London’s Arsenal played its first friendly match today as part of its tour in the USA. The opponent of the Gunners in this friendly was another representative of the Premier League - Bournemouth.
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The match ended in a draw, 1:1, and in the penalty shootout, luck smiled on Arsenal - 5:4.
Two Ukrainian legionnaires participated in this match. Ilya Zabarnyi played the full match for Bournemouth and received a yellow card, while Oleksandr Zinchenko came on as a substitute in the 63rd minute for Arsenal and converted the post-match penalty.