Viktor Gyökeres' first start in an Arsenal shirt couldn't prevent his new club from suffering a 3-2 preseason to defeat to Villarreal on Wednesday after a performance manager Mikel Arteta branded as "naive.

Cristhian Mosquera and Martin Zubimendi were introduced for the second half and we started to put the Villarreal goal under more pressure. Nwaneri had a long-range free-kick saved before Gyokeres and Merino both forced saves from Luiz Junior.