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4¹ A cross from COQUELIN left PEDRO in lots of space but he fluffed his shot. 6¹ GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from ØDEGAARD rattled the upright and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by SAVINHO. (1-0 Arsenal) 14¹ PACO ALCÁCER drilled a right foot shot inches over from twenty-five yards out. 19¹ GOAL!! A shot from MARTINELLI raced through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted LUCIANO ROSA. (2-0 Arsenal) 20¹ PACO ALCÁCER was put clear by ADLI and he nutmegged the 'keeper but drilled his shot over the bar. 25¹ RODRYGO ran onto a delightful ball from SZOBOSZLAI but hit his effort wide of the goal. 37¹ SAVINHO booked by the ref. 39¹ MARTINELLI dribbled past CAPOUE and stabbed a weak shot over the bar. 41¹ A shot from ADLI seemed a certain goal but MAIGNAN managed to fist the ball clear. 47¹ MAIGNAN managed to claw away a wicked shot. 47¹ GOAL!! A SZOBOSZLAI run down the left resulted in a perfect cross for SAVINHO to crack in. (3-0 Arsenal) 1² PEDRO hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area. 10² A accurate pass found MARTINELLI and his looping shot went narrowly over. 10² A good ball from SALIBA on the right was collected by SAVINHO who mishit his shot just beyond the far post. 13² RAFA MÚJICA worked the ball to PEDRO, ADLI gathered his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the Arsenal 'keeper. 17² A weak strike from PEDRO rolled agonisingly wide. 27² A high tackle on CAPOUE by ØDEGAARD results in a booking. 34² RODRYGO beat a number of Villarreal players and fired an effort just beyond the far post. 36² GOAL!! A deep cross by FOYTH was met by PEDRO who charged in to score. (3-1 Arsenal) 38² GOAL!! DE VRIJ drove a fierce shot against the upright with RODRYGO driving in the rebound. (4-1 Arsenal) 43² GOAL!! A shot from ØDEGAARD deflected off the legs of FUNES MORI and rolled past the helpless LUCIANO ROSA and over the line. (5-1 Arsenal) 46² Uncertainty in the Villarreal defence enabled RODRYGO to hammer the ball inches wide.

Villarreal   League position: - Home league form: ---- Overall league form: -------- Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups 4  1 5  Mike MAIGNAN Juan FOYTH 7  2 6½ Youssouf FOFANA Alberto MORENO 7  3 6½ Stefan DE VRIJ Etienne CAPOUE 7  4 7  Dominik SZOBOSZLAI(c) (c)Raúl ALBIOL 6½ 5 6½ William SALIBA Ramiro FUNES MORI 7  6 6½ Nathan AKÉ Amine ADLI 6½ 7 7  SAVINHO PEDRO Eliezer 7½ 8 7  Gabriel MARTINELLI (p)PACO ALCÁCER 6½ 9 6  Kai HAVERTZ(p) (f)Francis COQUELIN 6  10 6½ Martin ØDEGAARD(f) RAFA MÚJICA 6½ 11 7  RODRYGO Silva Manager Tony Abbey ADRIÀ Altimira    12    Joe JOHNSON DANI RABA    13    DIOGO Meireles COSTA Tani OLUWASEYI    14    Julian BRANDT ALFONSO Pedraza    15    Max KILMAN MOI GÓMEZ    16    Jonathan TAH

Arsenal   League position: 8 Away league form: LWWW Overall league form: WXLWLWWW Formation: 3-5-2

Arsenal go through to the next round, 7-1 on aggregate

Statistics

Villarreal 1 Arsenal 5 (Half-time: 0-3, Attendance: 22,974, Stadium: El Madrigal, Referee: Kevin Friend 6) Pedro 36² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Savinho 6¹, Martinelli 19¹, Savinho 47¹, Rodrygo 38², Funes Mori 43² (og)           Savinho 37¹, Ødegaard 27² 3 13 4 9 3 7 5 5 6 9 11 14 2 0 51% 49% ¶ Man of the match: Pedro Eliezer ¶