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Alla Zakarian

21-09-2018 | 15:05 Football
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Some Arsenal moments you might have missed during the Europa League win

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice as Arsenal opened their Europa League Group E campaign with a comfortable win over Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava (4-2). Arsenal manager Emery recorded his 32nd victory in the Europa League in this game; the most of any manager in the competition’s history. In the Europa League and Champions League combined (excluding qualifiers), Arsenal striker Aubameyang has netted 21 goals in his last 25 appearances. But here are some moments you might have missed during the Europa League win against Vorskla Leno's warm welcome It’s been a long wait for Arsenal fans when it comes to getting to see Bernd Leno in action - but that wait finally ended on Thursday night. Before the game goalie was given a huge welcome by the Arsenal fans at the game, a clear sign of how happy they were to get to see the player get his chance to impress. Emery blasts the fourth official Arsenal boss Unai Emery was constantly on his feet, demanding more from his players and his frustration boiled over at one point with the fourth official, who had just told Arsenal boss to stay within his technical area.  Emery, who had been standing a couple of yards outside his area, unleashed some harsh words towards the official. He was clearly telling him to stay out of his business. Torreira’s tackle with his head Lucas Torreira showed he is ready to do whatever he takes to try and rob the opposition of possession. Torreira was battling back trying to win a ball during the first half when he tripped and fell to the turf, letting his man get away.  But instead of just accepting the situation, the Uruguay international literally threw himself forward while on the floor and tried to head the ball away from the Vorskla attacker’s foot. Ozil’s warm-up It was a bit of a surprise to see Mesut Ozil named amongst the substitutes by Unai Emery, but the manager wanted to name a strong matchday squad. And it was impossible not to laugh at the German’s warm-up when he was first sent out to get loose by Emery. While Bellerin and Guendouzi jogged down the touchline towards the corner flag, Ozil walked for a good 30 yards before finally breaking into what could only be labelled as something like a trot. After a couple of stretches he made his way back towards the bench were it looked like a head of high-performance Darren Burgess seemed to tell the playmaker to step things up a bit. Lacazette on the bench Alexandre Lacazette remained amongst the unused substitutes. It was pretty clear that Lacazette would not be introduced during the game, something the France striker was obviously well aware of judging by the way he was sitting on the bench. Every time the television cameras focused on him, the frontman was sitting slouched downed alongside his teammates, looking like he was already dreaming of getting home.

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