Arsenal stepped back from the edge of the abyss and turned towards the final instead. Just when their European journey and their season appeared over, down to 10 men and trailing 2-0 through goals from Manu Trigueros and Raúl Albiol, unable to muster a shot on target and on the verge of falling at the hands of the manager they had sacked, Bukayo Saka won a penalty that gives them hope. Mikel Arteta’s side went down in
Spain, but they didn’t go out, Nicolas Pépé scoring the away goal that provides something to build on in seven days’ time.
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