Laurent Koscielny said his season is just beginning after making his return from a seven-month injury lay-off in Arsenal's 1-0 Europa League win over Qarabag. The 33-year-old defender had not played first-team football for the Gunners since he ruptured his Achilles tendon in the 1-0 Europa League semi-final defeat to Atletico Madrid in May, but completed 72 minutes of a straightforward win at Emirates Stadium. Arsenal boss Unai Emery has favoured a defensive trio of Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Shkodran Mustafi and Rob Holding in Koscielny's absence, but the Frenchman said he was feeling strong after coming through unscathed against Qarabag. "It has been difficult," Koscielny told...
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