SV Mattersburg 1 - 2 Arsenal

SV Mattersburg 1 - 2 Arsenal

Arsenal continued their pre-season with rather lucky win against SV Mattersburg.

"Tomas Rosicky made his Arsenal debut as Arsène Wenger’s side got their Austrian tour off to a winning start at SV Mattersburg on Tuesday night.

Goals from Jeremie Aliadiere and Justin Hoyte gave the visitors the advantage before Jurgen Patocka replied with 20 minutes of the match remaining."

The Austrians have already started their domestic compaign so this was a good test of fitness for the young gunners as well that those players returning from holidays. Hopefully an almost full strength side can line-up in the next game to really kick Arsenal's pre-season into gear.

On the transfer front it looks like Arsenal will be receiving £1.5m from Liverpool via Birmingham for Pennant. It'll be interesting to see how Pennant gets on if the move goes ahead.

Arsene Wenger has tried to cool talk of Cole leaving the club. You have to think though this he's just holding out for as much money as possible. This whole thing reminds me a lot of Anelka's move away from the club. It's clear to see which side benefitted most from that deal. I'm sure Arsenal will hold out for the same in any Cole deal.