Europa League: Arsenal and Chelsea advance to round of 16 after home wins

Arsenal bounced back from a 1-0 defeat by BATE Borisov a week ago thanks to a complete 3-0 win in their Europa League second leg on Thursday (Friday NZT) to advance to the round of 16 .

Chelsea overcame their recent difficulties and easily advanced with a 3-0 triumph win over Malmo, 10 players, Thursday, a result that relieves some of the pressure on wrestling coach Maurizio Sarri.

After a scoreless first half, Olivier Giroud scored a Willian center in the 55th minute before Ross Barkley scored a goal at 2-0. Callum Hudson-Odoi finished the game six minutes from the end. Willian also scored his goal.

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Giroud and Barkley also scored in a 2-1 win in the first leg. Chelsea qualified for the round of 16 with a 4-1 overall victory.

The result provides some relief to Sarri, the Italian coach who was abused by Chelsea supporters after his team's defeat at Manchester United on Monday (NZT).

On Sunday (Monday NZT), Chelsea will play in the final of the League Cup against Manchester City, then face Tottenham, his rival Premier League, two matches that could still determine whether the stay of Sarri at Stamford Bridge will be completed before the end of his first season.

Sarri's position was already in question after City's 6-0 defeat in the Premier League on Feb. 10. Worse still, the team has moved to sixth place in the Premier League in recent weeks and is therefore not among the top four places in the Champions League. .

On Thursday (Friday NZT), Chelsea looked in control but failed to break through before Giroud scored at close range in the 55th minute.

Malmo defender Rasmus Bengtsson was sent off after receiving his second yellow card in the 73rd minute, giving Barkley the opportunity to score on the free kick a minute later. Hudson-Odoi recovered Willian's perfect center six minutes from the end before going for a low shot in the net.

Earlier on Thursday (Friday, NZT), Arsenal bounced back from a 1-0 defeat against BATE Borisov a week ago with a complete 3-0 win in the first leg.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a goal before central defenders Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis Papastathopoulos added a goal to Arsenal to qualify 3-1.

The Italian clubs, Napoli and Inter, have also had no problems to move to the next phase, while the semi-finalists last year, Salzburg, Eintracht Frankfurt, Valencia, Villarreal, Dinamo Zagreb , Zenith, Benfica, Kiev, Rennes, Krasnodar and Slavia Prague, were successful.

The former champion of Sevilla advanced after eliminating Lazio on Wednesday (NZT Thursday).

The draw for the last 16 is scheduled for Friday (Saturday NZT).

EMERY EFFECTIVE

Arsenal manager, Unai Emery, has made three changes to the composition of his crew that he had used last week in Belarus: playmaker Mesut Ozil and defender Stephan Lichtsteiner, whereas Aubameyang replaced French striker Alexandre Lacazette.

These changes have borne fruit.

Aubameyang only needed four minutes to create the first match. He broke right before his defender Zakhar Volkov deflected the ball to opposing goalkeeper Denis Scherbitski.

Lichtsteiner made himself felt when he saved the goal line a few minutes later.

Mustafi was returning home the second after the Granit Xhaka corner six minutes before the start of the interval. Papastathopoulos scored with a new header at the hour of play, just four minutes after his bench replacement to replace injured captain, Lawrence Koscielny.

Aleksandr Hleb, who played for Arsenal from 2005 to 2008, was replaced in the 58th minute and was applauded by local fans at the Emirates Stadium.

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After four consecutive draws in all competitions – including 2-2 at Shakhtar Donetsk last week in the first leg – Eintracht Frankfurt celebrated a 4-1 win and a 6-3 overall lead.

Striker Luka Jovic scored his sixth goal in the European League this season for a 1-0 lead in the 23rd minute. It was 2-0 just four minutes later after Sebastien Haller escaped from the penalty spot, sending goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov back in the wrong direction.

Haller added his second goal and substitute Ante Rebic also scored late in the game.

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Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti has two wins in his first two games in the Europa League with a 2-0 home win against Zurich.

After a 3-1 away win in Switzerland last week, Napoli easily went up 5-1 in total.

Forwards Simone Verdi and Adam Ounas scored in each half at Stadio San Paolo.

Ancelotti, who has won the Champions League three times as a coach, has also made a good start in the second-tier competition in Europe.

OTHER GAMES

L & # 39; Inter advanced after eliminating the Austrian club Rapid Vienna 5-0 overall after winning the 4-0 first leg in Rome.

Rennes made the next round 6-4 overall after a 3-1 away win over Real Betis.

Slavia Prague eliminated Genk after scoring 4-1 in Belgium. Both drew 1-1 in the first leg in Prague.

Dynamo Kiev advanced with a 1-0 home victory over Olympiakos after a 2-2 draw in the first leg.

A goalless draw against Galatasaray was enough for Benfica to win thanks to a 2-1 away win in Turkey.

Russia's Krasnodar qualified on the away goals rule after a 1-1 draw against Bayer Leverkusen.

Patson Daka scored twice and Xaver Schlager and Munas Dabbur added one goal each for Salzburg to beat Club Brugge 4-0 and advance 5-2 overall.

Valencia beat the score 3-0 after beating Celtic 1-0 at home.

Dinamo Zagreb beat Viktoria Plzen 3-0 for a result that canceled a 2-1 defeat in the first leg.

Sardar Azmoun scored two goals that allowed Zenit St. Petersburg to defeat Fenerbahce 3-1 and win 3-2.

Pablo Fornals scored 10 minutes from the end for Villarreal, who drew 1 to 1 in the second leg against Sporting Lisbon, which is enough to advance after their 1-0 first-leg victory.