At Emirates Stadium, Arsenal was missing a series of key players such as Martin Odegaard, Eddie Nketiah, Gabriel Jesus, Emile Smith Rowe, and Thomas Partey due to injury.

Leandro Trossard slots Arsenal into the lead

The Belgian celebrates with Bukayo Saka

Therefore, coach Mikel Arteta pushed Leandro Trossard to the highest position in attack, with two wingers, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli. The midfield is a combination of Kai Havertz, Jorginho and Declan Rice. The home team also had to promote many young players to the reserve list, including 21-year-old goalkeeper Karl Jakob Hein, 18-year-old winger Amario Cozier-Duberry and 19-year-old striker Charles Sagoe Jr.

Lacking many pillars, Arsenal’s attack was not too explosive but completely controlled the match with 62% possession of the ball, finishing 11 times with three hits on target. On the contrary, it was not until the seventh minute of injury time in the second half that Sevilla created the first and only shot – Mariano Diaz’s shot from outside the penalty area went into the right position of goalkeeper David Raya. During the entire match, the away team only touched the ball twice inside Arsenal’s penalty area.

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At 56 seconds, Arsenal created the first opportunity. From a corner kick on Martinelli’s left wing, Havertz was placed in an open position to finish, but his header missed the post. Seven minutes later, also starting from a fixed situation, centre-back Gabriel headed the ball inaccurately.

The difference was created in the 29th minute, when Jorginho ripped through the Sevilla defense to Saka’s position on the right wing. The English midfielder stretched one touch for Trossard to connect with his right foot to defeat goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic. All five goals of the Belgian striker for Arsenal in all competitions since the beginning of the season have been assisted by Saka – the best goal combination of a duo in the Premier League this season.

With Sevilla not showing any resistance, Arsenal played leisurely and ended the match in the 64th minute. From Martinelli’s pass, Saka quickly entered the penalty area, turned the ball to eliminate Pedrosa and then planted his feet. against the far corner.

Saka adds Arsenal’s second goal 

The England winger makes a heart gesture towards the crowd

Thanks to this situation, Saka became the first Arsenal player to both score and assist in two consecutive Champions League home matches since Cesc Fabregas against Sevilla and Slavia Prague in the 2007-2008 season. Previously, the English player contributed a goal and an assist for Trossard to score in the opening match against PSV 4-0.

However, the fact that Saka sat down twice in pain and had to leave the field at the end of the second half will make Arsenal fans worried.

In the remaining match of Group H, PSV suddenly defeated Lens thanks to a single goal from striker Luuk De Jong. With these results, Arsenal is still top with nine points, while PSV and Lens both have five points, and Sevilla two points.

The “Gunners” will definitely advance if they win points in the next round against Lens at Emirates Stadium on November 29. If they win, they will definitely enter the knock-out round at the top of the group. In the final round on December 12, Arsenal was a guest of PSV.