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Arsenal 6 - Lyon 0: Gunners run riot in Emirates Cup tie
WHAT a pity those French strikers didn't blockade the Lyon goal instead of the Channel Tunnel. They could have stopped a slaughter!
Arsenal ran riot at the Emirates as they beat Lyon 6-0, which saw four goals in nine minutes
That's precisely what it was for at least nine first half minutes in which Arsenal tore the French to shreds with four goals of the highest quality from Olivier Giroud, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex Iwobi and Aaron Ramsey.
Most of those were set up by man of the match Mesut Ozil, who weighed in with one himself before Santi Cazorla got a superb sixth in the second half.
If they they can keep up these sort of shows Arsenal's Premier League rivals really had better watch out.
A virtuoso performance, in fact, watched by close on 60,000 for a 'friendly' that must have left Arsene Wenger wondering if this really is going to be Arsenal's season.
Ok, it was just a pre-season canter in the sun and Lyon were pretty poor. But when Arsenal turn on the style they really do look the part - and they turned on the style yesterday alright.
A delighted Wenger, who will play Petr Cech and Jack Wilshere against Wolfsburg today, declined to rule out any new signings, saying: "We are open minded, but when you score six goals the need is not so desperate."
And as far as next season is concerned he added: "Let's be cautious. We finished third in the league and won the FA Cup, but we definitely have more cohesion than last season."