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Martin Odegaard set Arsenal on their way to a commanding first-leg victory over Olympiakos in their Europa League last-16 tie.
The Norwegian opened the scoring with a powerful 20-yard drive, with Gabriel restoring their lead after a defensive error allowed Youssef El Arabi to equalise for the hosts.
An otherwise excellent evening for the Gunners was rounded off by Mohamed Elneny’s superb long-range strike late on.
With three valuable away goals, Mikel Arteta’s side are well placed to avoid a repeat of their dramatic exit to the Greek champions last term.
However, the Spaniard will not be happy with a number of defensive lapses.
Lax play from both David Luiz and Odegaard went without punishment but they were not as fortunate when goalkeeper Bernd Leno played substitute Dani Ceballos into trouble, and their tormentor from last term El Arabi stroked in the equaliser.
Until then they more then merited their lead with Odegaard atoning for an early miss with a strike that bamboozled home goalkeeper Jose Sa.
And in a dominant early display Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was also denied a goal with Sa brilliantly diverting his header on to the crossbar.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Olympiakos
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 1Malheiro de Sá
- 72Lala
- 15Papastathopoulos
- 6M’VilaBooked at 22mins
- 45ReabciukSubstituted forHolebasat 45′minutes
- 27Tué Na BangnaSubstituted forRandjelovicat 59′minutes
- 5BouchalakisBooked at 37mins
- 4Camara
- 19MasourasSubstituted forAndroutsosat 86′minutes
- 28ValbuenaSubstituted forFortounisat 45′minutes
- 11El-ArabiSubstituted forHassan Mahgoubat 77′minutes
Substitutes
- 7Fortounis
- 9Hassan Mahgoub
- 14Androutsos
- 21Dräger
- 25Holebas
- 44Karargyris
- 88Tzolakis
- 90Sourlis
- 97Randjelovic
Arsenal
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Leno
- 2BellerÃn
- 23David Luiz
- 6GabrielBooked at 43mins
- 3Tierney
- 18ParteySubstituted forCeballosat 55′minutes
- 34Xhaka
- 7SakaSubstituted forPépéat 82′minutes
- 11ØdegaardSubstituted forSmith Roweat 82′minutes
- 12WillianSubstituted forElnenyat 82′minutes
- 14AubameyangSubstituted forLacazetteat 88′minutes
Substitutes
- 8Ceballos
- 9Lacazette
- 16Holding
- 17Cédric Soares
- 19Pépé
- 21Chambers
- 22MarÃ
- 25Elneny
- 32Smith Rowe
- 33Ryan
- 35Martinelli
- 44Hein
Live Text
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Match ends, Olympiakos 1, Arsenal 3.
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Second Half ends, Olympiakos 1, Arsenal 3.
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Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
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Attempt missed. Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette.
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Substitution, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
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Substitution, Olympiakos. Thanasis Androutsos replaces Giorgos Masouras.
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Goal! Olympiakos 1, Arsenal 3. Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Magalhães.
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Substitution, Arsenal. Nicolas Pépé replaces Bukayo Saka.
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Substitution, Arsenal. Emile Smith Rowe replaces Martin Ødegaard.
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Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Willian.
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Goal! Olympiakos 1, Arsenal 2. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Willian with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Andreas Bouchalakis.
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Attempt blocked. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
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Substitution, Olympiakos. Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub replaces Youssef El-Arabi.
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Willian (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos).
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Attempt missed. Willian (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard.
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Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Youssef El-Arabi (Olympiakos).
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Foul by Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal).
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