Summary

  • Arsenal join Chelsea in Europa League quarter-finals

  • Gunners overturn two-goal first-leg deficit to progress

  • Aubameyang double & Maitland-Niles strike enough to see off Rennes

  • Chelsea beat Dynamo Kiev 5-0, 8-0 on aggregate

  • Giroud scores hat-trick, Alonso & Hudson-Odoi also on target

  • Quarter-final draw takes place on Friday

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:16 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

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    Harry: Arsenal have conceded half of their Europa League goals in the final 15 minutes. A Monreal own goal maybe?

    Tom: Mustafi is doing Mustafi. Some players you look at and think 'he's got a mistake in him.' With Mustafi it's more a case of how many.

  2. YELLOW CARDpublished at 56 mins

    Arsenal 2-0 Rennes (3-3 agg)

    A few Rennes player have a pop at the ref for whatever reason and Clement Grenier is booked.

  3. Postpublished at 55 mins

    Arsenal 2-0 Rennes (3-3 agg)

    There's a lot of rolling round on the ground from players at the moment. Ramy Bensebaini is caught by Alexandre Lacazette and acts like he's been assaulted.

  4. Elsewhere in Europepublished at 21:14 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

    Sevilla are back on terms against Slavia Prague and it's an absolute screamer from Munir El Haddadi.

    The former Barcelona man has just let rip with a left-foot volley from 25 yards. That makes the score 2-2 on the night and 4-4 on aggregate.

    Extra time could be on the cards.

  5. Elsewhere in Europepublished at 21:11 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

    Villarreal's cruise against Zenit St Petersburg continues.

    Colombia forward Carlos Bacca's header has put them 2-0 up on the night and 5-1 on aggregate. No way back for Zenit surely.

    Carlos Bacca celebratesImage source, Reuters
  6. Postpublished at 51 mins

    Arsenal 2-0 Rennes (3-3 agg)

    Rennes keeper Tomas Koubek is quick off his line if this game is anything to go by. Aaron Ramsey plays a long ball forward to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Koubek comes flying out of his box and forces Auba wide. He tries to score from an impossible angle but the keeper holds onto it.

    Tomas Koubek and Pierre-Emerick AubameyangImage source, AFP
  7. Postpublished at 49 mins

    Arsenal 2-0 Rennes (3-3 agg)

    The only time you really hear of pinball now is in football games when the ball is bouncing around in the area. That happens here and Alexandre Lacazette heads over the bar.

  8. HITS THE WOODWORKpublished at 47 mins

    Arsenal 2-0 Rennes (3-3 agg)

    Huge chance for Rennes to retake the lead. Shkodran Mustafi is daydreaming and Clement Grenier takes the ball off him before picking out M'Baye Niang.

    Niang takes a touch and then leathers the ball off the post from just outside the penalty area. Escape.

  9. Elsewhere in Europepublished at 21:06 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

    Slavia Prague have gone 2-1 up against Sevilla. Former Manchester City winger Jesus Navas conceded a penalty wihin a minute of the restart and Tomas Soucek stroked it home.

    The Czech side are now 4-3 up on aggregate.

  10. KICK-OFFpublished at 46 mins

    Arsenal 2-0 Rennes (3-3 agg)

    Second half is under way. Arsenal through as things stand.

    Sead KolasinacImage source, Reuters
  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:05 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

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    Raoul: It’s one thing to talk about English clubs being up there in Europe, but it’s another to come away with the Trophy.

    Chris: It's looking like we'll have six English teams in European quarter finals eh, but how many English players and managers in the quarters?

    Paul: Two weeks ago Arsenal fans calling their team a joke now they're becoming a force? I'm sorry but it was 15 years since the club was a force and it's not the Champions League.

    Unai EmeryImage source, EPA
  12. Postpublished at 21:03 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

    A lot of English teams in Europe/Brexit jokes on social media. Some quite funny. Some not so much.

  13. Elsewhere in Europepublished at 20:57 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

    At half-time in tonight's other matches Villarreal lead 1-0 at home to Zenit St Petersburg, 4-1 on aggregate.

    Slavia Prague and Sevilla are level at 1-1, though the Czech side would go through on away goals as things stand.

    Benfica still trail 1-0 on aggregate to Dinamo Zagreb after a goalless first half in Portugal.

    And Inter Milan are still losing to Eintracht Frankfurt at the San Siro, so potentially on their way out.

  14. Postpublished at 20:56 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

    Dynamo Kiev 0-5 Chelsea (0-8 agg)

    Chelsea forward Olivier Giroud speaking to BT Sport: "I'm very pleased with all the goals I scored and assisted for Callum [Hudson-Odoi]. It was a great team performance today.

    "Maybe the second one was the best goal. I was in the right time, at the right place and it was a right foot finish which is unusual for me. We did well on set-pieces, which is nice, because they can help you to win matches."

  15. 'He has to keep his feet on the ground'published at 20:55 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

    Dynamo Kiev 0-5 Chelsea (0-8 agg)

    Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri speaking to BT Sport about Callium Hudson-Odoi: "He played very well.

    "Callum in space is really a very good player. I’m very happy for him but he has to keep his feet on the ground because he is very young.

    "He can improve more, which is what I want to see."

  16. Postpublished at 20:54 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

    Here's some reaction from earlier on...

  17. Postpublished at 20:51 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

    Arsenal 2-0 Rennes (3-3 agg)

    A reminder if you've just joined us and don't fancy scrolling down this page, Arsenal lead on away goals at the moment.

    A 3-1 win is the only way we'll get extra time.

  18. HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:50 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

    Arsenal 2-0 Rennes (3-3 agg)

    The half-time whistle goes.

    Arsenal players celebrateImage source, Getty Images
  19. Elsewhere in Europepublished at 20:49 Greenwich Mean Time 14 March 2019

    Sevilla are back on terms at Slavia Prague thanks to Wissam Ben Yedder's penalty.

    That's his eight goal this season in the competition. Slavia currently lead on away goals after the first leg in Spain ended 2-2.

    Wissam Ben Yedder celebratesImage source, Reuters
  20. Postpublished at 45+2 mins

    Arsenal 2-0 Rennes (3-3 agg)

    Rennes come forward but they overhit their pass to Hamari Traore on the right. A waste.