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Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea: Gunners target Tammy Abraham nets the winner against London rivals as the Blues step up their preparations in opening game of the Mind Series... with Kai Havertz and Granit Xhaka also on target

Chelsea stepped up their preparations for the new campaign with a 2-1 pre-season friendly win at Arsenal.

In the opening game of the first ever Mind Series – a mini pre-season tournament also including Tottenham and organised to raise money for the UK’s leading mental health charity Mind – Chelsea edged out hosts Arsenal at The Emirates.

Arsenal fans got their first glimpse of £50m signing Ben White who made his mark with three goal-line clearances in a 45-minute second-half appearance.

Tammy Abraham celebrates after scoring the winning goal against Arsenal on Sunday
Abraham applied a cool finish following a really poor mistake from Hector Bellerin

Abraham applied a cool finish following a really poor mistake from Hector Bellerin

The striker has been linked with Arsenal in recent weeks and showed them what he can do

But it was another Gunners transfer target Tammy Abraham who was the match-winner with Arsenal seemingly denied a late equaliser through Joe Willock with goal line technology not in operation for the game.