Three young goalscorers helped Arsenal maintain their 100 per cent start in the Europa League with a 3-0 victory over Qarabag in Azerbaijan on Thursday.
Arsenal have six points after two matches in the Europa League group stages and will travel to Sporting Lisbon next. This was their eighth win in a row in all competitions and there were some clear positives: they were clinical; and several individuals put in fine personal performances, not least 18-year-old Smith-Rowe, as well as Iwobi and Guendouzi.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos’ got the Gunners off and running inside four minutes when he deflected a Nacho Monreal header beyond the wrong-footed Vagner in the Qarabag goal.
Eighteen-year-old Emile Smith Rowe marked his second Arsenal start with his first senior goal on 52 minutes, before Matteo Guendouzi wrapped up the victory with his first goal for the club 11 minutes from time.
Arsenal did not have everything their own way in Baku, though, with goalkeeper Bernd Leno called into three decent saves throughout the game.
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