive Jesus then helped himself to a well-taken goal when he drove at the Leverkusen backline before firing home into the bottom corner from 20-yards.
Kai Havertz then capped a fine evening for the Gunners in their penultimate pre-season friendly when he stabbed home from close range following great work from the returning Bukayo Saka. Here are five things we learnt following the routine victory after Leverkusen netted a late consolation via Czech striker Adam Hlozek.
