Friendlies: Premier League Clubs

A review of Saturday's friendlies involving Premier League sides, action that saw Arsenal win while Chelsea and Manchester City drew.

Andrey Arshavin emerged off the bench to score twice as Arsenal secured a 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid in the Emirates Cup.

Arshavin looked to have won the game when he guided home with five minutes remaining, although their Spanish counterparts replied immediately though German Pacheco.

Just when it looked like being a frustrating day's work for Arsene Wenger's men at the Emirates, Arshavin squeezed the ball home from a virtually impossible angle to snatch the victory.

The competition had earlier got off to a tepid opening as Clydesdale Bank Premier League champions Rangers beat Paris St Germain 1-0 thanks to a scrappy winner from defender Madjid Bougherra.

The four-team tournament began with a minute's applause for Sir Bobby Robson, who died on Friday, aged 76.

The tribute to the former England manager was immaculate with the travelling Scottish fans joining in enthusiastically.

But the football served up by both sides was, for much of the game, typical of a pre-season affair.

The Scottish champions finally broke the deadlock in the 75th minute when a corner from Pedro Mendes was headed into the net by defender Bougherra via the underside of the crossbar and the back of Claude Makelele.

Kolo Toure hobbled out of his Manchester City debut after an hour as Mark Hughes' side played out an entertaining 1-1 draw at Barnsley.

City enjoyed long periods of dominance but substitute Daniel Bogdanovic was allowed room chase down a long ball and fire past Shay Given with seven minutes remaining, before Martin Petrov grabbed an 88th minute equaliser.

Toure was withdrawn following a tangle defending a Barnsley corner, but didn't appear to be in great discomfort as he departed down the tunnel.

Two goals in the final two minutes saw Chelsea fightback to earn a 2-2 draw with Reading at the Madejski Stadium.

A strong Chelsea team, which included the likes of Petr Cech, Ashley Cole, Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka, were behind at the break following Jimmy Kebe's strike and Scott Davies' free-kick.

Chelsea were a constant threat and the Reading defence had done well to keep the Blues at bay, but Salomon Kalou slotted home in the final minute and Reading captain Alex Pearce turned Florent Malouda's cross into his own net.

Celtic warmed up for the second leg of their Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Moscow in Russia on Wednesday in disappointing fashion as they slumped to a 2-1 friendly defeat against Sunderland.

Trailing 1-0 from Wednesday's first leg at Celtic Park, Hoops manager Tony Mowbray used this match to increase the fitness levels of his squad but he may have expected some more encouragement from the display.

Goals either side of the break from Kieran Richardson and Kenwyne Jones gave the visitors a well-deserved lead until Hoops midfielder Marc Crosas put a better spin on proceedings when he pulled a goal back.

An injury-time goal from Arnaud Mendy earned Derby a 2-2 friendly draw with Stoke.

Tony Pulis' Premier League side took the lead through Liam Lawrence's opener seven minutes in, only for Stephen Pearson to level four minutes after the break.

Ricardo Fuller then restored Stoke's lead with 25 minutes to go before Mendy again brought Nigel Clough's side back on even terms.

Marcus Tudgay's late strike helped Sheffield Wednesday recover from a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2 with Blackburn at Hillsborough.

The Premier League club raced ahead through goals from Ryan Nelson and Jason Roberts.

Akpo Sodje reduced the Owls' arrears but Blackburn had a chance to restore their two-goal advantage when Richard Wood was penalised for a foul on Steven Nzonzi.

However, El-Hadji Diouf's tame penalty was saved by Lee Grant and the rebound was scrambled clear by the Wednesday defence.

Brian Laws' side equalised through a superb volley from Tudgay.

Nottingham Forest saw off Birmingham 2-1 to complete their pre-season programme in impressive style.

Goals from David McGoldrick and substitute Robert Earnshaw secured the victory in a game they should have won by a greater margin.

City gave themselves a lifeline with 10 minutes remaining when Lee Carsley struck goal but the hosts held on comfortably.

Burnley were beaten 2-1 by League One side Leeds in their friendly at Turf Moor.

Despite missing a number of key players to injury, Leeds went ahead through Mike Grella and extended their lead thanks to Andy Robinson's strike.

David Edgar grabbed a consolation for Burnley late on.

Wigan's preparations for the new season suffered a setback at Carrow Road as they lost 3-2 at League One Norwich - after twice being ahead.

The Latics went in front after just nine minutes through Charles N'Zogbia's cool finish, but the impressive Canaries were back on level terms before the break as Chris Martin sidefooted home Jon Otsemobor's cross after some poor defending on the right.

Wigan quickly regained the lead through Cho Won-Hee who produced a superb finish after being set up by Jason Scotland's clever pass.

But the hosts had the final word, quickly equalising through Martin's second goal of the game before grabbing a winner after 76 minutes when Simon Whaley slipped the ball past keeper Mike Pollitt.

Steve Finnan limped off on his debut for Portsmouth, who were crushed 4-0 by Benfica in their second and final match in the City of Guimaraes Trophy.

Oscar Cardoza's curling 16th-minute free-kick gave the Portuguese giants the lead and four minutes later the same player doubled the advantage when he rounded off a flowing move.

Finnan was introduced for the second half but within 25 minutes he went off injured with what appeared to be a hamstring injury and before substitute Luke Wilkinson could replace the former Liverpool defender, Benfica made it 3-0 when Weldon headed home Carlos Martin's cross.

And Benfica's emphatic victory was sealed with five minutes left when Wilkinson turned Di Maria's cross into his own net.