Arsenal's pitch side presence will be complemented by their impressive start to the 2026-27 campaign following a 3-0 Community Shield victory at Principality Stadium, Cardiff on Sunday against Manchester City.
The Canaries side had a fantastic display against one of their premier league rivals with the introduction of Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz and Riccardo Calafiori.
The Gunners only took 23 seconds to go ahead.
Myles Lewis-Skelly picked up the ball and was able to break through City's defence with a well-weighted pass in the direction of Calafiori, who was running into the penalty area and calmly slotting it over Gianluigi Donnarumma.
It was an ideal beginning to Arsenal's season, and a swift blow for Enzo Maresca in his first game in charge of Manchester City.
City tried to come back and started to create more chances, but whenever Arsenal were at attack, they were always a danger.
City produced one of their first significant attempts in the 20th minute with Phil Foden, but David Raya made a good save to his left with the ball low.
Havertz doubled Arsenal's lead in the 28th minute.
New signing Christos Tzolis had his shot returned across goal for Havertz to hit beyond Donnarumma from a cross towards the back post.
The assist was an impressive first time on the court for Tzolis, who would have another pivotal role after the break.
Before half-time Manchester City were looking to take the lead, and their attacking duo of Erling Haaland and Jeremy Doku had shot their way through the defensive array to score, but Raya and his defence were enough to frustrate Maresca's side.
Odegaard also got within a whisker of scoring his third goal before half-time, but Josko Gvardiol swiped his shot wide.
Arsenal's more clinical style proved to be the better option in the first half, as they stormed 2-0 up into the locker room.
The Gunners started the second half much the same way as the first.
Tzolis took possession back on the left just three minutes into the second half, where he found Odegaard inside the box.
The Arsenal skipper was able to step past the City defence, bypass Donnarumma and finish past him to make it 3-0.
This was Tzolis' second assist of the game on his debut game for Arsenal.
Maresca came up with a few save attempts to try and save the game.
Some of the substitutions made included Haaland for Omar Marmoush, Rayan Cherki, Rico Lewis, Marc Guehi and Jack Grealish.
Arteta also found the easy times to add minutes to the ranks of Bukayo Saka, Piero Hincapie, Viktor Gyokeres, Declan Rice, Martin Zubimendi and Eberechi Eze.
After the changes, City made up ground, but Cherki got Raya's attention in the far post again with a long-range strike.
City also had one downer with Antoine Semenyo finding one of their best opportunities late in the game but Raya was quick for the plank.
It was a game in which Arsenal were just as threatening, and Saka made another exciting attacking start with Tzolis.
City failed to produce a response and Arsenal held on to their lead of three goals to make sure their big lead was maintained through the end.
The Premier League champions got their first trophy of the new season with the 3-0 win and the final whistle.
After a match in which Arsenal conceded 2.19 goals to City's 0.77 expected goals, it was a testament to the efficiency of Arteta's men both at attack and defence.
The new Arsenal players had an encouraging performance, which was especially pleasing for the youngsters.
Tzolis gave him two assists while Bruno Guimaraes made his first competitive appearance for the club as Arteta introduced his new-look squad.
The failure was the first taste of trouble for Maresca and he will have plenty to think about whilst the Premier League campaign is set to begin.
The Gunners will now focus on their bid to defend the title from their early challenge at one of the clubs they are likely to be taking on at the top of the table.
