As we look ahead to a hopefully high-scoring win for Arsenal against Benfica tonight, I thought I’d have a look back to the last time we played the Portugese giants. Strangely enough, considering how long both teams have been around, we have never met Benfica in any European competition before.
But the last time we met was in the Emirates Cup in July 2017 and it ended up as an excellent 5-2 win in our favour, thanks to goals from Theo Walcott, who scored the first two as we ended up even at the break at 2-2. Then Lopez scored an own goal 7 minutes into the second half, followed by a strike each for Giroud and Iwobi to put the game beyond doubt.
Enjoy!