Arsenal maintained their cleanable grounds successful the Europa League arsenic they fought to unafraid a 1-0 victory astatine Bodoe/Glimt astatine Aspmyra Stadion connected Thursday night.
A quiescent archetypal fractional saw fewer chances created by either side, but Bukayo Saka yet got the Gunners into the pb aft linking good with Albert Sambi Lokonga earlier a ricochet from his ain changeable directed the shot past the goalkeeper.
The hosts had a plethora of chances to get backmost into the crippled but couldn't look to get connected the scoresheet. Amahl Pellegrino recovered abstraction connected 2 occasions but couldn't bushed United States No. 1 Matt Turner, portion Runar Espejord should person done overmuch amended with his decorativeness adjacent to the hr mark.
Mikel Arteta's tactical alteration that introduced Granit Xhaka saw Arsenal support successful a backmost 4 much frequently, and that looked to easiness the unit successful a agleam spell from the Eliteserien broadside to assistance instrumentality each 3 points backmost to northbound London.
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Positives
A hard-fought triumph forced the Gunners to beryllium resolute nether unit from Bodoe/Glimt, and they managed to grind the effect that puts them into a beardown presumption for qualification from their radical successful the Europa League.
Negatives
A unsafe spell successful the 2nd fractional saw Arsenal fortunate to not concede. It is important that they stay switched connected successful aboriginal against tougher opposition.
Manager standing retired of 10
7 -- Arteta balanced his squad astutely connected the nighttime and his substitutions were timed perfectly. The Premier League broadside looked arsenic though they were losing a grip connected the crippled aft the break, but a alteration of signifier and instauration of Xhaka made it hard for Bodoe/Glimt to get successful behind.
Player ratings (1-10; 10 = best, players introduced aft 70 minutes get nary rating)
GK Matt Turner, 7 -- The USMNT keeper didn't person overmuch to bash successful the archetypal half, though helium was besides alert erstwhile the Eliteserien champions looked to play straight successful down Arsenal's antiaircraft line. A beardown halt denied Pellegrino successful the 2nd half.
DF William Saliba, 7 -- Saliba looked unfazed defensively and helium had plentifulness of the shot arsenic Arsenal showed patience successful their attacking attack to prime their moments erstwhile to spell forward. The 21-year-old besides showed awesome passing scope with his much nonstop balls into channels.
DF Rob Holding, 6 -- A mistake allowed Pellegrino to get done connected extremity successful the archetypal half, and Holding was dilatory to respond astatine times against the counterattack, but helium did marque a fig of clearances connected a nighttime erstwhile the opponents perpetually tested him with balls successful behind.
DF Ben White, 6 -- The 25-year-old didn't look to seizure the attraction excessively overmuch successful the match, and that's usually a bully happening for a centre-back. White held the antiaircraft enactment well, and often made the close determination with his guardant passes.
MF Kieran Tierney, 6 -- A coagulated show from the Scotland planetary who looked beardown erstwhile Arteta changed to a backmost four, stopping the travel of attacks from processing down his flank.
MF Martin Odegaard, 7 -- The Norway prima played progressively and linked play good from midfield to assistance get the Gunners into immoderate promising positions wherever they could play with a higher constituent of risk.
MF Albert Sambi Lokonga, 8 -- The 22-year-old controlled the crippled from midfield and seldom enactment a ft wrong. He picked up the assistance for Saka's opener. A standout performer successful Norway.
MF Reiss Nelson, 6 -- Bright down the near flank and looked to situation his defender erstwhile successful possession. Got immoderate crosses into the container but couldn't find his intended target.
MF Fabio Vieira, 6 -- Vieira wasn't progressive excessively overmuch going forward, but kept things ticking successful the midfield to modulation the shot safely. A comfy show from the erstwhile FC Porto midfielder.
FW Bukayo Saka, 7 -- A affirmative crippled from the England planetary who troubled the opposition's defence successful the archetypal half. There was an constituent of luck with his opening goal, but the enactment helium enactment successful earlier the deflection saw him gain his reward. Quiet aft the restart.
FW Eddie Nketiah, 5 -- Nketiah stretched the play with runs successful behind, but attacks broke down connected a fig of occasions that could person been avoided. Isolated astatine times successful the 2nd half.
Substitutes
MF Granit Xhaka, 7 -- Anticipated play good from the midfield and helped Arsenal reconstruct immoderate power implicit the match.
FW Gabriel Martinelli, 6 -- Stretched the play down the near flank successful moments erstwhile the Gunners looked to counterattack. Arsenal couldn't look to get him connected the shot enough.
MF Marquinhos, 5 -- Confident successful possession but lacked cutting borderline with his last ball. Wasteful excessively often.
DF Takehiro Tomiyasu, 6 -- Introduced astatine right-back and looked faultless successful his 20-minute appearance.
MF Thomas Partey, N/R -- Brought successful to assistance support against a precocious propulsion from Bodoe/Glimt.
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