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Gabriel Jesus continued his impressive pre-season form by scoring another goal after Arsenal beat Chelsea 4-0 in a friendly in Florida on Saturday.

Joining Arsenal from Manchester City earlier this month, Jesus scored four goals in three appearances for his new club in front of 63,811 fans at Camping World Stadium in Orlando to win for the Gunners.

Another encouraging performance from Mikel Arteta’s side who took the lead with two goals in the first half after dominating the first 45 minutes.

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel could not hide his anger at the team’s poor first half, which was repeatedly subjected to deft counter-attacks from Arsenal.

Chelsea pulled off a promising attack in just five minutes when new player Raheem Sterling sent Timo Werner into space, but French defender William Saliba eliminated the threat with solid cover.

Arsenal should have started scoring right after Gabriel Martinelli exploded at half-time. The Brazilian crossed for Bukayo Saka, but his shot was blocked by Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.

Arsenal’s pressure finally paid off in the 15th minute after Chelsea’s Nathaniel Chalobah sent the ball home with a mistake straight for Granit Xhaka.

The Swiss international gave a good ball to Jesus, who for the first time calmly beat the fast Mendy and made the score 1:0. Martin Odegaard made it 2-0 for the Gunners  with another great performance in the 36th minute.

Paz Martinelli found the Norwegian playmaker in Chelsea’s space and the attacking midfielder spun neatly and shot below Mendy.

Chelsea’s best chance in a sluggish first half was when Mason Mount beat Aaron Ramedale in extra time but was brought down by Aaron Ramsdale who fired from the edge of the box but hit the post.

Arsenal extended the lead halfway through the second half when Saka hit a close-range home run after Mendy blocked Xhaka’s long-range shot.

Arsenal continued to create chances but had to wait until extra time for Albert Sambi Lokonga to score the fourth goal from a header  past  Mendy from a cross from Portugal international Cedric.