Arsenal 0-2 Tottenham: 5 Hits and Flops 

Alli celebrates his deft finish with Spurs teammates during their 2-0 quarter-final win
Alli celebrates his deft finish with Spurs teammates during their 2-0 quarter-final win

#3 Flop: Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Mkhitaryan flattered to deceive, as usual - and squandered a big chance
Mkhitaryan flattered to deceive, as usual - and squandered a big chance

As I said in the previous slide, Gazzaniga's save from Mkhitaryan was a good one - but the Armenian really should have scored. One-on-one with only the goalkeeper to beat, inside the box, there were several things he could have chosen to do.

Curl it top corner, finesse towards the bottom, go around him, the list goes on. Instead he shot close enough to give him a chance at saving it and truthfully, that typified his evening's work. Frustrating.

Every time he created a chance or found himself in a promising position, it was almost as though he couldn't believe his luck. His decision-making was erratic and he failed to take advantage of those opportunities to create more goalscoring chances - as Arsenal enjoyed spells where they could've scored themselves.

71.4% passing accuracy was among the worst on the team, he was dispossessed on five separate occasions and failed to create a key pass or complete a dribble before being replaced at half-time. Perhaps this is the performance that convinces Emery to drop him, as he's been underperforming for a while now.

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