Arsenal maintained their perfect record in this season’s Europa League as goals from Eddie Nketiah, Mohamed Elneny, Joe Willock and Folarin Balogun sealed a 4-2 win at Dundalk in their final Group B match on Thursday.
An improved Arsenal team, despite resting several senior players having already secured top spot for the last 32, went ahead in the 12th minute when Nketiah lobbed the ball over Dundalk goalkeeper Gary Rogers for his fifth goal in all competitions this season.
Elneny doubled the lead with a sensational shot from distance six minutes later for his first Arsenal goal in three years, but the Irish side hit back through Jordan Flores who beat Runar Runarsson following a neat one-two with Michael Duffy.
The England Team where far superior than their Irish counterparts as Arsenal’s ball possession proved fruitful yielding them well deserved goals and putting smiles on the faces of their fans worldwide.
Bottom-placed Dundalk had the opportunity to equalise but Darragh Leahy’s effort from point-blank range was blocked by Calum Chambers before Willock struck with a low shot after the interval to make it 3-1 to Arsenal.
Substitute Balogun added a fourth with a side-foot finish after being played in by Nicolas Pepe 10 minutes from time before Sean Hoare nodded in a consolation goal for the hosts at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.
Arsenal, who finished with six victories out of six and scored 20 goals, making their performance a perfect one in the Europa league competition.
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