• Arsenal 4-2 Vorskla Poltava
• Aubameyang 32 56, Welbeck 48, Özil 74
Owing to a quirk in the rules so outmoded it has been abolished, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was not allowed to play a single minute of Europa League football last season after his mid-season move from Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal. They needed him then but he needed the Europa League now. The striker has been in indifferent form so far, but a run-out against Vorskla Poltava gave him all the time and space he needed to get his mojo back.
The Europa League holds a special place in Unai Emery’s heart given he has won it twice, and although the path to the final is a long stretch, the Arsenal manager took this opening group game seriously enough to pick a strong team against a side fifth in Ukraine. Although heavily rotated from the team who won at Newcastle, Arsenal were still loaded with seasoned internationals.
Written by Amy Lawrence at the Emirates Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/sep/20/arsenal-vorskla-europea-league-match-report under the title “Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at the double against Vorskla Poltava”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
