Atletico Madrid beat Arsenal in penalty shootout after Emile Smith Rowe stunner

Teenager Emile Rowe Smith scored a brilliant second-half leveller as Arsenal lost against Atletico Madrid 3-1 following a penalty shootout in Singapore.

The 17-year-old is the youngest player on Arsenal’s preseason tour, but he looked at home from the outset and found the net to cancel out Luciano Vietto’s first half header.

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Arsenal were sloppy from the spot, scoring just one of their four penalties as Atletico debutant Antonio Adan saved three strikes before coolly converting the winner as the Europa League holders took the shoot-out 3-1.

The Gunners started with a strong side, including new signing Bernd Leno in goal and both Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette up front.

Lacazette had looked the most likely to open the scoring, forcing Jan Oblak into three good saves in quick succession, before Atletico took the lead.

Angel Correa found space down the right hand side to fire a volleyed cross into the area, which Vietto did well to divert past Bernd Leno.

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Almost immediately after half time Arsenal responded, as Smith Rowe skipped past a couple of challenges before curling into the top corner from just outside the area.

Along with Smith Rowe, the biggest positive for Unai Emery will have been the performance of £7m signing Matteo Guendouzi, who dictated play from midfield for the best part of 75 minutes before being replaced by Joe Willock.

That substitution was Arsenal’s tenth, and with Atletico also making a host of changes, neither side looked coherent enough to threaten a late winner.

The match went to a shoot-out where substitutes Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Joe Willock both saw their penalties saved by Oblak's replacement Adan.

Atletico missed two of their first three spot-kicks as Ainsley Maitland-Niles drew the Gunners level with a Paneka-style penalty before Adan made another save from a tame Eddie Nketiah strike and then smashed home the decisive penalty to settle the contest.