One of the reasons for hiring Unai Emery was his convincing record as a Europa League specialist. The man from the Basque country has won this competition three times in succession with Sevilla, and given Arsenal find themselves in this company at the moment (however desperate they are to get out of it) there is a certain logic in choosing a coach who knows how to get over this particular line.
This tie with Bate Borisov might not live long in the memory, and this team could still do with a click or three to find the required momentum, some sort of injection of belief, to think any further than one round at a time. But a comfortable night’s work in which Petr Cech only had one save to make gives Emery something to work with.
Written by Amy Lawrence at the Emirates Stadium
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