Our youngsters had a difficult game but came away with a 2-1 success over Barnet in our now familiar pre-season friendly.

Our first half performance lacked luster and included many of the first-team players like Manuel Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Gael Clichy, Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner and a debut to £5million Aaron Ramsey.

However, Barnet opened the scoring and through Kenny Gillet, who beat Almunia down low at his near post... a bit worrying.

The second half was played with 11 substitutes and two of those players managed to find the back of the net as Arsenal claimed a 2-1 success.

Firstly Jay Simpson, who spent time with Millwall last season, finished off a fine move from eight yards out before teenage Dutch striker Nacer Barazite secured the win on 73 minutes.

I believe Barazite has been a steady success in the reserves and now deserves a chance in the first team to prove his worth on the big stage - but will Arsene give him the chance this season? If we have a similar nightmare with injuries to our strike force like last season then he may not have too much choice - Especially without any front playing signings so far.