Mikel Arteta’s reigning champions hosted newly promoted Coventry in the first game of the 2026-27 Premier League season.
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Arsenal have never retained a Premier League title, but they’ll be looking to change that now they’ve finally ended their 22-year drought.
It took just 16 minutes for the Gunners to open the scoring, with Havertz sweeping home from the edge of the box.
Some fantastic pressure from new signing Christos Tzolis saw the ball roll to left-back Riccardo Calafiori, who played it right to the German.