MAIDEN START
Alexandre Lacazette scores first Arsenal goal
Arsenal’s record signing gives the team an injury scare after finding the net first
London — Alexandre Lacazette gave Arsenal an injury scare as the club’s record signing limped off after scoring his first home goal in Sunday’s 2-1 Emirates Cup defeat against Sevilla. Lacazette is under pressure after Arsene Wenger splashed out £52m to sign the France striker from Lyon earlier in July. The 26-year-old shrugged off an anonymous first half to mark his maiden start at the Emirates Stadium with Arsenal’s second-half equaliser after Joaquin Correa had put the Spaniards ahead. But Lacazette’s afternoon ended in pain when he was forced off in the closing stages of the pre-season friendly. With Arsenal due to face Chelsea in the Community Shield at Wembley on August 6, before opening their Premier League campaign against Leicester City five days later, Wenger will be hoping the injury is nothing serious. Steven N’Zonzi scored Sevilla’s winner, but Arsenal finished top of the four-team group on goals scored to clinch the Emirates Cup for a fifth time. Having thrashed Benfic...
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