It was ex-Chelsea talisman, Peter Cech, who proved to be pivotal, as the Gunner won the International Champions Cup Match defeating the London Blues in penalties.
Chelsea no.9, Alvaro Morata spot kick was saved by Peter Cech in the first half of the match.
Chelsea dominated the game for most part of the first half.
It was defender Antonio Rudiger who provided the first goal of the match, as he thumped in a header from a corner to give Chelsea the lead.
The Gunners did improve after the first half break as Alexander Lacazette provided the much-needed equalizer with just 17 seconds left in the match.
The match was then decided on penalty shootout. Both Chelsea and Arsenal scored their respective first five spot kicks, until Chelsea midfielder, Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s kick was saved by Peter Cech.
Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea faces Pep Guardiola’s Premier League winners Manchester City on Sunday at Wembley in the Community Shield game.
The Gunners new manager, Unai Emery has injury concerns before the start of new season next week, as he lost two crucial members of his team in Sead Kolasinac and Aaron Ramsey.
Ramsey was on the team list to start the game, but he suffered a muscle injury during the warm-ups and had to be replaced by the 18-year-old Emile Smith Rowe in the playing XI.
It was Victor Moses challenge that seemed to have hurt Kolasinac in the knee.
Kolasinac will undergo scans for further information on the level of injury he sustained after the tackle.
Aaron Ramsay’s injury is not expected to be of much concern as said by Emery in the post-match conference. But he also added that the injury sustained by Kolasinac might be serious, though he also mentioned that he will be waiting for the scan to know better about the injury.
“We are very happy with the 90 minutes because the performance got better during the match,” said Emery.
