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.

Arsenal suffered a 3-2 defeat to Villarreal in their latest pre-season outing. Scorers: Nørgaard 36, Ødegaard (pen) 76'; Pépé 16', Etta Eyong 33', Danjuma 68'The visitors raced into a two-goal

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.