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Mo Salah and Fabio Carvalho scored first-half goals to give Liverpool a 2-1 victory over Arsenal on Wednesday, while Chelsea advanced and Manchester United beat Real Betis 3-2 in pre-season matches.
Kai Havertz scored Arsenal’s goal in front of a crowd of 69,879 at the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles Stadium.
In friendlies in the United States, Chelsea beat Club America of Mexico 3-0, AC Milan beat Real Madrid 1-0 and Manchester United beat Real Betis 3-2.
Egypt’s Salah opened the scoring for Liverpool in the minute, beating defenders to catch Harvey Elliott’s defensive pass.
The striker ignored the action of Arsenal centre-back Gabriel and fired a low left-footed shot past Arsenal goalkeeper Karl Hein.
Carvalho doubled Liverpool’s lead in the 34th minute, with Elliott assisting.
The 21-year-old Portuguese winger received a perfectly inserted pass from Elliott in the area and fired an accurate right-footed volley into Hein’s legs.
Arsenal reduced the lead in the 40th minute when Havertz scored from close range past Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher after Martin Odegaard spotted him in the penalty area.
A goalless moment ensured the triumph of Liverpool’s new Dutch manager, Arne Slot, who replaced Jürgen Klopp.
Arsenal’s 22-year-old Italian defender Riccardo Calafiori is not in the Gunners’ line-up.
In San Diego, Real Betis took the lead from the start thanks to Iker Losada’s goal in the 15th minute.
The lead lasted only three minutes as Romain Perraud fouled Manchester United’s Amad Diallo in the box and Marcus Rashford blasted home from the spot.
Diallo put the Old Trafford club ahead in the 24th minute and Casemiro added a left-footed shot from Rashford’s pass to make it 3-1 at half-time.
Diego Llorente’s header in the 61st minute. Betis returns.
In Atlanta, Chelsea’s French striker Christopher Nkunku disallowed a penalty in the 3rd minute to allow the players to break against their Mexican club rivals.
The 18-year-old Spanish Marc Guiu scored the goal with a header in the 21st minute.
Winger Noni Madueke scored Arsenal’s penalty in the 79th minute to seal a 3-0 victory.
In Chicago, Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze’s goal in the 55th minute gave AC Milan a 1-0 victory over Real Madrid.
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