The home side went a goal up through a very well taken shot but Al Nasr’s Ronnie Fernandez. His strike went in elegantly off the post much to the surprise of onlooking spectators in the stadium who were mainly Arsenal fans. Despite having most of the possession in the first half Arsenal looked very average with little threat going forward. Former German international Mesut Özil got most of the cheers when he played passes across the field to teammates. Arsenal had the occasional attempt on goal but mostly failed to unlock Al Nasr’s defence.
Former Manchester City striker Álvaro Negredo had several chances for the home side who had managed to gather more support from the neutral fans in the ground as the game went on.