Valencia 2-4 Arsenal: 5 Talking Points 

#3. Gameiro with a brace, Wass and Coquelin both solid

Gameiro, who came off the bench at the Emirates last week, netted a well-taken brace on his start here

After an inspired cameo appearance last week, Kevin Gameiro duly delivered with a well-taken brace on this occasion. He broke the deadlock with a typical striker's finish - anticipation and awareness spotting the gaps within a breached Arsenal backline, while his second wasn't the most pretty but positioning and composure saw him deceive Petr Cech and the visitors' offside line to slot home on the line.

With two key passes, a game-high 93.1% pass accuracy and one dribble completed, it was a shame that his teammates failed to regularly provide him adequate service in the final third, otherwise who knows how many goals he could have netted? It's one of the main reasons why he lost so many duels, only winning one of seven contested, and he'll be left thinking what if he started ahead of Carlos Soler in last week's first leg.

Daniel Wass, who also was a surprise omission from their starting line-up in north London, performed well as he started in right midfield. With three key passes, 88% pass accuracy and a game-high four tackles, he looked to get on the ball where possible and create chances, although Marcelino's insistence on a rigid 4-4-2 formation perhaps wasn't the best in hindsight.

Francis Coquelin, suspended for the first leg, made his long-awaited appearance against his former side and was solid. Doing his ever-growing reputation no harm, he was quietly good in central midfield: tidy in possession, successful with plenty of adventurous passes, he won five of six duels, completed two tackles and one interception too despite an early back scare in the first-half. A solid but unspectacular display.

Valencia performed well and worked hard but with a two-goal deficit to overturn from their first leg travels, not to mention Arsenal's fearsome partnership in attack, it compounded their woes as they went in search of another miraculous European comeback after an eventful week packed with them.

Despite their never-give-up attitude, a few close chances and efforts from distance that either troubled Petr Cech or whistled narrowly wide of his goal, they came unstuck against a better side. Now their focus returns to La Liga, where they can still pip Getafe to fourth place and an all-important Champions League place ahead of their Copa del Rey final against Barcelona on May 25.