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Real Madrid lost 1-0 to Arsenal in the pre-season Emirates Cup tournament but their biggest worry was an injury to midfielder Wesley Sneijder.

Dutch playmaker Sneijder left the field on a stretcher after an hour following a heavy challenge by Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby. Sneijder had his head in his hands as he was carried off with what looked like a knee injury.

Arsenal won the match with a 49th-minute penalty by Emmanuel Adebayor after Michel Salgado had fouled Robin van Persie.

Earlier, Hamburg defeated Juventus 3-0, a victory that secured them first place in the four-team tournament.

Peru striker Jose Guerrero opened the scoring from close range after 19 minutes before Croatia forward Ivica Olic gave the scoreline an emphatic sheen with two goals in injury time.

Chelsea cruised to an embarrassingly one-sided 5-0 victory over a depleted Milan side in Moscow.

Four goals from a razor-sharp Nicolas Anelka were more than enough to settle the third-place play-off in the Railways Cup pre-season tournament after Frank Lampard opened the scoring.

Milan's Brazilian star Kaka - linked with a move to Chelsea this summer - did not feature as his team put in a miserable display, typified by some comically inept goalkeeping by Zeljko Kalac.

A strong Chelsea line-up saw Michael Ballack make his first appearance of the Blues' pre-season following his late return to the squad after Euro 2008 duty with Germany.

Lampard put his side ahead inside two minutes when his curling free-kick eluded everyone before flying through Kalac's legs.

Anelka fired home from the edge of the box to make it 2-0 on eight minutes, and 10 minutes later the Frenchman made it three when Kalac took a swipe at a back pass and missed, allowing Anelka to tuck the ball into the empty net.

Anelka sealed his hat-trick six minutes after half-time when he nodded home Florent Malouda's left-wing cross and the same combination then brought Anelka a fourth and Chelsea a fifth on a sorry afternoon for the Rossoneri.

Darren Bent's impressive pre-season form continued as he helped Tottenham beat Borussia Dortmund 3-0 to win the Feyenoord Jubileum Tournament at the De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam.

The 24-year-old striker broke the deadlock in the ninth minute with the first real chance of the game after Jermaine Jenas had dribbled past three defenders.

Former Charlton frontman Bent collected the ball in the penalty area and turned before drilling a low shot past Dortmund goalkeeper Marc Ziegler to claim his 10th goal in five pre-season matches.

Jenas was also involved in the second goal in the 55th minute when he broke from midfield and slid a through-ball for Brazilian Giovani who dinked the ball into the bottom-left corner of the net.

Tottenham scored their third goal with four minutes remaining after a swift counter-attack led by right-back Adam Smith.

The 17-year-old defender broke down the right flank and delivered a low cross for Jamie O'Hara who slotted the ball home from close range.

Klaas Jan Huntelaar's second-half strike proved the difference between the sides as Ajax continued their pre-season preparations with a 1-0 win at Sunderland.

The Holland forward, linked with a move to England over the summer, fired home the game's only goal nine minutes into the second period after two good saves from Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon.

Roy Keane's side will consider themselves unlucky to have lost after bossing possession, particularly in the latter stages, but the closest they came to a goal was a first-half Daryl Murphy effort which struck the outside of the post.

Newcastle were beaten for a second time in the Mallorca Cup as they went down 1-0 to host side Real Mallorca at the Ono Estadi.

Mario Suarez scored the only goal of the game after just seven minutes when he glanced home a testing free-kick from the left.

The Magpies produced a competitive performance but it was the La Liga side that went closest to another goal when Juan Arango's free-kick shaved the bar.

Leon Osman struck a winner three minutes from time as Everton continued their US tour with a 2-1 victory over Colorado Rapids.

Everton had started brightly in Commerce City with Mikel Arteta firing them in front after just six minutes but Conor Casey equalised early in the second half.

It was left to Osman, making his first start of the pre-season, to earn David Moyes's men the victory late on.

Reuters / Sporting Life / Tom Williams / Eurosport