Unai Emery very proud of Arsenal duo after victory in Valencia

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Arsenal partner, Alexandre Lacazette, were hailed as "unbelievable" by head coach Unai Emery after their goals allowed the Gunners to reach the Europa League final with their rival Chelsea.

Having led 3 to 1 in the first leg, Emery's players were the favorites to advance and Aubameyang's hat trick let them into the final. they won 4-2 at night and achieved overall success of 7-3.

Lacazette also put his name on the scoresheet to ensure that both men had scored each of Arsenal's last eight goals in the Europa League, with a total of 48 goals shared during the campaign.

During a week of English returns in the Champions League, Aubameyang's goals allowed Arsenal not to be the victim of another match.

Despite the delay in Kevin Gameiro's attack in the 11th minute, the Gunners regrouped as Aubameyang equalized and Alexandre Lacazette struck to give them the advantage of being in the evening and taking things in hand.

Gameiro, who was part of Emery's squad in Sevilla, who has won three successive titles in the Europa League, continued his fine set of goals with another goal, but Aubameyang added luster with two other efforts.

"I'm proud of them," Emery replied when asked about the impact of Aubameyang and Lacazette.

"The big players can be good forwards, but when their commitment is like today, defensively too, to work to help us, it's amazing.

"Every game is different and I think today we showed everyone our character, as well as our ability to be together and fight defensively at times, but also by having good times in attack.

"Against Valencia, no team has scored four goals this year. Only once, against Atletico Madrid, they conceded three goals and we did it last week. It's a very good team, a difficult team, and today we showed that we could do it. "

A disappointing draw at Brighton last weekend virtually ended the hopes of being among the top four in the Premier League for Arsenal.

Emery, who has not lost a tie in this competition since he was at the helm of Valencia in 2012, knows that he must win the same title in Baku on May 29 for seal the return of the Champions League for Arsenal in his first season at the helm. .

After the semifinal, Arsenal issued a statement in which he criticized the disappointing award of tickets for the final at the Baku Olympic Stadium on May 29. Both clubs received only 6,000 tickets. They insisted that they discuss with UEFA in order to increase this figure. .

"UEFA has informed us that both clubs will receive only 6,000 tickets each for the match," he said.

"We are actively discussing with UEFA to get more tickets for our fans, but this disappointing ticket allocation obviously poses great difficulties for us in awarding tickets to you, our loyal fans. "

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