Ruben has a Cheek to miss a pen
ROUND-UP & RESULTS
ENGLAND World Cup star Ruben Loftus-Cheek came back down to earth with a bump last night.
The Russia 2018 semifinalist missed the decisive spot-kick for Chelsea as Arsenal came from behind to win the International Champions Cup clash in Dublin.
Fellow Blues kid, Callum Hudson-Odoi was brilliant, setting up Antonio Rudiger for the fifth-minute opener.
Chelsea should have been out of sight as Hudson-Odoi won a penalty, only for Petr Cech to save Alvaro Morata’s spot-kick.
Morata missed several other chances, and in injury-time Alexandre Lacazette earned Arsenal the shootout with a stoppage-time strike.
The Frenchman rammed the ball home from Reece Nelson’s cross to set up penalties, with Alex Iwobi converting the winner.
Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea looked to be on their way to a third-successive pre-season win – thanks to another electric showing from teen Hudson-Odoi.
Arsenal simply could not handle 17-year-old Hudson Odoi’s pace at the Aviva Stadium and Chelsea could have put this game to bed long before the leveller.
Chelsea took the lead when Rudiger thumped home a header from Cesc Fabregas’ corner.
Hudson-Odoi was then felled by Hector Bellerin in the area – but Morata shot too close to Cech.
Then the Spain striker miskicked from another Hudson-Odoi cross, fluffed a simple header – and then failed again when the youngster put him through one on one with Cech.
Arsenal saw Lacazette shoot wide when clean through, and young Chelsea keeper Marcin Bulka saved brilliantly from Iwobi.
But Lacazette had the last word. ROSENBORG ..... 0 CELTIC ............. 0
Basel 0, PAOK 3 (agg: 1-5); Midtjylland 0, Astana 0 (agg: 1-2); Qarabag 3, Kukesi 0 (agg: 3-0); Suduva 0, Red Star Belgrade 2 (agg: 0-5); PENALTY WOE Loftus-Cheek HJK Helsinki 1, BATE Borisov 2 (agg: 1-2); Malmo 1, Cluj-Napoca 1 (agg: 2-1); Sturm Graz 1, Ajax 3 (agg: 1-5); Vidi 1, Ludogorets 0 (agg: 1-0). Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1 (Arsenal win 6-5 on pens).
Irn-Bru Challenge Cup Preliminary rd –
Inverurie Loco Works 2, Fraserburgh 2 (Inverurie win 5-4 on pens).
Dalbeattie 1, East Kilbride 3; East Stirling 1, BSC Glasgow 1; Edinburgh Uni 1, Spartans 1; Selkirk 0, Gretna 8; Stirling Uni 2, Civil Service Strollers 0. Clachnacuddin 1, Brora Rangers 4; Strathspey Thistle 1, Wick Academy 5. Forres Mechanics 3, Rothes 2; Nairn County 8, Elgin City 0.
– – East of Scotland qualifying League Group Stage –
Arniston 1, Tranent 14; Hawick Royal Albert 2, Blackburn 7; Lothian Th HV 5, Easthouses 0; Tweedmouth 1, Ormiston 2; Sauchie 2, Linlithgow Rose 0; Stirling Uni 3, Inverkeithing 5; Burntisland 0, Musselburgh 1; Dunipace 3, Preston 1; Bo’ness 2, Leith 1; Oakley 1, Jeanfield 3; Tynecastle 3, Peebles 3.
Abbey Vale 3, Nithsdale 1; Annan 0, Upper Annandale 2; Dumfries 1, Lochmaben 4; Heston Rovers 1, Lochar 2; Mid Annandale 12, Newton Stewart 0; St Cuthbert’s 1, Bonnyton 2; Stranraer 2, Wigton & Bladnoch 0; Threave 4, Creetown 0.
West League Cup Group Stage Group 1–
Whitletts 2, Girvan 1; Maybole 2, Annbank 6. Irvine Meadow 5, Troon 2; Irvine Vics 0, Craigmark 2.
