Bouncing back from a tough first leg, Arsenal cruised through in the Europa League with a dominant display against BATE on Thursday.
2018/2019 UEFA Europa League
3-0
Match Events
4'OWN GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 BATE (Volkov)
GOOALLLL!!! Aubameyang picked up the ball out wide before crossing the ball into the box, Volkov gets a foot to it... and puts it into his own net! It's a horrible start for BATE who have already allowed Arsenal to pull level in the tie! Surely the visiting fans will be having flashes of the previous 6-0 loss at the Emirates. Arsenal 1-0 BATE.
20' CLOSE! Xhaka's shot saved
Xhaka lines up a rising effort from outside the box that forces Scherbitski into an athletic vertical save! Arsenal will have another corner here.
30' MISS! Aubameyang's header over the bar
Lichsteiner picks out Aubameyang in the box who takes a touch and shoots a fairly tame effort right into the arms of Scherbitski. You'd expect such a prolific scorer to do better from there!
39'GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 BATE (Mustafi)
GOOALLLLL!!!! ARSENAL MAKE IT TWO! Xhaka's corner found Mustafi on the run and the latter hammered his header past Scherbitski and into the back of the net! You can't perform a set-piece any better than that! Arsenal 2-0 BATE.
49' SAVE! Fine stop from Cech
Skavysh shows some tidy footwork in the box and gets off BATE's first shot of the half, but he scuffs it a bit and Cech is able to smother it.
59' Hleb is subbed in
Cheers from both sets of fans as former Arsenal star Hleb comes on for Baga.
60'GOAL! Arsenal 3-0 BATE (Sokratis)
GOOALLLLL!!! Sokratis scores just minutes after coming onto the pitch! The corner was played in by Xhaka and Scherbitski tried to come out to claim it, but wasn't able to which allowed the Greek defender to climb, and nod the ball into an empty net! Arsenal 3-0 BATE.
71' CLOSE! Aubameyang's shot wide out
On the ensuing counter-attack, Aubameyang raced in on goal and tried to chip Scherbitski only to see his effort bounce harmlessly wide. He seems to have forgotten his shooting boots at home today.
Match Report
Arsenal eased into the last 16 of the Europa League with a 3-0 win at Emirates Stadium to turn their tie against BATE on its head.
Unai Emery's men were miserable in the away leg last week as they were beaten 1-0, but an aggregate 3-1 triumph was secured with a minimum of fuss after cancelling out the deficit early.
Zakhar Volkov's own goal was followed by a second from Shkodran Mustafi before the interval, with Sokratis Papastathopoulos then making sure on the hour.
Visitors BATE offered little in response and Emery was able to breathe easily as his side chased further goals in a competition that may yet define his first season in London.
Player Rating
Line-ups
Arsenal XI: P. Čech, M. Özil, S. Lichtsteiner, Nacho Monreal, Aubameyang, Koscielny, Mkhitaryan, Mustafi, G. Xhaka, A. Iwobi, M. Guendouzi
Subs: Sokratis, Ramsey, Bernd Leno, D.Suárez, Kolasinac, L. Torreira, Nketiah
BATE XI: Egor Filipenko, Aleksey Rios, Igor Stasevich, Nemanja Milic, Dmitri Baga, Maksim Skavysh, Stanislav Dragun, Slobodan Simovic, Aleksandar Filipovic, Denis Scherbitski, Z. Volkov
Subs: Alyaksandr Hleb, B. Dubajić, Hervaine Moukam, Evgeni Yablonski, Evgeni Berezkin, Anton Chichkan, Aleksandr Nemirko