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Arsenal vs Sporting Lisbon: Score, goals and updates, Europa League LIVE

Arsenal XI: Cech. Papastathopoulos, Mkhitaryan, Ramsey, Lichtstein, Holding, Iwobi, Welbeck, Jenkinson, Guendouzi, Smith Rowe.

Sporting Lisbon XI: Ribeiro, Coates, Fernandes, Acuna, Montero, Nani, Matthew, Diaby, Gaspar, Gudelj, Luís

ARSENAL 0-0 SPORTING

• Unai Emery brings nine changes to Liverpool match
• Danny Welbeck stretched himself injured
• He received treatment – including an oxygen mask – before being taken away
• Lichtsteiner gets injured in the thigh
• Jeremy Mathieu evicted for malpractice

ARSENAL 0-0 SPORTING

FT: Hard to know how to describe this game. Arsenal dominated the possession of the ball and took advantage of the best opportunities, but he never seemed to score.

A frustrating night in North London with this horror injury inflicted on Danny Welbeck. Stephan Lichtsteiner was also injured hamstring.

Nevertheless, Arsenal has officially qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa League because Vorskla was beaten 1-0 by Qarabag.

94: Rob Holding has the chance to escape Boges Cabral. He finds Bruno Fernandes but Maitland-Niles recovers.

92: Aaron Ramsey provokes the groans and moans of Arsenal fans by unnecessarily trying to give the ball over to a defender. He lost possession of the ball, but the ball came back right away.

90: Five minutes of extra time. Arsenal can find the winner …

89: Can Aubameyang punish Sporting with a free kick? Nope. He is belted high and wide. Effort really mediocre.

88: RED CARDBOARD !!!!! Jeremy Mathieu, the former Barcelona defender, was sent off for a foul on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. He was the last man and the Gabonese international would have been face to face with Ribeiro. Referee Gediminas Mazeika does not hesitate.

85: The incessant pressure of Arsenal now with 11 green shirts behind the ball. Unai Emery shakes hands, frustrated, while Alex Iwobi launches a cross center on his center.

Cabral replaces Diaby, Petrovic also presents himself for Luis.

82: Close! Alex Iwobi manages to form a center from the left when he is surrounded by three green jerseys. Mkhitaryan quickly deviates from the goal, without real power.

80: Difficult passage through Arsenal – but that will not get them anywhere! Sportsman seems comfortable with this high cross flanks. Ten minutes to find a winner …

77: I forgot to mention in these moments of madness that Miguel Luis became the third player of Sporting Lisbon in the referee's notebook.

74: Lichtsteiner is replaced by Maitland-Niles, who is delighted. It's a simple exchange with the 21-year-old who moves to the right back position.

Arsenal have scored in every game since the first day against Manchester City. They have 16 minutes plus downtime to protect that record.

71: injury! Lichtsteiner pulled his hamstring. The Swiss defender stopped abruptly and remained on the ground.

70: Acuna clips Emile Smith Rowe and is fortunate to avoid a second booking in as many minutes.

68: Acuna is booked for protesting the referee's decision to give Arsenal a corner. He is probably right but still not worth it. Montero is replaced by Dost, who was one of those players wanting to leave this summer.

65: The Sporting GK Ribeiro clearly likes cameras with an extremely useless flying punch to erase a center coming from the right. Could easily have caught it in my opinion.

Fredy Montero is tight chest. I think the blocking of the Matteo Guendouzi Cross Pass has contributed to the loss of speed – but I'm not a doctor …

63: I do not know why, according to recent reports, Arsenal would allow Aaron Ramsey to leave for free this summer. He pulled the strings in midfield tonight and still looks like a force to be reckoned with.

In any case, Kolasinac replaces Jenkinson.

60: I see no reason to discuss permutations with Arsenal guaranteed to 99.9%, but one point could be enough for Unai Emery's team to join Chelsea in the last 32 games if Qarabag can see his 1-0 advantage over Vorskla.

57: The neat game of Arsenal as players of Unai Emery begin to move up a gear. Ramsey propagates it for Smith Rowe, whose angular center is too strong to be deflected by Aubameyang.

54: Diaby tries a daring acrobatic volley but his efforts are blocked by the arm of Carl Jenkinson. The referee turns away. Would have been hard. Rocketing at close range.

53: We are told that Danny Welbeck is taken to the hospital for an x-ray after his ankle injury.

51: "Wheyyyyy" rings around the stadium while Carl Jenkinson misses a volley. Fresh air for the defender on his best right foot. Nothing more funny.

48: Arsenal right on the front foot. Mkhitaryan shoots a low center for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who tries an improvised shot.

I notice that Auba has changed boots during the break. I do not know why but this information seems important when I heard it.

ARSENAL 0-0 SPORTING

45: We are back, guys. Arsenal has not made the breakthrough yet, but they are used to being in this position.

This is the 11th time of the season that Arsenal is tied at halftime. They have won eight of the previous 10.

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Uche: Always harmless incidents that become serious injuries. The face of Matteo Guendouzi said everything. No luck for Danny Welbeck. No doubt in the best shape of his career at Arsenal. Out of contract in summer. This could be the end of his time in the UAE.

Marc: It sounded nasty, the feeling of Danny Welbeck was in good shape. With his contract at the end of the season, I hope it is not the last time we see him in Arsenal shirt.

Matthew: Gutted for Danny played well when he arrived, always a professional model for the team. Will be sorely missed as a great goal threat of the bench.

