Arsenal dealt host Marseille an opening day loss at Stade Velodrome before adoring fans. Both teams are evenly match in the entire game until Arsenal found an opening in the second half.
Theo Walcott find the net as Jeremy Morel was tentative in his heading save that enable Walcott to collect the bounce and finish the job. Later in the 84th minute Yaya Sanogo's pass to Aaron Ramsey was crucial as Ramsey ran past his defenders to smash the ball to the net, and thanks to a little deflection from Marseille defender Nicolas N'koulo, Arsenal lead 2-0 at that moment.
Arsenal however has to survive a scare when in the 93rd minute, Marseille was awarded a penalty off a foul by Aaron Ramsey. Jordan Ayew confidently made his penalty shot but it prove to be too little too late to salvage even a point for the host.
Marseille have their best moments too. Like Mathieu Valbuena's strike in the 73rd minute, Rodd Fanni's missed shot off a pass from Alaixys Romao and Andrew Pierre Gignac's attempted header on an empty Arsenal goal before a heroic clearance by Kieran Gibbs.
