Mikel Arteta's side came back from a goal down to beat Manchester United 2-1 at the state of the art SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday evening here in sunny California.

The Gunners did well to rally following Rasmus Hojlund's early goal to put United 1-0 ahead.

However, the North Londoners kept their cool and grabbed a leveller just 20 minutes later through Gabriel Jesus. The second half saw a raft of changes in front of 62,486 including a certain Justin Bieber, prior to substitute Gabi Martinelli netting a deserved winner for the Gunners late on.

Karl Hein: 6/10 - The 22-year-old Estonian started with an excellent save from Amad, but could perhaps have done more when Hojlund’s fired home through his legs

Ben White: 7/10 - The well-refreshed defender will probably recall this match more for meeting Justin Bieber after the game. Mostly untroubled by United’s nascent forward line

Ayden Heaven: 6.5/10 - Hojlund powered past him for United's goal, but apart from that, gave another solid performance, once again showing courage in playing the ball out from the back despite tight spaces. 

Jurrien Timber: 7.5 - The Dutch defender was signed to be a left-back, but it appears the former Ajax star can also perform at centre-back. An exciting season awaits for this talented backline star 

Alex Zinchenko: 6.5 - The experienced Ukraine defender returned on the left hand side of defence, having started as a sub against Bournemouth at LA Galaxy on Wednesday and looked more in rhythm with the game at the SoFi 

Jorginho: 6.5/10 - Good to see the stylish former Chelsea midfielder get more minutes in his legs after being omitted from the starting XI vs Bournemouth in midweek. Albeit when replacing Heaven

Ethan Nwaneri: 8/10 - Another mature performance from the 17-year-old. Looks increasingly at home on the big platform and was a constant threat to United 

Martin Odegaard: 7.5/10 - The Arsenal captain is a class act on and off the ball

Leandro Trossard: 7/10 - Always works hard which is a facet Arteta loves. Still finding his rhythm after a few weeks off following Euro 2024 appearances for Belgium

Reiss Nelson - 5/10: Not as influential as he would have liked, but the more pertitinent question is simply whether the 24-year-old will still be at Arsenal come the season opener vs Wolves on Saturday, August 17

Gabriel Jesus: 7.5/10 - Never let the United backline settle and took his goal well for Arsenal's opener. Benefitted from the summer off after missing out making the Selecao for Brazil's Copa America campaign

SUBS

Jakub Kiwior: 7/10 - Replaced Heaven during the interval to immediately restablish Arsenal's backline security.

Salah: 7/10 - Comfortable

Josh Nichols: 6.5/10 - The small full-back was part of five subs introduced during the second period

Myles Lewis-Skelly: 6.5/10 - Opted to stay when other Arsenal Academy colleagues departed for bigger numbers. Yet, his persistence on and off the field will surely open more doors in North London than anywhere else

Gabriel - 6/10: Big Gabi came on for his first pre-season appearance to try to make Arsenal more defensively secure. It worked.

Fabio Vieira - 6.5/10 - Swapped with Trossard to play mainly on the right hand side. Helped on Martinelli’s winner.

Thomas Partey - 5/10 - Looked the part in midfield after replacing Zinchenko

Eddie Nketiah: 5/10 - On for Jesus but was sadly anonymous 

Gabriel Martinelli - 8.5: - Absolutely impressive after coming on late on to score the winner

Kai Havertz - 6: Here's hoping for another decent season. Not enough purchase on an early header but the extra minutes will benefit the Gunners frontman

SUBS NOT USED:

Tommy Setford,

Lucas Nygaard,

Alexie Rojas,

Omar Rekik,

Michel Rosiak

Jimi Gower

Charles Sagoe Jr