By IANS
London : Substitute goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini helped Chelsea maintain their unbeaten pre-season campaign as the London club emerged with a 1-1 draw against Feyenoord.
The Italian goalkeeper produced a fine performance – topped by a superb save from Roy Makaay's penalty, reports the Premier League website.
The Dutch side took the lead just before half-time thanks to a header from defender Kevin Hofland but Frank Lampard, wearing the Chelsea captain's armband in the absence of the injured John Terry, levelled in the 79th minute.
Arsenal new boy Eduardo da Silva starred in their friendly at Red Bull Salzburg but could not prevent the Gunners falling to a narrow 1-0 defeat.
Vladimir Janocko's winner 15 minutes from time ensured Arsene Wenger's men ended their Austrian training camp on a losing note but the game was not without its positives.
Eduardo proved a constant thorn in the home side's defence and had numerous chances to mark his first full appearance for the club with a goal.
A Luke Moore hat-trick helped Aston Villa to a hard-fought 4-2 victory over tenacious Toronto FC.
Villa's hosts fancied their chances of pulling off a stirring comeback before the visitors came out on top in their friendly at BMO Field.
Martin O'Neill's team were 2-0 up at half-time thanks to Moore's 11th-minute opener – following a pass from Ashley Young – and then his second shortly afterwards, a tap-in after Marlon Harewood's shot had been blocked by the home goalkeeper David Monsalve.
Toronto got one back when defender Todd Dunivant was on the mark and then were level in the 62nd minute as striker Andrea Lombardo, on as a half-time substitute for Dichio, got on the score sheet after collecting a rebound off a Villa defender and beating goalkeeper Stuart Taylor.
It was another substitute, Norwegian forward John Carew, who put Villa back in front – converting a Gabriel Agbonlahor corner with a neat side-foot – although there was a suspicion of offside.
Villa continued to control play into stoppage time, and Moore scored his third when he tapped in from a low cross.
Hibernian inflicted an emphatic 3-0 defeat on Bolton Wanderers in a lively pre-season game at Easter Road.
Steven Fletcher was a constant menace to the Premier League side and opened the scoring in the first half before David Murphy doubled the lead and Abdessalam Benjelloun scored a stunning long-range goal to wrap up the victory.
Antonio Valencia and David Cotterill scored as Wigan Athletic claimed their third successive pre-season victory with a 2-1 win over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.
Shane Long scored twice as Premiership side Reading claimed an emphatic 6-1 victory over Brentford at Griffin Park.
Nicky Shorey, Seol Ki-Hyeon, Simon Church and Andre Bikey also converted for the Royals – while Sammy Moore scored a stunning long-range goal for the Bees.
Matthew Upson celebrated his first full 90 minutes for West Ham United with a goal but Alan Curbishley's side were beaten 3-2 by an MK Dons side managed by former Hammers midfielder Paul Ince.