Arsenal 4 Watford 1: Gunners smash Hornets in pre-season rout with goals from Lazacette, Tierney, Nketiah and Azeez

ARSENAL thrashed Watford 4-1 in a pre-season friendly at London Colney on Wednesday.

Goals from Alexandre Lacazette, Kieran Tierney, Miguel Azeez and Eddie Nketiah sealed the win for Mikel Arteta’s side.

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Arsenal took no prisoners at Colney as they thrashed Watford 4-1 in a pre-season friendly[/caption]

Philip Zinckernagel scored the only goal for the Hornets as Arsenal made a big statement in the behind-closed-doors fixture.

Nketiah opened the scoring after 15 minutes – cutting inside from the left and smashing a right-footed effort into the bottom right corner.

Zinckernagel equalised quarter of an hour later after Mohamed Elneny was dispossessed inside Arsenal’s half which let the Watford man finish past Bernd Leno from close range.

Lacazette made it 2-1 from the spot with little over 20 minutes to go in the second-half.

The Frenchman won and scored the penalty.

Tierney as good as sealed the win on 75 minutes – stabbing home an Emile Smith Rowe cross from close range.

And Azeez capped off a fine performance with an equally fine with six minutes of normal time to go.

He received the ball on the edge of the box from a corner before bending a delightful left-footed effort into the far left corner.

Arsenal are now set to face London rivals Chelsea and Tottenham on August 1 and 8 respectively.

Arsenal’s imminent £50million signing Ben White was also reportedly seen at Colney on Wednesday afternoon.

The Gunners have chased the Brighton and England defender for much of the summer and had a £50m bid accepted earlier this month.

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Miguel Azeez made it 4-1 with the best goal of the game[/caption]

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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang started the game for the Gunners[/caption]

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Mikel Arteta barked instructions from the sidelines throughout[/caption]

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White agreed personal terms but the move was delayed by his late call-up into Gareth Southgate’s final England squad for Euro 2020.

An official announcement has been further delayed by White’s post-tournament holiday, with the defender enjoying a break in Mykonos, Greece.

But White is now back in the UK and is expected to be announced as an Arsenal player in a matter of hours.

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