Arsenal beats Lyon 3-2 to win Emirates Cup
Published
Aug. 1, 2010 7:43 p.m. ET

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Arsenal won the preseason Emirates Cup for a second straight year, beating Celtic 3-2 with goals from Carlos Vela, Bacary Sagna and Samir Nasri.
In Sunday's opener, Jimmy Briand of Lyon scored with 10 minutes left, giving the French club a 1-1 draw with AC Milan. On Saturday, Celtic tied Lyon 2-2, and Arsenal drew 1-1 with AC Milan.
On Sunday, Vela scored in the third minute and Sagna with less than a minute before halftime. Nasri added a goal in the 51st minute. For Celtic, Daryl Murphy struck in the 73rd minute and Ki Sung-Yueng in the 82nd.
Lyon, Champions League semifinalists last season, fell behind when Milan's Marco Borriello scored in the 55th minute. Briand tied it off a cross from Miralem Pjanic.
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