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Arsenal rounded off their Australia tour with a 3-1 win over Western Sydney Wanderers

Arsenal rounded off their Australia tour with a 3-1 win over Western Sydney Wanderers at the ANZ Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Olivier Giroud , Aaron Ramsey and Mohamed Elneny all found a way through for the visitors, making it two wins from two in Australia prior to jetting off to the Far East for friendlies against Bayern Munich and Chelsea over the next seven days.Picking up from where he left off against Sydney FC two days ago, when coming off the bench to net on his debut, Alexandre Lacazette found his way into a shooting position with just two minutes on the clock.For all Arsenal’s dominance they were unable to create too many chances in the opening half an hour, however, with their opponents working hard to keep things tight.That all changed once Giroud opened the scoring 33 minutes in, converting from a few yards out when spotted by Nacho Monreal, who linked up well with Lacazette to create some space for the breakthrough moment.
Monreal claimed an assist for the second goal, too, this time from much deeper as his ball over the top was latched on to by Ramsey, allowing the Welshman to loft the ball over a stranded Janjetovic.Wanderers were struggling to really get at their opponents, They had a lifeline just short of the hour mark after Steven Lustica smashed the ball into the roof of the net from close range, having been awarded an indirect free kick following David Ospina ‘s decision to pick up a back-pass.