Arsenal will be confident of advancing to the Europa League's last 16 after beating Olympiakos 1-0 in their round-of-32 first leg in Athens on Wednesday. Alexandre Lacazette made up for his early defensive blunders to score a typical poacher's goal with 10 minutes remaining while an adaptable back four of Bukayo Saka, David Luiz, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Shkodran Mustafi recorded the Gunners' third successive clean sheet. Positives An incredibly controlled first-half display would've encouraged travelling fans, with Mustafi in particular catching the eye. Bernd Leno backed up his two clean sheets against Burnley and Newcastle by performing confidently in goal, too, while the...
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