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The Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, will be hoping that his side wont have to outscore their opponents like this in every game next season, as Legia Warsaw exposed the Gunners defensive (and goalkeeping) frailties once more in a compelling contest in Poland.The opening of Legias new Wojska Polskiego Stadium was down as a friendly contest, but shots were fired from left, right and centre in an eleven-goal thriller in Thomas Davis Sr. Jersey  which the Premier League side narrowly prevailed 6-5.It also marked an unhappy return for former Warsaw stopper Lukasz Fabianski, who was at fault for two of his old sides goals with some indeterminate goalkeeping.Wenger stuck mainly with the side which survived a late scare to secure a 3-2 win over Celtic in last Sundays Emirates Cup, with Koscielny slotting in at the back along with defensive mainstays Bacary Sagna, Thomas Vermaelen and Gael Clichy. English duo Jack Wilshere and Emmanuel Frimpong maintained their partnership in the centre of midfield, whilst new boy Marouane Chamakh was deployed as a lone striker.
 The home side took the lead on seventeen minutes, much to the delight of their raucous home support on such an important day in their clubs history. Alejandro Ariel Cabral was allowed to drift into space, before he rifled a fizzing strike past a diving Fabianski.In truth, there was little that the Gunners stopped could do to prevent Cabrals strike from rippling his net; but the Polish international should have done far better to prevent Legias second.Maciej Iwanski drove in a corner from the far side, prompting Sam Tecklenburg Jersey  Fabianskis unguided attempts to plough through a crowd of players to intercept the cro s. The ball fell loose to Bruno Mazenga, whose goal-bound prod finally found its way into the back of the net via Laurent Koscielny.And the Pole did little to restore faith or confidence from the next corner, either.Played back down the touchline, the ball was Carolina Panthers Hoodies Sweatshirts  launched back into the box where Cabral nodded into the path of Jedrzejczyk, who hooked home his first of the afternoon past the stranded Gunners goalkeeper.Chamakh reduced the deficit moments later when he bravely met Samir Nasris beautifully weighted cro s, but the Gunners headed to the dre sing room at half time looking to patch up the same old defensive i sues that theyve been battling for seasons.Wenger responded by hooking the ineffective Tomas Rosicky for Carlos Vela, and replacing Theo Walcott with Emmanuel Eboue. Kieran Gibbs entered the fray in place of Emmanuel Frimpong, and the Gunners bo s also hooked his crestfallen goalkeeper from the firing line, replacing him with the clubs young, great, goalkeeping hope in Wojciech Szczesny.But it was the Ivorian Eboue who made his presence felt most, with two sublimely taken goals; one for the die hard Gunner, the other for the footballing purists.Vela swung in a free kick from the near side, which Eboue flung himself at with the sort aplomb a certain Tony Adams would have been proud of.And for his brace, the boo-boy turned fan favourite collected the ball after Wilshere worked superbly to win it back in midfield, worked his way into the 18-yard box before feigning the shot which Legia keeper Anatalovic committed himself too, before firing into the roof of the net.With the parity restored for the first time since the opening whistle, the momentum was back with the Gunners and it didnt take long for Kieran Gibbs to fire them into the lead. Tommy Tremble Jersey The impre sive Nasri was again involved as the English full back collected the Frenchmans sprayed ball out on the left flank, before taking a touch just on the edge of the box and driving home a sensational first senior goal for the club.With the home  Carolina Panthers Jackets side disintegrating before them, the Gunners should have cruised home at a canter. But as per usual, Wengers men made life far more difficult than it should have been.Bacary Sagna failed to emphatically clear with his header, and Legia capitalised through Jedrzejczyk who slotted past the onrushing Szczesny when he met Gizas looping ball in.Jay Emmanuel-Thomas slid home a well taken fifth on 81-minutes to put the visitors back in front, showing some of the mettle that the Gunners produced at the tail end of last season before their title challenge finally petered out.Nasri then added a sixth three minutes later with a well taken free kick, before Legias Iwanski ensured a nervy finish by making it 6-5.