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 two goals and set up another as a Arsenal side turned to the design to thrash Standard Liege 4-0 in their Europa League Group F meeting.
Teenager Martinelli, a #6m signing from Brazilian side Ituano during the summer, opened the scoring with a great header after 13 minutes and netted his second with a low, curling finish only three minutes later, which makes it four goals from two games after his dual against Nottingham Forest at the Carabao Cup.
Joe Willock reach Arsenals third goal (22) following a shot from fellow academy graduate Reiss Nelson redirected into his path within the Standard Liege box, together with Dani Ceballos finishing the scoring in the second half, poking Martinellis deft cross over the line to get his first goal for the club (57).
The side of unai Emery overlooked a set of chances to extend their lead in the final stages, however, the success is just another step towards the Europa League knockout stages subsequent to the 3-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in their opening group match.
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