ARSENAL 0-0 SPORTING

HT: This half was completely overshadowed by the severity of Danny Welbeck's ankle injury. Really overwhelming and sad for the star of Arsenal, who was named in the last English team of Gareth Southgate.

45: Henrikh Mkhitaryan center but his performance is desperately mediocre and hints at everyone before bouncing off the game.

We will have four minutes of extra time.

42: Bruno Gaspar drops Alex Iwobi and recovers a reservation for his problems.

BT Sport no longer showed the incident of Danny Welbeck's injury, but the images that come out show an injury to the ankle. We will keep you informed if we hear more about this problem.

39: Lichtsteiner scored his first goal against Arsenal against Blackpool last week – and he feels like it now. He lines up a 25-yard group, but that worries people in the stands.

37: The game has lost its fluidity since the extension of Danny Welbeck. I do not want to guess what the injury might be, but it does not look good.

35: It always seems that innocuous incidents become serious injuries. A terrible bad luck for Danny Welbeck. No doubt in the best shape of his career at Arsenal.

32: Aubameyang has scored four goals in three substitute matches for Arsenal this season. I think he's going to add something to this record tonight.

30: It looks absolutely horrible for Danny Welbeck. He has his leg tied and the oxygen mask applied while he is lying out of the field. He is ovationed when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang replaces him.

27: The medical team is still on the ground to look after Danny Welbeck. This sounds like a serious injury caused by the oxygen caused by the international striker.

25: You can not hit the bravery of Danny Welbeck. He just flew to try to connect with Stephan Lichtsteiner's cross, but falls awkwardly instead.

The Arsenal striker does not play, the referee calls the stretcher on the court. Disturbing view.

22: Henrikh Mkhitaryan makes a good delivery, but Danny Welbeck can not establish a good connection and his head is very wide. Not the biggest watch yet – but comfortably better than Chelsea's.

Nani turns around as if he had been hit and Stephan Lichtsteiner had booked for the end of the match.

19: Offline! Arsenal is about to take the lead when Mathieu points Lichtsteiner center towards the goal, but Coates, whom I just insulted, was on hand to clear the line.

18: For a team that has lost a lot of players, the Sporting has recovered well. You will recall that the Sporting training ground was attacked by a group of angry fans because the club failed to qualify for the Champions League at the end of last season.

This led a host of players to end their contracts, citing a "just cause" following the incident, while Rui Patricio and William Carvalho had led the mass starts.

15: Almost. Henrikh Mkhitaryan hands a ball to the center of Danny Welbeck, but the former Liverpool star and Sunderland … star? erases the danger.

13: Abdoulaye Diaby rushes to the right and sends a center to Nani, but Stephan Lichtsteiner reads it and clears it.

11: Celtic took advantage after 11 minutes against RB Leipzig. Kieran Tierney tries a low shot that keeps Brendan Rodgers' European hopes alive. Just.

8: Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Emile Smith Rowe could be profitable. The two fast players traded some nice passes just outside the Sporting penalty area, before the center of the teen center was blocked.

5: Nani in the heart of the subject already. He just surprised Matteo Guendouzi dozing in the territory of Arsenal and pinched before his low shot blocked by Rob Holding.

3: This starting XI really shows the strength of Arsenal. Even with nine changes, he seems pretty strong, experienced and more than able to win here tonight.

Aaron Ramsey and Stephan Lichtsteiner combine to knock out Nani. He wins the free kick.

ARSENAL 0-0 SPORTING

1: All evening, sorry to be extremely late for the pre-event – but I'm just in time for the match itself, which has just witnessed Chelsea's 1-0 victory over BATE Borisov.

Fingers crossed, Unai Emery's Arsenal can save my Thursday night! We are on the way.

Evening…

18.30: Hello everyone and welcome to our LIVE cover of the Europa League.

Sporting Lisbon, host of Arsenal, knows that the draw could be enough to seal the progress in the last 32 games of the Europa League.

Unai Emery's men took control of Group E after a win in Portugal a fortnight ago, but Sporting will seek revenge as they also attempt to continue in the competition.

I currently cover BATE vs Chelsea – but rest assured – the news and information about tonight's teams will appear here the second they are published. Be ready…

Arsenal XI: Cech, Papastathopoulos, Mkhitaryan, Ramsey, Lichtsteiner, Holding, Iwobi, Welbeck, Jenkinson, Guendouzi, Smith Rowe.

Sporting Lisbon XI: Ribeiro, Coates, Fernandes, Acuna, Montero, Nani, Matthew, Diaby, Gaspar, Gudelj, Luís

ARSENAL vs SPORTING

Unai Emery is expected to make a number of changes to the Arsenal meeting in the Europa League with Sporting Lisbon on Thursday night.

The head coach of the Gunners has moved his squad in the competition so far this season and Nacho Monreal could make his comeback after a thigh injury.

Mohamed Elneny (thigh) and Konstantinos Mavropanos (groin) are still missing, while Petr Cech could start in goal with Danny Welbeck and Ainsley Maitland-Niles, who are making rare outing attempts.

Arsenal provisional staff: Leno, Cech, Martinez, Jenkinson, Bellerin, Lichtsteiner, Holding, Mustafi, Papastathopoulos, Monreal, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Xhaka, Torreira, Ramsey, Rowe Smith, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Welbeck, Lacazette, Aubameyang.