The Gunners led through Alexandre Lacazette and were in command against a Spanish side playing with 10 men from the 10th minute. Arsenal came out of the traps quickly, with Lacazette hitting the post from a arching Danny Welbeck cross, before the Frenchman saw a glancing header pawed away by Jan Oblak. Croatian international Vrsaljko was initially booked for bringing down Jack Wilshere in the second minute, before a late lunge caught Lacazette on the angle eight minutes later saw him dismissed. However, while the floodgates looked primed to burst open, the defensive dam constructed by Diego Godin and his cohorts somehow held firm. In his own right-back position the forward lost out when trying to flick the ball through the legs of Monreal.

Source: Daily Mirror April 26, 2018 11:01 UTC