Europa League - Napoli v Arsenal & Chelsea v Slavia Prague

Summary

Lacazette curls free-kick in for Gunners shortly after Ramsey limps off with leg injury
Pedro (2), Seri OG and Giroud with goals for Chelsea
Arsenal face Valencia, Chelsea play Eintracht Frankfurt

Live Reporting

Neil Johnston

Valencia set to face either Arsenal or Napolipublished at 20:21 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
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It's pretty much all over at a wet Mestalla where Valencia now lead 4-1 on aggregate against Villarreal thanks to Toni Lato's cute finish from Gonzalo Guedes' lovely ball from the left.
In the other quarter-final, Benfica's teenage hat-trick hero of the first leg, Joao Felix, narrowly failed to get on the end of a long ball intended for him, which surely would have resulted in a fourth goal against Eintracht Frankfurt.
As it stands, it's still 0-0 and the Portuguese side still lead 4-2 on aggregate.
GOAL - Chelsea 3-0 Slavia Praguepublished at 20:17 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Olivier Giroud
Chelsea are running riot!
4-0 to Chelsea on aggregate - Slavia Prague cannot live with the pace and movement of Maurizio Sarri's side.
Pedro's unselfish pass allows Olivier Giroud to net his 10th goal in the competition this season.
That's one goal and one assist for Pedro - and we've only played 20 minutes.
Image source, Reuters
Postpublished at 20:16 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Chelsea 2-0 Slavia Prague
You have to feel sorry for the Slavia Prague fans who have turned up in their hundreds at Stamford Bridge.
Their team trailed 1-0 from the first leg. Now they're 3-0 behind on aggregate - Chelsea are coasting into the semi-finals.
GOAL - Chelsea 2-0 Slavia Praguepublished at 20:10 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Simon Deli (own goal)
Farcical!
Slavia Prague's game-plan lies in tatters inside the opening 10 minutes at Stamford Bridge.
They've been blown away by a whirlwind Chelsea start and it's a comical own goal which sees the hosts double the lead.
Another fine move - this time Olivier Giroud feeds Eden Hazard who whips it across the six-yard area for Pedro.
It should ben an easy tap-in but he hits the post, the ball cannoning into the head of Simon Deli who heads it over his own line.
Image source, Reuters
Postpublished at 20:09 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Napoli 0-0 Arsenal
Arsenal have settled quickly but no chances for either side in Naples.
Unai Emery will be pleased with this start.
GOAL - Chelsea 1-0 Slavia Praguepublished at 20:06 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Pedro
Perfect start for the Blues!
It's a beauty with Cesar Azpilicueta among those involved in a wonderfully worked move which opens up the Slavia defence and sees Pedro dink the ball over the keeper.
Lovely finish!
It's 2-0 on aggregate to Chelsea.
Image source, Reuters
Postpublished at 20:05 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Chelsea 0-0 Slavia Prague
Worrying scenes for Chelsea.
Eden Hazard is clearly a marked man and has been fouled twice in the opening three minutes.
The second one resulted in on-the-pitch treatment but he's back up on his feet.
Image source, Reuters
Red alertpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Napoli 0-0 Arsenal
Arsenal are wearing red shorts in Italy.
They're seeing a lot of the ball in the opening exchanges.
KICK-OFFpublished at 20:01 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Off we go!
Postpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
The teams are out in Naples and Stamford Bridge.
We're moments away from kick-off.
Elsewhere in the Europa Leaguepublished at 19:57 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
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Chelsea and Benfica are on course to meet in the semi-finals - a repeat of the 2013 final when Branislav Ivanovic scored a 90th minute winner for Rafa Benitez's team.
Benfica established a 4-2 first leg quarter-final lead over Eintracht Frankfurt thanks to 19-year-old Joao Felix, who became the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the Europa League at 19 years and 152 days.
The return leg is in Germany.
Meanwhile, Valencia entertain La Liga rivals Villarreal at the Mestalla having established a 3-1 lead in the other quarter-final.
Gunners boss wants away goalpublished at 19:54 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Napoli v Arsenal (20:00 BST)
Arsenal
Unai Emery is a specialist when it comes to winning the Europa League.
Arsenal's boss is chasing his fourth triumph in six seasons in the competition after winning it three years in a row with Sevilla.
The Gunners have a 2-0 lead against Napoli.
Asked how his team will approach the second leg in Italy, the Spaniard said: "We want to play thinking to win, thinking to score, thinking to push, thinking to stop them."
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Gunners on tourpublished at 19:51 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Napoli v Arsenal (20:00 BST)
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Not long for these Arsenal fans to wait until kick-off at the 60,000-capacity Stadio San Paolo.
Police are keeping them well away from the locals.
'We're only thinking about Europa League'published at 19:47 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Chelsea v Slavia Prague (20:00 BST)
Chelsea
Speaking to BT Sport, Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri said: "Tonight is a very important match. We have to play a very good match if we want to qualify because the opponents are very dangerous. We need to forget the result in the first leg.
"They are physical and they are aggressive so it will be difficult. Tonight, we are only thinking about the Europa League. The Premier League is another competition and we have to be focused on this match."
Image source, Reuters
Postpublished at 19:44 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Chelsea v Slavia Prague (20:00 BST)
Chelsea
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He was brilliant against West Ham earlier this month and scored one of the goals of the Premier League season.
Against Liverpool, the Belgian missed a couple of chances and did not find the net.
Will Eden Hazard add to his 24 goals for club and country tonight?
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Worst journeyspublished at 19:38 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
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Henry: Watching from Canada and laughing at complaints of two hours to a match and back... that's a quick commute for me to work in the morning.
'We'll play with our hearts'published at 19:37 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Napoli v Arsenal (20:00 BST)
Arsenal
Arsenal manager Unai Emery, speaking to BT Sport:
"We want to win and that's the first target for us. Also we want to score.
"We know the difference can come and we are ready for 90 minutes and anything else. You will see us play with our hearts and our heads."
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Assist king on the benchpublished at 19:33 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Chelsea v Slavia Prague (20:00 BST)
Chelsea
Willian has provided seven Europa League assists for Chelsea this season, the joint-most in the competition.
He starts on the bench tonight.
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Worst journeyspublished at 19:30 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
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HBethell88: Travelling from Nottingham to London for an Arsenal game. Got all the way to Cockfosters and the game was called off due to snow. We had to turn around and drive home....2 hours there and 2 hours back and NO football at all!
Last time Arsenal were in Italypublished at 19:27 British Summer Time 18 April 2019
Napoli v Arsenal (20:00 BST)
Arsenal
Arsenal's last away match in Italy was at the last-16 stage of last season's Europa League.
It ended in a 2-0 win against AC Milan - Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Aaron Ramsey scoring the goals.
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