Mkhitaryan shined in Arsenal's 3-0 win over Ostersunds as Ozil and Monreal found the net.
Match Events
13' GOAL! Ostersunds 0-1 Arsenal (Monreal)
Nacho Monreal puts the ball in the net and the away team now lead 0-1.
16' CHANCE! Mkhitaryan's shot saved
24' OWN GOAL! Ostersunds FK 0-2 Arsenal (Papagiannopoulos)
Sotirios Papagiannopoulos blunders with an own goal. This makes it 0-2.
29' Great save from Ospina
42' Ghoddos' shot wide of Ospina's near post
57' GOAL! Ostersunds FK 0-3 Arsenal (Özil)
Line-ups
Ostersunds FK XI: Keita, Pettersson, Papagiannopoulos, Widgren, Mukiibi, Sema, Edwards, Nouri, Mensah, Alhaji Gero, Ghoddos
Subs: Andersson, D. Bergqvist, Noah Sonko Sundberg, Tesfaldet Tekie, Hopcutt, Aiesh, Dino Islamovic
Arsenal XI: Ospina, Monreal, Mustafi, Chambers, Bellerín, Özil, Iwobi, A.M Niles, M.Elneny, Mkhitaryan, Welbeck
Subs: Macey, Holding, Kolasinac, G.Xhaka, Willock, Nelson, Nketiah
F00tballFans
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Penalties against Arsenal are common things to see now, luckily Ospina can save a penalty, unlike Cech
Abdelfattah47
139
Very convincing win. I'm happy Arsenal have been professional & have taken it seriously. Thanks to Ospina who saved a 92nd minute penalty to keep a clean sheet. The tie is pretty much done & dusted. Let's hope we thrash them at the Emirates next week. Good for Monreal, he's been providing very important goals, hope it continues with him as well. #COYG #GUNNERS
Barcelona-Arsenal
137
0-3 win for arsenal, which is what we should be doing against teams like this in the europa league. 3 away goals, we should be on our way to the RO16
Mj - jnr
120
arsenal doing to Österwhatever what Barcelona and Bayern Munich have been doing to them over the years
DylGunner
67
Bellerin, Bellerin please learn to defend, that was a reckless and needles tackle................but you can do whatever you want, Wenger would never bench you!
raheem_CFC
63
and that's arsenal for you... easy win and easy qualification.. congrats gunners
Godvictor
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Penalties against Arsenal are common things to see now, luckily Ospina can save a penalty, unlike Cech
Yeah sure, Cech must be wishing that this was his 200th EPL Clean sheet. Too bad it was Ospina's and again in Europa League 😃
Imiselor
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It feels my heart with joy watching Man City and Liverpool dusted their respective opponent and Totham rising from 2 goals down to end 2:2 on Tuesday and Wednesday in champions League, and a greater joy seeing Arsenal continuing the feast in European league. Those who says English teams are flump in Europe soil, please follow the story till the END...loading.... Champions and European League returns to England THE END
sammy1988
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The Armenian midfielder was part of the deal that saw Alexis Sanchez head to Manchester United and it’s clear in the early going which team got the player more suited to their game. Mkhitaryan was largely ineffectual in the north London derby defeat to Tottenham last weekend but his other appearances have reminded the Premier League why he was so sought after while he starred for Borussia Dortmund two seasons ago. Arsenal’s Europa League campaign presents an opportunity to win European silverware and directly qualify for next season’s Champions League. Mkhitaryan’s involvement has increased in importance as he’ll be without his former Dortmund team-mate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for the latter stages of the competition due to the Gabon striker being cup-tied. The onus is on Mkhitaryan, Mesut Ozil and Alex Iwobi to assert themselves as they did at the Jamkraft Arena on a freezing cold evening in northern Sweden. Ostersunds sat off Arsenal for the opening 30 minutes before realising that they needn’t deploy such a tactic. In fact, the Gunners have been at their most vulnerable in the last few seasons when opposition teams press hard against a side whose defensive deficiencies have been exposed far too often. The Europa League is a breath of fresh air for Arsene Wenger’s side and he will surely see success in the competition as a genuine case to keep him in the Arsenal job until his contract expires next summer. The established elite of Arsenal, AC Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille and Sporting all triumphed in their respective ties on Thursday night and it’s already clear how the next stage of the tournament is beginning to shape up. Colombian shot-stopper David Ospina will be Arsenal’s No.1 in the cup competition and he proved his worth with a fine save in the first half and a penalty stop in the closing moments against Englishman Graham Potter’s team. The second leg will give Wenger the chance to field the likes of Reiss Nelson, Joe Willock and 20-year-old January signing Konstantinos Mavropanos. The manager stuck to his promise of fielding a full-strength team in the first leg but he’ll surely be tempted to rest a few starters for the match next Thursday. Mkhitaryan meanwhile has now provided more assists in his last four games than he managed in his last 20 appearances for Manchester United. He’s a Wenger type of player who will clearly flourish when given space and an opportunity to shine in his favoured position. While some will diminish the significance of Arsenal’s defeat – especially when they turn in such Jekyll-and-Hyde performances in the Premier League – it’s worth noting that European success could provide the necessary platform to move on to the next level and attract an even higher calibre of player.
Faeekrt
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Arsenal you have made as proudest compered to those previous games in the league.... keep it up!!!!! wooooh gunners