Arsenal vs Benfica results, Europa League 2021-02-25

Thursday 25 February 2021 - 17:55 Europa League

Emirates Stadium, Arsenal Football Club Highbury House 75 Drayton Park London, N5 1BU, London

Arsenal ARS

3 - 2

Benfica SLB

P. Aubameyang (21')

K. Tierney (67')

P. Aubameyang (87')

HT 1-1

D. Goncalves (43')

R. Silva (61')

B. Saka (21')

Willian (67')

B. Saka (87')

Assists

Head to head

Summary

Commentary

Stats

Line-ups

1st half

It's starting!

A. Taarabt

Yellow card

P. Aubameyang

Goal

1 - 0

D. Goncalves

Goal

1 - 1

2nd half

It's game on again!

P. Aubameyang

Var

D. Nunez

H. Seferovic

Substitution

Everton

Pizzi

Substitution

Gabriel

A. Taarabt

Substitution

R. Silva

Goal

1 - 2

Willian

D. Ceballos

Substitution

Thomas

E. Smith Rowe

Substitution

K. Tierney

Goal

2 - 2

A. Lacazette

H. Bellerin

Substitution

N. Tavares

A. Grimaldo

Substitution

P. Aubameyang

Goal

3 - 2

G. Waldschmidt

J. Weigl

Substitution

M. Elneny

M. Odegaard

Substitution

C. Chambers

B. Saka

Substitution

First Half starts.

Fouled by Adel Taarabt - Benfica

Gabriel Magalhães - Arsenal - won a free kick in defence.

Adel Taarabt - Benfica - receive yellow card for a foul.

Diogo Gonçalves - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Kieran Tierney - Arsenal

New attacking attempt. Granit Xhaka - Arsenal - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal.

Missed chance. Haris Seferovic - Benfica - shot with left foot from the left side of the box missed. Assist - Alejandro Grimaldo.

Shot blocked. Emile Smith Rowe - Arsenal - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Kieran Tierney.

Goal! Arsenal 1, Benfica 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Arsenal - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Bukayo Saka with a through ball.

Offside - Benfica. Helton Leite with a pass, however Haris Seferovic is in offside.

Fouled by Gabriel Magalhães - Arsenal

Haris Seferovic - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.

Missed chance. Dani Ceballos - Arsenal - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

Fouled by Bukayo Saka - Arsenal

Julian Weigl - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Lucas Verissimo - Benfica

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Arsenal - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Emile Smith Rowe - Arsenal

Pizzi - Benfica - won a free kick on the right wing.

Missed chance. Jan Vertonghen - Benfica - shot with the head from the centre of the box goes high. Assist - Pizzi with a cross .

Offside - Arsenal. David Luiz with a pass, however Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in offside.

Offside - Arsenal. Dani Ceballos with a pass, however Bukayo Saka is in offside.

Adel Taarabt - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Martin Ødegaard - Arsenal

Fouled by Dani Ceballos - Arsenal

Julian Weigl - Benfica - won a free kick in attack.

Goal! Arsenal 1, Benfica 1. Diogo Gonçalves - Benfica - from a free kick with a shot with right foot to the top left corner.

Diogo Gonçalves - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Arsenal

Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Gabriel Magalhães.

First Half ended - Arsenal 1, Benfica 1.

Second Half starts Arsenal 1, Benfica 1.

Fouled by Gabriel Magalhães - Arsenal

Haris Seferovic - Benfica - won a free kick in attack.

Offside - Arsenal. Martin Ødegaard with a pass, however Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in offside.

Substitution - Benfica. Darwin Núñez for Haris Seferovic.

Substitution - Benfica. Everton for Pizzi.

Substitution - Benfica. Gabriel Pires for Adel Taarabt.

Fouled by Darwin Núñez - Benfica

Gabriel Magalhães - Arsenal - won a free kick in defence.

Corner - Arsenal. Conceded by Lucas Verissimo.

Goal! Arsenal 1, Benfica 2. Rafa - Benfica - shot with right foot inside of six yard box - left side to the left corner.

Substitution - Arsenal. Willian for Emile Smith Rowe.

Substitution - Arsenal. Thomas Partey for Dani Ceballos.

New attacking attempt. Bukayo Saka - Arsenal - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assist - Martin Ødegaard with a cross.

Goal! Arsenal 2, Benfica 2. Kieran Tierney - Arsenal - shot with left foot from the left side of the box to the right corner. Assist - Willian.

Missed chance. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Arsenal - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Kieran Tierney with a cross.

Missed chance. David Luiz - Arsenal - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left.

Missed chance. Darwin Núñez - Benfica - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed to the left.

Offside - Arsenal. Thomas Partey with a pass, however Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in offside.

Missed chance. Bukayo Saka - Arsenal - shot with right foot from the right side of the box goes high.

Substitution - Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette for Héctor Bellerín.

Darwin Núñez - Benfica - won a free kick in attack.

Fouled by Gabriel Magalhães - Arsenal

Substitution - Benfica. Nuno Tavares for Alejandro Grimaldo.

Shot blocked. Gabriel Pires - Benfica - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Nuno Tavares with a cross.

Goal! Arsenal 3, Benfica 2. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Arsenal - shot with the head from few metres to the high centre of the goal. Assist - Bukayo Saka with a cross.

Substitution - Benfica. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt for Julian Weigl.

Substitution - Arsenal. Calum Chambers for Bukayo Saka.

Substitution - Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny for Martin Ødegaard.

Offside - Benfica. Nuno Tavares with a pass, however Rafa is in offside.

Fouled by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Arsenal

Rafa - Benfica - won a free kick in attack.

Second Half ended - Arsenal 3, Benfica 2.

Thats all. Game finished - Arsenal 3, Benfica 2.

Formation 4-2-3-1

3-5-2 Formation

Leno

Bellerín

Luiz

Gabriel

Tierney

Ceballos

Xhaka

Saka

Ødegaard

SmithRowe

Aubameyang

Leite

Veríssimo

Otamendi

Vertonghen

Gonçalves

Pizzi

Weigl

Taarabt

Grimaldo

Silva

Seferović

Referee - Björn Kuipers

1 Bernd Leno G

23 David Luiz D

2 Héctor Bellerín D

3 Kieran Tierney D

6 Gabriel D

34 Granit Xhaka M

11 Martin Ødegaard M

8 Dani Ceballos M

32 Emile Smith Rowe M

7 Bukayo Saka M

14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang A Captain

Substitutes

44 Karl Hein G

17 Cédric Soares D

33 Mathew Ryan G

35 Gabriel Martinelli A

21 Calum Chambers D

30 Edward Nketiah A

9 Alexandre Lacazette A

19 Nicolas Pépé A

18 Thomas Partey M

25 Mohamed Elneny M

12 Willian A

22 Pablo Marí D

Coach

Mikel Arteta Amatriain

77 Helton Leite G

5 Jan Vertonghen D

30 Nicolás Otamendi D

3 Alejandro Grimaldo M

4 Lucas Veríssimo D

49 Adel Taarabt M

21 Pizzi M Captain

27 Rafa Silva A

28 Julian Weigl M

17 Diogo Gonçalves M

14 Haris Seferović A

Substitutes

10 Luca Waldschmidt A

88 Gonçalo Ramos A

2 Gilberto D

99 Odysseas Vlachodimos G

11 Franco Cervi M

8 Gabriel Pires M

7 Everton A

9 Darwin Núñez A

19 Chiquinho M

71 Nuno Tavares D

1 Mile Svilar G

38 Pedrinho M

Coach

Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus

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