Bruno Guimaraes made his first appearance and Myles Lewis-Skelly scored amid speculation about his future as Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw by Como before winning 4-3 on penalties.\n\nGuimaraes, signed for £75m from Newcastle on Saturday, was introduced at half-time after Lewis-Skelly's opener had been cancelled out by Martin Baturina. Lewis-Skelly's goal came as he is linked with an Arsenal exit; he celebrated by making a heart gesture.\n\nGuimaraes received a warm welcome but Arsenal couldn't find a second-half winner. The shootout saw Guimaraes and fellow new signing Christos Tzolis among the scorers.

Mikel Arteta left out Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice and Martin Zubimendi despite their returns, but Eberechi Eze, David Raya, Mikel Merino and Noni Madueke made first cameos of pre-season.\n\nArsenal's attention now turns to Sunday's Community Shield against Manchester City at Wembley before their Premier League curtain-raiser against Coventry, live on Sky Sports, on Friday August 21.