Europa League Final, Chelsea 4-1 Arsenal: 5 Hits and Flops

Matchwinners Hazard and Giroud celebrate with the Europa League trophy aloft
Matchwinners Hazard and Giroud celebrate with the Europa League trophy aloft

#3 Flop: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Aubameyang fluffed his lines on the biggest stage of them all as Arsenal wilted in the second-half
Aubameyang fluffed his lines on the biggest stage of them all as Arsenal wilted in the second-half

A big game and it was a significant chance missed for Aubameyang, who squandered two great chances - one in both halves - while relinquishing possession cheaply in the build-up to Hazard's second goal among other forgettable moments on this occasion.

Despite some brief flashes of promising movement in the attacking third, he was disappointing and largely shackled by Andreas Christensen and David Luiz when called upon. Struggling for composure and a clean strike on the ball, all the pre-match focus on his partnership with Lacazette ultimately proved futile as neither was able to carry the creative load against a Chelsea side prepared for the task at hand - thwarting them.

He had a game-high four shots and yet none of them registered on target, which speaks for itself. Only Sead Kolasinac's 72.1% pass accuracy was worse than his 79.2% for the outfield starters across both sides and he again didn't offer much else in the way of build-up play.

Losing all four of his duels and failing to connect on four cross attempts, it was a very underwhelming display from the club's top goalscorer this term.

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