Arsenal look pretty stabile and confident if it’s to judge by the pre-season warm-up matches – which are used to prepare the team for the upcoming season. At the beginning of the month, Ipswich was defeated (5-1), then ten days ago, Mikel Arteta’s team defeated Nürnberg in Germany, and tonight they recorded their third win in a row – this one against Everton. The Toffees certainly had a reputation for being a more demanding rival than the English third league team and a member of the German second tier, but even they had no solution for Gabriel Jesus – 2-0.##NAJAVA_MECA_6511960##The Gunners should not base their euphoria on the fact that they are winning friendly matches. At the beginning of August, a completely different level of football and resistance awaits them in the Premier League, but it is certainly pleasing that Arsenal’s summer transfer bomb has started scoring goals since his debut. He bagged two against Nürnberg, and last night he added another one against Everton.The newly arrived striker of the London club, paid 52.2 million euros, did not have a difficult job when the ball came to his feet at the second post. In the manner of a classic goalscorer, he gave the nominal host the advantage in the 33rd minute, and just three minutes later, Bukayo Saka, with whom the club is negotiating a new contract, also had a fairly easy job in front of Jordan Pickford.The stopper tandem of Gabriel – William Saliba held the back line of Arsenal for about 70 minutes (they were later replaced), successfully neutralizing all attempts by the Toffees. Admittedly, the team from Goodison was left without their first striker Richarlison (transfer to Tottenham) this summer, and has not yet brought a replacement.At half-time, Mikel Arteta made five changes, while Frank Lampard replaced the entire line-up, and gave an opportunity to the experienced stopper James Tarkowski, who recently arrived at Goodison after the end of his contract with Burnley, to make his debut. On the other hand, Arsenal’s second most expensive signing this summer, Fabio Vieira, was not even on the bench, so fans of the London team will have to wait a little longer for the Portuguese’s debut.
