MLS All-Stars vs. Arsenal: Score and Reaction from MLS All-Star Game 2016

It took a dramatic late goal from Chuba Akpom, but the Premier League’s Arsenal outlasted the MLS All-Stars, 2-1, in Thursday’s MLS All-Star Game in San Jose, California.

The Gunners also received a first-half goal off Joel Campbell’s penalty kick, while Didier Drogba scored the lone goal for MLS. Arsenal snapped a two-game MLS winning streak in the event, as the All-Stars beat Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur in their previous two matches.

Paul Carr of ESPN Stats & Info noted Arsenal’s triumph was the first win by a London team over the MLS All-Stars:

Final: MLS 1-2 ArsenalArsenal is the first London club to beat the MLS All-Stars. pic.twitter.com/sl6TvqjL1t

— Paul Carr (@PCarrESPN) July 29, 2016

Arsenal wasn’t in midseason form as it builds toward the upcoming Premier League campaign, but it managed 52 percent of the possession and seven shots on goal, compared to four for MLS, per ESPN FC.

Pace was not an issue in the initial few minutes. Arsenal’s Theo Walcott nearly found the net on an early set piece before goalkeeper Andre Blake turned it away, and the MLS All-Stars failed to convert a golden scoring opportunity when Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech blocked Giovani Dos Santos from close range.

The quick back-and-forth action led to an early goal after Arsenal found Campbell with a long ball and Laurent Ciman fouled him in the box as he was moving toward an open shot on goal. Campbell buried the subsequent penalty kick, as MLS shared:

Tucked away. Campbell sneaks one past Andre Blake to put @Arsenal in …

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