Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck a vital late goal to seal a 3-1 win over Valencia on Thursday and give his side breathing space for the second leg of their Europa League semi-final in Spain next week. Arsenal, Europa League semi-finalists last year, had lost three consecutive Premier League games to drop to fifth place in the table with two games left -- undermining their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League via a top-four finish. "We want to win the Europa League to go straight to the Champions League but also to win a trophy." Suddenly Arsenal were rampant and another Xhaka cross found Aubameyang but he bounced his volley over. Lacazette wasted two gilt-edged chances to put the hosts in control, miscuing a header from Aubameyang's cross with the goal gaping and weakly shooting straight at Neto.

Source: dna May 03, 2019 04:42 UTC