Arsenal 2-1 MLS All-Stars RESULT: Chuba Akpom scores close-range winner after Didier Drogba continued fine scoring run against Gunners in San Jose

Arsenal head to Avaya Stadium in San Jose for 21st MLS All-Star game  

Arsenal starting XI: Cech, Debuchy, Holding, Bielik, Gibbs, Elneny, Coquelin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Wilshere, Campbell, Walcott

MLS All-Stars starting XI: Blake, Rosenberry, Ciman, Van Damme, Acosta, Pirlo, Beckerman, dos Santos, Kaka, Villa, Drogba

Gunners take lead through Joel Campbell penalty in 10th minute

Didier Drogba bundles home close-range equaliser before half-time

Chuba Akpom scores close-range goal to give Gunners lead late on

Arsenal head out to San Jose in California for the 21st consecutive MLS All-Star game. Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, now with Montreal Impact, was a frequent tormentor of the Gunners during his Premier League days and is set to feature.

So are World Cup winners Andrea Pirlo and David Villa, both of New York City FC, along with Orlando City's Kaka, who was the world's most expensive footballer as recently as 2009.

Follow the action LIVE here with Sportsmail's Rohan Banerjee with updates from Dom King at the Avaya Stadium.