Rice and Havertz make mark as Arsenal crush MLS All Stars
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Declan Rice made his Arsenaldebut and Kai Havertz scored his first goal for the Gunners as Mikel Arteta's side hammered the Major League Soccer All Star team 5-0 in a friendly at Audi Field on Wednesday.
Rice became the most expensive British player in history when Arsenal signed the England midfielder from West Ham for a reported £105 million ($137.5 million, 122.4 million euros).
The England international was introduced from the bench in the 65th minute to huge cheers from the overwhelmingly Arsenal supporting crowd.
German Havertz, who joined Arsenal from London rivals Chelsealast month, was brought on after half-time and grabbed the fifth goal in the 89th minute.
The Premier League runners-up, began their pre-season tour of the United States, in style with Gabriel Jesus's brilliant chip in the fifth minute.
The move began with a smart ball out wide from Jorginho to Bukayo Saka and after he burst inside the ball fell to Jesus who took one glance and lofted the ball in off the far post.
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FootballThere was an opening for the MLS team, coached by D.C. United manager Wayne Rooney, to get a quick reply but former Liverpool forward Christian Benteke mis-controlled the ball inside the box.
Saka had a hand in Arsenal's second goal, in the 23rd minute, bursting down the right and then picking out Leandro Trossard who created himself some space before firing home a superb strike.
Rooney said he hadn't had time to do any tactical work with his team, made up of players from across the North American league, and it showed as Arsenal totally dominated.
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