Arsenal 1-0 PSV: The Gunners sail through to Europa League knockouts
Arsenal beat PSV with a 1-0 victory on Thursday at Emirates Stadium. Both Arsenal and PSV arrived in good form, having secured victories in their previous matches. Arsenal were looking to pick up points after winning their previous two games in the competition. The most recent was against the Bodo Glimt away (1-0), the other to Bodo Glimt at home (3-0) whilst PSV were coming from consecutive wins against Zürich and Zürich. Arsenal and PSV currently occupy 1st and 2nd spots in the league, with 12 points and 7 points respectively after 2 matches.
After an uneventful first half, Arsenal piled on the pressure in the second, when Granit Xhaka gave them the lead, 70 minutes in, leaving the final score at 1-0.
Substitutions for Arsenal included Thomas Partey, Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Ben White and Reiss Nelson for Albert Sambi Lokonga, Fabio Vieira, Gabriel Jesus, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Bukayo Saka, respectively. PSV brought on Noni Madueke, Jordan Teze, Luuk De Jong and Richard Ledezma, to replace Guus Til, Philipp Max, Joey Veerman and Xavi Simons.
There were bookings for Granit Xhaka, Kieran Tierney and Martin Odegaard from Arsenal. For PSV, Erick Gutierrez saw yellow.
Arsenal will next play PSV away, with PSV facing Arsenal at home.
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Arsenal: | Matt Turner, Takehiro Tomiyasu (Ben White, min.76), Rob Holding, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kieran Tierney, Bukayo Saka (Reiss Nelson, min.85), Granit Xhaka, Albert Sambi Lokonga (Thomas Partey, min.67), Fabio Vieira (Martin Odegaard, min.67), Edward Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus (Gabriel Martinelli, min.76) |
PSV: | Walter Benitez, Philipp Mwene, Ramalho, Armando Obispo, Philipp Max (Jordan Teze, min.66), Xavi Simons (Richard Ledezma, min.90), Joey Veerman (Luuk De Jong, min.77), Ibrahim Sangare, Erick Gutierrez, Cody Gakpo and Guus Til (Noni Madueke, min.65) |
Stadium: | Emirates Stadium |
Goals: | Granit Xhaka (1-0, min. 70) |