Kello 3, Lugar 1; Muirkirk 1, Cumnock 1 (Muirkirk win 5-3 on pens). Auchinleck 2, Hurlford 1; Darvel 1, Glenafton 6. Kilwinning 3, Largs Th 2; Saltcoats 2, Ardeer 3 (Saltcoats win 7-6 on pens). Beith 0, Kilbirnie 1; Dalry 1, Ardrossan 0. Port Glasgow 1, St Anthony’s 0; Renfrew 3, Greenock 3 (Greenock win 5-4 on pens). Arthurlie 4, Neilston 4 (Arthurlie win 4-2 on pens); Benburb 2, Johnstone Burgh 0.
Vale of Leven 2, Vale of Clyde 1; Yoker 0, Clydebank 6. Maryhill 1, Shettleston 3; Pollok 2, Rossvale 2 (Rossvale win 4-1 on pens), Petershill 3, Ashfield 0; St Roch’s 1, Rob Roy 3.
Cumbernauld 4, Perthshire 1; Gartcairn 3, Kilsyth 2. Bellshill 1, Cambuslang 3; Thorniewood 2, Royal Albert 1.
Blantyre 6, Larkhall 1; East Kilbride 3, Glencairn 1. Wishaw 3, Forth 3 (Wishaw win 5-3 on pens). Lanark 5, Newmains 0; Lesmahagow 5, Carluke 1.
3– – – International Champions Cup – Lowland League – North of Scotland Cup 1st rd: North South of Scotland League – Group 5 – Group 6 – Group 7 – Group 9 – UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying rd 2nd leg –
AEK Larnaca v Dundalk (4.30), AIK v FC Nordsjaelland (6.0), AZ v Kairat, Admira Wacker Modling v CSKA Sofia (6.0), Alashkert FC v Sutjeska (4.0), Apollon Limassol v Zeljeznicar (6.0), Asteras Tripoli v (7.0), Atromitos v Dinamo Brest (6.15), BK Hacken v RB Leipzig (5.30), Besiktas v B36 Torshavn (7.0), Bordeaux v Ventspils, Burnley v Crusaders v Olimpija Ljubljana (8.0), Dinamo Minsk v Dunajska Streda (5.0), Domzale v Ufa (KO 7.30), FC Copenhagen v Stjarnan (7.0), FC Drita v F91 Dudelange, FCSB v Rudar Velenje (7.30), FH Hafnarfjordur v Hapoel Haifa (8.15), Flora Tallinn v Apoel Nicosia (5.0), La Fiorita v FK Spartaks Jurmala, Laci v Molde (4.0), Lech Poznan v Shakhtyor (7.45).
Lillestrom v LASK Linz (5.30), Lincoln Red Imps v The New Saints FC (6.0), Maribor v Chikhura Sachkhere (7.15), Mariupol v Djurgarden (6.0), Progres Niederkorn v Budapest Honved (6.0), Radnicki Nis v Maccabi Tel-Aviv (8.0), v Osijek, Rio Ave v Jagiellonia Bialystock (8.0), Sarajevo v Atalanta (KO 7.15), Sarpsborg 08 v St Gallen, Slavia Sofia v Hajduk Split (5.0), Slovan Bratislava v Balzan Youths (6.30), Sparta Prague v Spartak (6.0), Trakai v Partizan Belgrade (5.0), Trencin v Gornik Zabrze (4.30), Ujpesti v Sevilla (8.0), Vaduz v FK Zalgiris Vilnius (6.0), Valletta v Zrinjski Mostar (5.0), Valur Reykjavik v Santa Coloma (9.0), Vikingur v Torpedo Kutaisi (7.0), Vitesse v Viitorul (7.0).
Hibs Group 2 – Group 11 – Group 13 – Group 4 – Group 8 – Group 10 – Group 15 – Group 16 –
(7.45 unless stated)
Aberdeen, Rangers East Group Group 12 Group 14