In London at the home stadium Arsenal Emirates Stadium completed a traditional friendly tournament, sponsored by the company Fly Emirates.
This year in the tournament, except for the hosts, took part Sevilla, Benfica and RB Leipzig.
Feature of the tournament is the accrual of points. In addition to the standard 3 for winning, 1 for a draw, for a point each team is added for the goal scored.
After the first game day, Arsenal had 8 points, Sevilla - 4, Benfica - 2, and Leipzig - 0. That is, Arsenal needed not to lose Sevilla more than two goals to win the tournament. And it happened, the Gunners lost with the score 1: 2, but still won the Emirates Cup for the fifth time out of nine possible. The third was Seville, Leipzig - the third.
RB Leipzig - Benfica 2: 0.
Goals: Halstenberg, 19, Composer, 53 Arsenal - Sevilla 1: 2.
Goals: Lacazette, 62 - Correa, 49, Nzoni, 69.