Trossard scores twice and Havertz scores in an eight-goal thriller as Arsenal defeat Barcelona, 5-3

In the seventh minute, Robert Lewandowski scored the game's opening goal with a predatory tap-in that cost Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.

Abde Ezzalzouli made a bursty, frantic run that Raphinha took advantage of, but the goalkeeper wonderfully blocked his effort. It doesn't matter since there is a Polish fox in the box to casually poke home.

Bukayo Saka, who arrived after six minutes, brought the situation back to parity. The England dynamo kept his feet moving in enough to pounce on Andreas Christensen's clumsy touch and loft the ball over Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Christensen seemed to have concrete inside his Adidas.

After Arsenal was awarded a penalty in the 21st minute for a handball foul by Ronald Araujo, Saka had the opportunity to increase his score, but his attempt missed wide to the right, causing the Londoner to curl over in disappointment.

Raphinha, who had some assistance from the Arsenal wall on way to surprising Ramsdale, would have added to his agony.

Barca was only able to hold onto their advantage for a short period of time, in this case nine minutes, for the second time in the game. Saka, who had raised suspicion down the flank, as seen by the Blaugrana.

Thanks to Thomas Party's quick thinking, the Arsenal star was found in space down the right, where he sprinted at Christensen, sending the Dane to the ground before lofting the pass to Odegaard inside the box.

On the 43rd minute, Kai Havertz's alert shin met the Norwegian's flicked header, giving him two goals on his first summer tour with the North London club.

Despite the score being tied at 2-2 at the break, Arsenal would have had cause to be resentful. Mikel Arteta's team ultimately got it right.

The game was delayed by 36 minutes due to the pitch issues and legendary Los Angeles traffic, but by the time it was over, time didn't matter; the 90 minutes seemed like just a few seconds, at least to Arsenal supporters.

On the 55th minute, Leandro Trossard gave Arsenal its first-ever lead, 3-2, by firing a left-footed laser down the SoFi grass and millimeters inside the far post.

The Belgian had scored a second goal before Barcelona could respond thanks to a sharp cross from Kieran Tierney. After the festivities were over, Trossard was replaced, bringing an end to his night.

While Trossard's second in the 78th minute may have ended Barcelona's comeback aspirations, Ferran Torres made sure to put up a conclusion worthy of the fervent 70,223 people crammed inside the stadium Stan created.