Bodo/Glimt 0-1 Arsenal: Bukayo Saka scores as Gunners near Europa League progression

Bukayo Saka has present scored 3 goals successful his past 2 games, aft a brace against Liverpool connected Sunday

Arsenal took a large measurement towards qualifying for the Europa League knockout signifier with a slender triumph astatine Bodo/Glimt.

Bodo/Glimt came into the crippled with a 14-game winning streak astatine location successful Europe and they were spurred connected by a boisterous crowd, but they were blameworthy of missing a fig of clear-cut opportunities.

Amahl Pellegrino skewed wide erstwhile done connected extremity successful the archetypal half, portion Runar Espejord placed implicit erstwhile 8 yards retired successful the second.

It was acold from vintage Arsenal connected the artificial transportation successful Norway, arsenic shown by the information they had to bring connected Granit Xhaka and Gabriel Martinelli aft an hour, but the result, combined with the information helium was capable to remainder cardinal striker Gabriel Jesus and defender Gabriel, volition delight manager Mikel Arteta.

The triumph leaves Arsenal 5 points wide of third-placed Bodo/Glimt, who person played a crippled much due to the fact that the Gunners' fixture against PSV Eindhoven past period was postponed owing to policing issues pursuing the decease of Queen Elizabeth II.

The rearranged lucifer with second-placed PSV takes spot adjacent Thursday, erstwhile a triumph volition warrant Arsenal's progression.

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Saka impresses again arsenic much-changed Arsenal get occupation done

Saka was mightily awesome successful the Gunners' 3-2 triumph implicit Liverpool successful the Premier League connected Sunday and you could spot the assurance flooding retired of him successful Norway.

He was lively from the start, getting successful down the Bodo/Glimt defence and firing crossed the six-yard container aft 2 minutes but neither Eddie Nketiah nor Reiss Nelson gambled.

The 21-year-old continued to persist, though, and it was his driving run, alternatively than the comparatively dilatory and diligent build-up that had gone before, that chopped unfastened the hosts' defence.

He got a immense portion of luck with the deflection, but it was reward for his endeavour and erstwhile again highlighted his value to this ever-improving Arsenal side.

There were 5 changes from past week's 3-0 location triumph implicit the aforesaid opposition, and 7 from the squad that bushed Liverpool, but the effect and resoluteness they showed to support Bodo/Glimt retired successful the 2nd fractional is different illustration of the much gritty and disciplined broadside that is being moulded by Arteta.

Rob Holding made a cardinal interception successful the archetypal half, portion Lokonga completed 97% of his passes and made much interceptions than immoderate different Gunners player.

With a imaginable Premier League rubric situation connected the cards, Arteta volition beryllium keen to get apical spot wrapped up arsenic aboriginal arsenic imaginable truthful helium tin rotate players and debar the other play-off circular successful February.