UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 8, 2018
Arsenal WLLLL 2
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AC Milan WWWWW 0
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MIL000
1st Leg · Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 72,821 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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Arsenal stun AC Milan in Europa League quarterfinal first leg

An inspired Arsenal cruised to a comfortable 2-0 victory over AC Milan in their Europa League round-of-16 first-leg tie at the San Siro on Thursday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
10
1
Saves
2
48.8
Possession
51.2
8
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
438
Accurate Passes
438
531
Passes
533
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
8
Crosses
31
0.3
Cross %
0.1
64
Long Balls
57
32
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
6
8
Effective Tackles
17
10
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
34
Effective Clearances
13
34
Clearances
13

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MIL · 4-3-3

  1. 99Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 13Alessio RomagnoliCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 68Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 2Davide CalabriaRB
  6. 21Lucas BigliaCM
  7. 5Giacomo BonaventuraLM
  8. 79Franck KessiéRM
  9. 63Patrick CutroneF
  10. 10Hakan ÇalhanogluLF
  11. 8SusoRF

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13David OspinaG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 31Sead KolasinacLB
  5. 21Calum ChambersRB
  6. 10Jack WilshereAM
  7. 29Granit XhakaLM
  8. 8Aaron RamseyRM
  9. 23Danny WelbeckF
  10. 77Henrikh MkhitaryanAM-L
  11. 11Mesut ÖzilAM-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Milan 0, Arsenal 1. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
  2. 45'+4' Goal! Milan 0, Arsenal 2. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a through ball.
  3. 60' Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 62' Substitution, Milan. Nikola Kalinic replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
  5. 62' Substitution, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles replaces Sead Kolasinac because of an injury.
  6. 69' Substitution, Milan. André Silva replaces Patrick Cutrone.
  7. 71' Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 79' Substitution, Milan. Fabio Borini replaces Davide Calabria.
  9. 80' Substitution, Arsenal. Rob Holding replaces Mesut Özil.
  10. 85' Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Calum Chambers because of an injury.

UEFA Europa League News

All news
News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.