just on the half-hour mark. From Moutinho's corner, Rúben Vezo tried to divert Aymen Abdennour's connection to the ball, but inadvertently scored an own goal. Valencia got back into the game via another own goal; Barragán's cross was knocked into his own net by defender Ricardo Carvalho. The Spanish side grew in confidence as a result and controlled the midfield for a short period of time. They went ahead in the second half through Paco Alcácer's goal, but Lucas Ocampos equalised for Monaco in the 80th minute and the score stayed 2–2 at the final whistle. Arsenal played Benfica in the day's second match. Alexis Sánchez, who joined Arsenal from Barcelona in the summer was named in the squad, while new signing Calum Chambers started in defence. The hosts made a lively start and went ahead in the 26th minute; Yaya Sanogo with his back on goal managed to back-flick the ball past goalkeeper Artur Moraes. Sanogo and Héctor Bellerín linked up well to set Joel Campbell up to score Arsenal's second and before the half was over Sanogo added two more goals to complete a hat-trick. Arsenal made it 5–0 early in the second half as Sanogo profited from Artur's failure to hold onto the ball. Nicolás Gaitán scored Benfica's only goal of the match, but the hosts were rarely troubled after that. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger said of his opponents after the game: "It is very difficult to draw any conclusions after a game like that. Benfica might be on a different level of preparation. But for important periods of the game we played the way we want to play." On the second day Valencia beat Benfica 3–1. The Spanish side went a goal behind in the second minute after Benfica forward Franco Jara ran down the right and crossed the ball in the penalty area for Derley to score. Though Valencia responded well by creating a few chances of their own, Benfica almost scored a second, but for Jara's strike hitting the crossbar in the 39th minute. As the match resumed in the second half, Valencia started well and equalised in the 49th minute thanks to José Luis Gayà. Four minutes later Pablo Piatti scored and Andrés Guardado made sure of Valencia's victory when he took advantage of Artur's inability to hold onto the ball. Arsenal went into the final day of the tournament as favourites to