Villarreal were in the ascendancy and Arsenal were on the ropes, 2-0 and a man down after Dani Ceballos was needlessly sent off when Pepe was then presented with his golden opportunity after referee Artur Dias deemed Bukayo Saka, who also stepped up once again in Arsenal’s time of need, had been tripped in the box by Villarreal’s opening goal scorer Manu Trigueros.

The Ivoria took it coolly as he continued his role as Arsenal’s Europa League talisman in this competition. Pepe now has six goals and four assists in the Europa League.

Arsenal had a penalty overturned following a check of the pitch side monitor by referee Dias confirmed Pepe had handled before he was tripped by Fo......More

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good win for spain....remembered saying this fixture is going to endup with Victory for d yellow submarine and some arsenal fans were calling me names n asking for my head..
Villarreal would qualify comfortably n even win d trophy if man.u ain't careful bcoz sevilla did same years bk, what some EPL fans don't know is dt..
1..Spanish teams are strong favorites to European glory when it comes to semi or finals n dts why m still tipping real to qualify n to win it wen they scale through..
2..unai emery is a master of this cup, he won it 3 times already and av more experience than arterta, Villarreal are in good form n arsenal lack form n arsenal av a bad record against Spanish teams..
no disrespect to gunners bt I think tie is done n dusted, the arsenal i saw yesterday would still lose again next week bcoz Villarreal are more deadly wen waiting for counter bcoz its fast n sharp against dt slow n weal arsenal backline....wish dm luck though

Both teams ended the match with 10 men. Which one is 10 man Arsenal again, as if they were the only ones who saw red