Lewis-Skelly’s goal, which followed a poor pass from Como goalkeeper Jean Butez, came amid reports the teenage midfielder could be leaving Arsenal. Bruno Guimaraes made his first Arsenal appearance as the Premier League champions were held to a 1-1 draw by Como in their final pre-season friendly at the Emirates on Wednesday. Guimaraes, signed for a reported 75 million pound ($101 million) from top-flight rivals Newcastle last week, was introduced at half-time after Myles Lewis-Skelly’s opening goal for Arsenal had been cancelled out by Martin Baturina.
Bruno Guimaraes made his first Arsenal appearance as the Premier League champions were held to a 1-1 draw by Como in their final pre-season friendly at the Emirates on Wednesday.
“He was really pushing to play some minutes today. Arteta left out Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice and Martin Zubimendi despite their returns from World Cup duty this week, but there were first pre-season cameos for Eberechi Eze, David Raya, Mikel Merino and Noni Madueke. The 19-year-old celebrated his goal by making a heart gesture with his hands, in Arsenal’s last friendly before Sunday’s Community Shield against Manchester City. The two sides played out a penalty shootout after the game with Arsenal winning 4-3 as new signing Christos Tzolis powered in the decisive spot-kick.
“He only had three training sessions, but he looked good,” said Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta of Guimaraes. Gunners midfielder Mikel Merino, looking ahead to the Community Shield, told the club’s social media channels: “It’s another final and we want to win, we want to give the fans more happiness.
