After the Premier
League and FA Cup winners were locked at 1-1 following an evenly contested 90
minutes, the Frenchman stroked home after Alvaro Morata and Thibaut Courtois
missed for Chelsea, in a shootout that trialled the new 'ABBA system'.
Chelsea's Victor Moses
opened the scoring when he reacted fastest to smash a loose ball past Petr Cech
in the 46th minute before Arsenal substitute Sead Kalasinac equalised in the
82nd minute, heading home to cap an impressive performance.
Chelsea's Pedro was
dismissed for a nasty lunge on Mohamed Elneny which led to Arsenal's equaliser,
while Arsene Wenger's side also handed a debut to record signing Alexandre
Lacazette.
Chelsea begin their
title defence when they host Burnley on Saturday, while Arsenal entertain Leicester
City on Friday to kick off the Premier League season.
At a sun-kissed
Wembley, Arsenal, who beat Chelsea in May to win the FA Cup, started brightly
with Lacazette, Danny Welbeck and Alex Iwobi all having early half-chances.
Arsenal's fluid front three continued to cause the Premier League champions
problems and midway through the half France forward Lacazette saw his curling
effort cannon off the post.
Chelsea, who cantered
to last season's league title, grew into the game and Spanish winger Pedro drew
a save from Cech with a fearsome drive following a swift counter-attack.
Chelsea's Willian was
then booked when referee Robert Madley judged the Brazilian to have dived as he
surged past Hector Bellerin into the Arsenal box.
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