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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23455192" data-attributes="member: 158020">Atletico Madrid 1 Arsenal 1 (Atletico win 3-1 on pens): Smith Rowe stars in Emery's new-look side<img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/26/13/4E968CA700000578-5995065-image-a-67_1532609364110.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Arsenal prospect Emile Smith Rowe scored a superb solo goal to earn  his team a 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid in the International  Champions Cup as Unai Emery was treated to a showcase of the potential  in his squad. The 17-year-old attacking midfielder impressed throughout the first  of Arsenal's three pre-season friendlies in Singapore and showed just  why he is one of the club's most talked-about young players when he  scored from outside the box early in the second half.The  goal cancelled out Luciano Vietto's opener for Atletico, who were  without the likes of Antoine Griezmann, Diego Godin and Jose Gimenez but  nevertheless exposed Arsenal's defensive frailties on occasion and  looked the better organised of the two teams.Arsenal's  young guns failed to fire in the penalty shoot-out, though, with Joe  Willock and Eddie Nketiah missing their spot-kicks along with Henrikh  Mkhitaryan as Atletico triumphed 3-1.Emery gave valuable minutes  to new additions Bernd Leno and Sokratis Papastathopoulos in a side that  blended youth and experience, with Alexandre Lacazette looking sharp as  he prepared to continue the good form he enjoyed in 2017-18.Atletico, whose first competitive test of the season will come when  they face Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup on August 15, improved as  the game unfolded and were unfortunate not to find a winner as Arsenal's  error-prone defence began to tire. Playing a similar system to that employed primarily by Arsene  Wenger last season, Arsenal started with Aaron Ramsey and new signing  Matteo Guendouzi protecting the defence as Lacazette spearheaded a front  four featuring young attackers Reiss Nelson and Smith Rowe.Nelson  sped to the by-line after four minutes and crossed to the far post but  couldn't quite pick out Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who sliced a shot  wide from a deep Smith Rowe corner moments later as Arsenal looked  dangerous early on.Having started slowly, Diego Simeone's  under-strength Atletico team came to life when Juanfran burst into the  box just before the half-hour mark and pulled the ball back to Angel  Correa, whose first-time shot was headed clear by Shkodran Mustafi.Ramsey  threaded a pass in behind the Atletico defence where Lacazette thumped  the ball onto the palms of the alert Jan Oblak, who was tested again  when the French forward played a neat one-two with Smith Rowe and tried  another low shot.Having dominated the first half, Arsenal were  undone four minutes before the break when Correa turned Rob Holding and  crossed to the unmarked Vietto, whose diving header from the right side  of the box found the far corner of the net before Leno could react.The  second half was just two minutes old when Smith Rowe picked the ball up  30 yards from goal and jinked his way between two defenders and drove  the ball into the top right corner of the net with a confidence that  cannot have failed to impress the watching Emery.In contrast to  their fluency going forward, Arsenal looked edgy and unsure of  themselves in defence and Atletico should have restored their lead when  Guendouzi failed to clear the ball in the six-yard box but Joaquin Munoz  fired over the bar from point-blank range.Emery  sent on Sokratis as he made mass second-half substitutions, with Calum  Chambers and Mkhitaryan also featuring in the last half hour as the game  lost its shape.The last of Arsenal's chances fell to young  forward Nketiah, who burst down the right flank and flashed a shot  across the face of goal but his effort was saved by Antonio Adan as  Atletico held firm.Adan then starred in the shoot-out, saving  from Mkhitaryan, Willock and Nketiah before taking the winning kick  himself and burying it in the top right corner of the net.</blockquote>

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