Arsenal can it go to the end in Europa League after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang defeated Rennes? | Football News

Arsenal is well beaten to win a total 4-3 win over Rennes and qualify for the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles celebrates with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Arsenal has become the sixth Premier League team to reach the European quarterfinals this season after beating Rennes 3-0 at Emirates Stadium to seal a 4-3 aggregate win in the Europa League. There is still a long way to go, but is there a reason why they can not continue to win?

It is amazing to think that it has been only a week since Arsenal fell into one of its most disappointing defeats this season. The protest at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes provoked an uproar and criticism, but it looks like a distant memory now. In a few days, Arsenal has climbed into the top four at the expense of Manchester United and has become only the second team in the history of the Europa League to reverse a 3-1 deficit at l & # 39; to go.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored his sixth double of the season on both sides of Ainsley Maitland-Niles' lead to allow Arsenal to come back and clinch his place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League. Suddenly, the atmosphere around the club is full of optimism.

The top four places in the Premier League have always been Emery's top priority – as for his predecessor – but this latest win at Emirates Stadium – an arena poised to become a fortress for the Spaniard – ensures his first English season football could still end up with a trophy.

Indeed, Arsenal's starter recalled how valuable Emery was to the competition. The Spaniard, three times winner in Sevilla, of course brought only two changes to the team that defeated United on Sunday, with Petr Cech taking the place of Bernd Leno on goal and Shkodran Mustafi replacing suspended Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates his first goal

This meant that Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette, Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey were deployed together for the second consecutive game, and the offensive approach certainly bore fruit in the early stages. Indeed, Lacazette had already launched the offside trap once when Aubameyang had made the center of Ramsey in the fifth minute.

Aubameyang was a constant threat to visitors, causing panic when he was hanging on to a Maitland-Niles ball shortly after he opened the match and he was quick to establish the second. goal of Arsenal. The striker looked offside after Ramsey's pbad, but he was still showing impressive perseverance to reach the sideline and clear a center for Maitland-Niles.

It seemed like Arsenal was going to run away with that at that time, but they had to show different qualities instead. Rennes entered the game and came out strongly for the second period. Mr. Baye Niang hit the post in the 47th minute while he was enjoying a period of high pressure, but Arsenal was able to repel them.

At the hour of play, Sead Kolasinac could be seen pumping his fist in celebration after making a remarkable recovery tackle on Ismaila Sarr. Shortly after, the excellent Laurent Koscielny was in the right place at the right time to intercept a cut of Hamari Traore.

Mustafi has experienced nervous moments. He was less convincing on his return to the side, but Arsenal kept his cool before Aubameyang took advantage of the advantage, taking advantage over the center of Kolasinac in the 72nd minute before to wear a mask for the celebration. He should have made a hat trick in the final stages, but in the end it did not matter.

The Unai Emery side has improved in recent weeks

And so the quest for the Europa League continues. Arsenal have now played 10 games in the competition and will be heading to the crucial last few months of the season, knowing they have to play five more to win. It's a potentially grueling program, but Emery will be confident that Arsenal can handle it.

First, the momentum is with them. The first stage of the debacle against Rennes has been a stain on the procedure, but there is a growing sense that things have finally begun to spoil for Emery in recent weeks. Arsenal have now won five of their last seven games in all competitions, scoring 17 goals and five conceded.

Sunday's 2-0 victory over Manchester United allowed them to take four points ahead of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team in fourth place in the Premier League, allowing them to rank among the first four, and the win over Rennes was proof of the depth of the team. who should help them in their quest for the success of the Europa League.

Indeed, it was a double replacement with 20 minutes remaining that finally put the game out of range of the Rennais. Alex Iwobi and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who replaced Lacazette and Ozil respectively, made an immediate difference. Iwobi shot very close in the next minute and Mkhitaryan played a key role in the second of Aubameyang.

Coupled with the new defensive defense resilience, Arsenal has shown his enviable talent as offensive talent in recent weeks, giving him a strong position in the last eight. None of the other quarter-finalists have a strike force to compete with Aubameyang and Lacazette. There are not many who can choose between two players like Ozil and Mkhitaryan.

And then, in a season that threatened to extinguish, Arsenal is suddenly ready for a solid finish. Emery's men are up.

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