Arsenal vs Napoli, 2018-19 UEFA Europa League, Quarterfinals
· 1st LegRamsey scores again as Arsenal beat Napoli in Europa League first leg
Arsenal beat Napoli 2-0 in the first leg of their Europa League quarterfinal tie on Thursday.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 2': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by José Callejón.
- 2': Allan (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Foul by Sokratis (Arsenal).
- 3': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 6': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 7': Foul by Nacho Monreal (Arsenal).
- 7': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 9': Offside, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski tries a through ball, but Fabián Ruiz is caught offside.
- 11': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
- 12': Attempt missed. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross following a corner.
- 13': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Kalidou Koulibaly.
- 14': Goal! Arsenal 1, Napoli 0. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
- 16': Foul by Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal).
- 16': Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Hand ball by Allan (Napoli).
- 19': Hand ball by Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal).
- 25': Attempt missed. Lucas Torreira (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 25': Own Goal by Kalidou Koulibaly, Napoli. Arsenal 2, Napoli 0.
- 26': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Mário Rui.
- 26': Attempt saved. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
- 27': Foul by Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal).
- 27': Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Offside, Napoli. Mário Rui tries a through ball, but Lorenzo Insigne is caught offside.
- 29': Foul by Mesut Özil (Arsenal).
- 29': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Sokratis.
- 33': Attempt missed. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
- 37': Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
- 37': Mesut Özil (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 37': Attempt missed. Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 38': Foul by Nacho Monreal (Arsenal).
- 38': Nikola Maksimovic (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Foul by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal).
- 38': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Attempt saved. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Torreira.
- 41': Attempt saved. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
- 42': Attempt missed. Mário Rui (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Allan.
- 45': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by José Callejón.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Arsenal 2, Napoli 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Arsenal 2, Napoli 0.
- 46': Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 46': Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
- 46': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 48': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
- 50': Offside, Arsenal. Aaron Ramsey tries a through ball, but Alexandre Lacazette is caught offside.
- 52': Attempt missed. Mário Rui (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Elseid Hysaj.
- 52': Offside, Napoli. Mário Rui tries a through ball, but Lorenzo Insigne is caught offside.
- 53': Allan (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 53': Foul by Lucas Torreira (Arsenal).
- 53': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Petr Cech.
- 53': Attempt saved. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross.
- 53': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Petr Cech.
- 54': Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Foul by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
- 55': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Foul by Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal).
- 55': Offside, Napoli. Mário Rui tries a through ball, but Lorenzo Insigne is caught offside.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
- 58': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Nikola Maksimovic.
- 59': Attempt saved. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
- 59': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 59': Attempt missed. Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Lucas Torreira with a cross following a corner.
- 63': Attempt missed. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a headed pass.
- 63': Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Dangerous play by Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli).
- 64': Offside, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles tries a through ball, but Alexandre Lacazette is caught offside.
- 65': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
- 66': Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Dries Mertens.
- 67': Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Iwobi replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
- 67': Substitution, Arsenal. Henrikh Mkhitaryan replaces Mesut Özil.
- 68': Offside, Napoli. Kalidou Koulibaly tries a through ball, but Lorenzo Insigne is caught offside.
- 69': Attempt saved. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 69': Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 71': Foul by Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal).
- 71': Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
- 72': Delay in match Lucas Torreira (Arsenal) because of an injury.
- 73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 76': Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal).
- 77': Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Lucas Torreira.
- 78': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
- 79': Foul by Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal).
- 79': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 79': Offside, Napoli. Fabián Ruiz tries a through ball, but Mário Rui is caught offside.
- 80': Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Foul by Alex Iwobi (Arsenal).
- 81': Attempt missed. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
- 82': Substitution, Napoli. Amin Younes replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
- 82': Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces Fabián Ruiz.
- 83': Offside, Napoli. Kalidou Koulibaly tries a through ball, but Adam Ounas is caught offside.
- 84': Allan (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Foul by Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal).
- 85': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
- 85': Attempt saved. Adam Ounas (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 86': Foul by Nacho Monreal (Arsenal).
- 86': José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Attempt missed. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan following a fast break.
- 89': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Sokratis.
- 89': Attempt missed. Adam Ounas (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski following a corner.
- 89': Delay in match Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) because of an injury.
- 90': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+3': Foul by Piotr Zielinski (Napoli).
- 90'+3': Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Arsenal 2, Napoli 0.
- 90'+5': Match ends, Arsenal 2, Napoli 0.
Statistics
 NAP |
ARS |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 16 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 7 | Offsides | 2 |
| 9 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 6 | Saves | 2 |
| 57.9 | Possession | 42.1 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 484 | Accurate Passes | 337 |
| 595 | Passes | 429 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 18 | Crosses | 15 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 46 | Long Balls | 66 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 33 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
| 20 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 18 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 18 |
| 19 | Clearances | 18 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Europa League
Venue: Emirates Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 59,738
Venue: Emirates Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 59,738
Line-Ups
Arsenal (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Petr Cech (GK) |
| 6 | Laurent Koscielny |
| 18 | Nacho Monreal |
| 5 | Sokratis Papastathopoulos |
| 8 | Aaron Ramsey |
| 11 | Lucas Torreira |
| 10 | Mesut Özil |
| 31 | Sead Kolasinac |
| 15 | Ainsley Maitland-Niles |
| 14 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
| 9 | Alexandre Lacazette |
Napoli (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 26 | Kalidou Koulibaly |
| 19 | Nikola Maksimovic |
| 6 | Mário Rui |
| 23 | Elseid Hysaj  |
| 5 | Allan |
| 8 | Fabián Ruiz |
| 20 | Piotr Zielinski |
| 7 | José Callejón |
| 24 | Lorenzo Insigne |
| 14 | Dries Mertens |
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