Arsenal 2-1 AC Milan: Arsenal won against AC Milan in the friendly battle for the Dubai Super Cup on Tuesday. Reiss Nelson contributed to the English success with a goal: 2-1.
The 23-year-old Nelson played on a loan for Feyenoord last season and has regularly been given the opportunity by Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta since his return. The attacker participated in seven official matches before the World Cup stop, two of which were in the Premier League. At the end of October, he was good for two more goals in the 5-0 win over Nottingham Forest.
Nelson also hopes to be able to make his playing minutes in the remainder of this season and at least drew the attention of Arteta and his staff again on Tuesday. With a deflected shot, the attacker made it 2-0 in the exhibition game against AC Milan. Martin Ødegaard had opened the scoring not long before with a free kick.
2nd half
Milan came back to 2-1 in the second half. Thanks to a striking header from the English defender Fikayo Tomori but that was it. Arsenal also won its second exhibition game in Dubai: Olympique Lyon was already defeated 3-0 earlier. The Arteta team now returns to London, where there will be sparring with Juventus. Before the Premier League continues on December 26. Arsenal, the leader of the league, will then play the derby with West Ham United.
At Arsenal, Ben White made his comeback. The defender went to the World Cup with England but returned home early. It was then communicated that this was for private reasons; however, the British tabloids found out that White had to leave training camp after an argument with assistant national coach Steve Holland. Just like White, Thomas Partey, who participated in the World Cup with Ghana, also played minutes in the Arsenal shirt on Tuesday.
