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Arsenal run riot at Frankfurt as Emery rings changes

Arsenal run riot at Frankfurt as Emery rings changes

September 20, 2019 | 12:30 AM
Arsenalu2019s Joe Willock (third from right) celebrates scoring his goal with teammates during the Europa League match against Eintracht Frankfurt in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, yesterday. (AFP)
Arsenal youngsters Joe Willock and Bukayo Saka claimed goals as a rotated Gunners side romped to a 3-0 win at 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt yesterday in the Europa League.Willock, 20, one of seven changes by Arsenal manager Unai Emery to the team which started Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Watford, gave the Gunners a first-half lead after a deflection off a Frankfurt player.Then 18-year-old Saka and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang grabbed late goals as Frankfurt were reduced to 10 men for the final 11 minutes when midfielder Dominik Kohr was shown a second yellow card and sent off for fouling Saka.Last season’s Europa League finalists Arsenal rebounded from throwing away a two-goal lead at Watford, with playmaker Mesut Ozil left out for the trip to Germany.Club record signing Nicolas Pepe and midfielder Dani Ceballos made second-half appearances off the bench.Aubameyang started up front flanked by teenager wingers Emile Smith Rowe, 19, and Saka.Celtic draw with RennesRyan Christie scored a second-half penalty as Celtic kicked off their Europa League group-stage campaign with a battling 1-1 draw away to French Cup holders Rennes.Christie’s 59th-minute spot-kick cancelled out M’Baye Niang’s penalty which had given Rennes the lead in the first half in Brittany in the Group E game.The Scottish champions finished with 10 men as substitute Vakoun Issouf Bayo was sent off for two yellow cards in quick succession in injury time, but the result gives them a platform on which to build before their next match at home to CFR Cluj, who shocked Lazio 2-1 yesterday.
September 20, 2019 | 12:30 AM