Arsenal 4-0 Standard Liege: Gabriel Martinelli scores twice in rout
Arsenal vs S Liege
Europa League Group F
8:00pm Thursday 3rd October
Emirates Stadium
Gabriel Martinelli scored just two goals and set up another as a rotated Arsenal side turned to thrash Standard Liege 4-0 within their Europa League Group F meeting.
Teenager Martinelli, a #6m signing from side Ituano during the summertime, opened the scoring with a superb header after 13 minutes and netted his second having a low, curling finish just three minutes later, making it four objectives from two matches after his dual against Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup.
Joe Willock reach Arsenals third goal (22) after a shot against fellow academy graduate Reiss Nelson deflected into his path inside the Standard Liege box, together with Dani Ceballos finishing the scoring in the second half, poking Martinellis deft cross on the line to get his first goal for the club (57).
The negative of unai Emery overlooked a series of chances to extend their lead however, the victory is just another step towards the Europa League knockout stages following the 3-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in their opening group match.
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