Arsenal handed double fitness boost for Man City test in behind-closed-doors friendly loss to QPR

Thomas Partey and Takehiro Tomiyasu both played in a 4-0 defeat at QPR’s training ground

Arsenal pair Thomas Partey and Takehiro Tomiyasu continued their returns from injury on Thursday as the Gunners were thumped 4-0 by Queens Park Rangers in a friendly.

Partey and Tomiyasu both started the behind-closed-doors clash at QPR's TSG Training Centre, with the midfielder playing over an hour and the defender coming off at half-time.

QPR fielded a relatively strong team against an Arsenal side largely made up of Under-21s players and went ahead in the 30th minute when Michael Frey nodded home the opener.

Partey was involved in plenty of attacking moves from the Gunners but the visitors were ultimately unable to prevent a routine win for the Championship side.

Tomiyasu was replaced by Elian Quesada-Thorn at half-time and Arsenal soon went two goals down as Frey doubled up.

Dixon-Bonner made it 3-0 shortly before Partey was replaced by Ismael Kabia on 64 minutes. Ziyad Larkeche completed the rout a few minutes from time.

Arsenal team: Ejeheri (Rojas, 46), Nichols (Dudziak, 64), Robinson, Foran, Tomiyasu (Quesada-Thorn, 46), Partey (Kabia, 64), Lewis-Skelly, Gower (Bandeira, 64), Cozier-Duberry (Oulad M’Hand, 64), Butler-Oyedeji, Kamara (Rosiak, 64)

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