Teenagers Impress In Europa League : Arsenal's Saka Makes Full Debut; Villarreal's Chukwueze On Target
Published: December 13, 2018Arsenal maintained their unbeaten record in the Europa League following their 1-0 win against Qarabag at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday evening.
On his full first-team debut, England U19 star of Nigerian descent Bukayo Saka went the distance against the Azerbaijani opponents while another Hale End Academy product Alex Iwobi was rested ahead of Sunday's trip to Southampton.
The Gunners topped Group E in style thanks to Alexandre Lacazette'S 16th minute goal, assisted by the fit again Mesut Ozil.
Elsewhere, Villarreal are one of the teams through to the last 32 as leaders of Group G after beating Spartak Moscow 2-0 at the Estadio de la Cerámica.
Nigeria international Samuel Chukwueze cut inside before firing low into the bottom corner to give the Yellow Submarine the lead in the 11th minute and Toko Ekambi doubled the advantage when he struck two minutes after the restart.
Ten minutes from time, the former Flying Eagles star was replaced by birthday boy Santi Cazorla.
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