Leyton Orient rounded off their pre-season campaign with an entertaining 4-4 draw at home to an inexperienced Arsenal side.

The League One side flew out of the traps and two corners from Lloyd James paid off as Scott Cuthbert and Kevin Lisbie headed them into a 2-0 lead after only five minutes.

Arsenal came to life after conceding the second goal and they got on the scoresheet quickly after a neat finish from Wellington Silva.

The hosts had further chances before Silva levelled the game with his second of the match. But Orient immediately scored through David Mooney's superb strike to hand them a 3-2 half-time lead.

A much changed Orient team added a fourth goal after the restart when former Wolves winger Johnny Gorman rounded the keeper to make an impression on his trial.

But the Gunners responded and scored again through forward Chuba Akpom as the goals showed no sign of drying up. The visitors levelled with the last kick of the game as Danny Boateng profited from a mistake.

The O's named a full strength side against a young Arsenal XI. Nathan Clarke skippered the team and summer signings Romain Vincelot and Shaun Batt started the match.

Orient got off to the ideal start when Cuthbert sent a thumping header into the roof of the net after just three minutes.

The Gunners certainly didn't learn anything from it as they conceded an almost identical second two minutes later when James' corner was headed in by striker Lisbie.

Arsenal's first chance fell to Chuks Aneke but he sent his header over Jamie Jones' bar.

But the visitors pulled one back after 11 minutes when Brazilian Silva cooly cut inside and fired a low effort into the corner of the net.

The O's had a great chance to make it 3-1 after Batt released Lisbie but his strike was blocked by Bulgarian keeper Deyan Iliev's feet.

Russell Slade's side continued to look dangerous and Lisbie was denied by another Iliev save before Batt headed the ball over the bar.

Lisbie could have easily had a first-half hat-trick as he was again denied by the keeper when his header forced an excellent save.

Arsenal created a decent opportunity after a pass from Tafari Moore set up Thomas Eisfeld but his strike flew just wide.

The visitors levelled heading towards the break when Jones appeared to bring down Akpom but Silva took advantage by firing into the empty net.

However the O's immediately regained the lead after a spectacular strike from Mooney to the delight of the home fans.

Slade made ten changes to the side at the break with their league opener just four days away.

But this did not stop the O's from extending their lead as trialist Gorman rounded the keeper to slot into an empty net.

Arsenal responded and made it 4-3 after Aneke released Akpom and he fired underneath Jones and into the net.

The hosts should have netted their fifth goal but substitute Jack Sherratt blasted wide from close range.

Arsenal were unlucky not to equalise when Eisfeld curled his free-kick from outside the area against the post with Jones well beaten.

The Gunners grabbed a late equaliser as a mistake enabled Boateng to find the net late on.

The O's can now concentrate on their League One opener on Saturday when they face the long trip to play Carlisle United.

Leyton Orient: Jones; Sawyer, Clarke, Baudry, Cuthbert; Odubajo, James, Vincelot, Mooney; Batt, Lisbie

Second half team: Jones; Vanderhyde, Omozusi, Finney, Sampayo; Gorman, Jenkins, Lee, Sheratt, Georgiou; Bowerman

Arsenal: Iliev (Vickers, 64); Moore, Boateng, Hayden, Siemann; Yennaris, Olsson, Aneke, Eisfeld; Wellington Silva (Jeffrey, 69), Akpom (Lipman, 75)

Attendance: 3,413