Ume Elvis FOLLOW ANALYST 0 Modified 17 min ago Top 5 / Top 10 SHARE First-half goals from Manuel Trigueros and Raul Albiol helped Villarreal secure a 2-1 home victory over Arsenal in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday night. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta made just one change to the side that saw off Slavia Prague in the last round, with Martin Odegaard coming in for the injured Alexandre Lacazette. The game, however, started in the worst possible way for the visitors as Trigueros broke the deadlock in only the fifth minute. Things went from bad to worse for Arsenal when their defense failed to properly deal with a corner kick, allowing Albiol to convert Gerard...
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