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CSKA Moscow (Chalov 39', Nababkin 50') 2 - 2 Arsenal (Welbeck 75', Ramsey 90+3') Aggregate 3-6
Arsenal held on to a 2-2 draw against CSKA Moscow in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Europa League and punched their ticket to the final four of the competition. It was CSKA who went ahead through Fedor Chalov in the 39th minute in an uneventful first 45 minutes.
Five minutes into the second half and Kirill Nababkin scored to make it 2-0 to give the Russian club a huge sniff of scalping an upset. But, CSKA's hopes of staging any sorts of a comeback were shattered when Danny Welbeck scored in the 75th minute.
A goal towards the closing stages of the game from Aaron Ramsey gave Arsene Wenger's side a draw on the night, a 6-3 triumph on aggregate and qualification to the semi-finals.
Here are the player ratings:
CSKA Moscow
Igor Akinfeev - 6/10
Akinfeev did not have much threat on his goal in the entire game but did make a good save to deny Arsenal their equalizer in stoppage time. Two goals went past him and there wasn't much he could do to prevent both of them.
Vasili Berezutski - 6/10
The big Russian centre-half was the most impressive of the CSKA back three defensively as he eliminated Lacazette's aerial presence by winning four headers.
Sergei Ignashevich - 7/10
Ignashevich playing in the middle of the back three was one of CSKA's standout players on both the ends of the pitch. In an attacking sense, the Russian played in an astounding 13 long balls to the Arsenal box.
Aleksei Berezutski - 6/10
Berezutski put in a total of five clearances and two tackles along with a passing accuracy of 84%.
Kristijan Bistrovic - 6/10
Bistrovic's was brilliant in front of the back three as he made five tackles in the game, breaking several Arsenal attacks and recovering the ball as well completing four dribbles before being substituted in the 71st minute for an attacking player.
Aleksandr Golovin - 7/10
Golovin put in an excellent shift in the centre of midfield completing 87% of his passes, putting in four long balls and also testing Petr Cech with a couple of shots on target.
Alan Dzagoev - 5/10
Dzagoev is arguably CSKA's most creative players but unfortunately for him, he was forced to come off in the 37th minute due to injury.
Konstantin Kuchaev - 5/10
Kuchaev was average playing on the left wing finding just two key passes and one successful cross as well as failing to have a single shot on goal and was dispossessed a total of five times.
Kirill Nababkin - 8/10
Nababkin created a good number of chances for himself and eventually got on to the scoresheet in the second half to double CSKA's lead.
Fedor Chalov - 7/10
The 20-year-old capitalized on the rebound from Petr Cech's save to give CSKA the lead in the 39th minute.
Ahmed Musa - 5/10
Musa was expected to trouble the Arsenal back four with electric pace but he was a big let down as he only had two attempts at goal and a pass accuracy of just 57%
Substitutes
Vitinho - 6/10
The Brazilian replaced Alan Dzagoev in the first half and it was just a matter of minutes before he created a decent opportunity.
Bibras Natcho - N/A
Replaced Bistrovic in the 71st minute.
Arsenal
Petr Cech - 5/10
Cech made an excellent first save off Kirill Nababkin's header but couldn't prevent Fedor Chalov from scoring off the rebound. Other than conceding the two goals, the former Chelsea goalkeeper had a very mediocre game as his passing was also not on point.
Hector Bellerin - 6/10
Bellerin had a very little contribution in attack but he did his job defensively making the important last-ditch tackles and clearances
Shkodran Mustafi - 7/10
It was a busy night for Arsenal's centre-back duo but Mustafi did continue his recent run of form especially making eight clearances.
Laurent Koscielny - 8/10
Koscielny fluffed his shot on his attempt at a half-volley from a resulting set-piece when Arsenal was down by two goals. The veteran defender competed well against the CSKA attacking force making five interceptions and winning five headers respectively.
Nacho Monreal - 6/10
Just like his Spanish compatriot, Monreal was also required to do the majority of the work on the defence. However, he did attempt eight long balls but only two of them proved to be successful.
Mohamed Elneny - 8/10
Elneny was one of Arsenal's best players on the night as he got two assists. Firstly, he set up a beautiful through pass to Danny Welbeck for Arsenal's first goal of the game. Late in stoppage time, he set Aaron Ramsey through for the equalizer.
Jack Wilshere - 6/10
Wilshere did not create anything significant going forward. He was substituted in the 68th minute as he possibly could have hurt his ankle.
Aaron Ramsey - 7/10
Ramsey scored his fourth goal of the Europa League and more importantly Arsenal's second goal of the second leg as he had no problems finishing off his one on one chance against Akinfeev.
Mesut Ozil - 7/10
Ozil had a decent game and could have gotten an assist had Alex Iwobi as the pass was set up perfectly for him. Statistically, the German had 72 touches in the game, contributing with four key passes and two successful crosses along with a pass completion rate of 80%.
Danny Welbeck - 7/10
Welbeck filled in for Henrikh Mkhitaryan and scored one of the most important goals of the season to extend Arsenal's lead to 5-3 lead on aggregate and more importantly give his team a sigh of relief.
Alexandre Lacazette - 5/10
The Frenchman had a great opportunity to make his case in the absence of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang but he put in another disappointing performance away from home. Lacazette could only register two shots with none of them being on target and did not comply well with the service he received winning just one header before being taken off in the 68th minute.
Substitutes
Calum Chambers - 5/10
Replaced Jack Wilshere in the 68th minute to provide additional defensive cover against an attacking CSKA Moscow side.
Alex Iwobi - N/A
Came on for Lacazette in the 76th minute. Had an excellent chance to equalize for the Gunners late on but he failed miserably as his left-footed effort went wayward.
