V. Sharpar has scored a goal for Vorskla! Assist by P. Rebenok.
Rebenok raids down the left flank and cuts the ball back for Sharpar to score.
FULL-TIME: ARSENAL 4-2 VORSKLA
GOALLLLLLLLL!!!! VORSKLA SCORE A SECOND WITH THE LAST KICK OF THE GAME!!! SHARPAR STRIKES!!! The game ends on a low note for the Gunners as Sharpar blasts an effort past Leno. Rebenok surges unchallenged down the left and cuts the ball back towards the edge of the box. Sharpar latches on to the cutback and sidefoots his effort crisply into the top corner. Once again there's nothing Leno can do as the referee blows the full-time whistle.
90' +1
Monreal makes a surge down the left and sends a good cross into the middle. It misses every red and white shirt and falls to Sklyar to clear the danger.
90'
There will be three minutes of added time.
88'
Guendouzi wins the ball in the midfield and releases Ozil down the left. The German sends a cross to the back post that has to be headed behind by Artur away from the lurking presence of Welbeck.
87'
Guendouzi and Smith Rowe have been sharp in the midfield since entering the field. Both players represent a bright future for Arsenal in the middle of the park.
85'
BLOCK! Smith Rowe and Ozil combine down the left. The German cuts the ball back to the youngster in the middle, who fires an effort at goal, only to be denied by a good block from Perduta.
83'
Arsenal will want to see the game out with as little drama as possible. Emery will still not be happy that his side conceded a cheap goal.
81'
Smith Rowe uses a brilliant couple of touches to weave his way through the Vorskla midfield. He tries to release the run of Welbeck in the box, but the youngster just overhits his offload.
80'
Arsenal switch off at the back post and allow Chesnakov to head at goal from a tight angle. He tries to force the cross from Sharpar across the face of the net, but Leno is able to gather with ease.
77'
M. Serhiichuk enters the game and replaces A. Kobakhidze.
Kobakhidze makes way for Sergiychuk.
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V. Chesnakov has scored a goal for Vorskla!
GOALLLLLLLL!!!! CHESNAKOV GETS A GOAL BACK!!! 4-1! Vorskla get a consolation goal as the skipper hammers home from the edge of the box. Arsenal failed to clear their lines from a free-kick. Lichtsteiner lost control of the ball on the edge of the box. Chesnakov dispossessed the full-back before firing an effort on his left foot towards the top corner, leaving Leno with no chance.
75'
Nicolas Careca enters the game and replaces V. Kulach.
Careca replaces Kulach for the visitors.
74'
M. Özil has scored a goal for Arsenal! Assist by S. Lichtsteiner.
Lichtsteiner makes a good run to latch on to Sokratis' pinpoint ball. He sends an equally fine delivery across the face of goal for Ozil to score.
GOALLLLLLLL!!! OZIL CONVERTS AT THE BACK POST!!! ARSENAL HAVE FOUR!! Sokratis lifts a dangerous ball behind the Vorskla defence. Lichtsteiner makes a good run to send IT across the face of goal after Shust committed himself. Ozil had an open goal to aim at and the German made no mistake, prodding his effort into the back of the net. Another good team move from the Gunners.
72'
Vorskla break down the right on the counter led by Kulach. He sends a good cross into the box that has to be headed behind by Smith Rowe.
70'
E. Smith Rowe enters the game and replaces A. Iwobi.
O. Skliar enters the game and replaces D. Kravchenko.
Kravchenko is replaces by Sklyar for the visitors.
Smith Rowe replaces Iwobi for the home side.
68'
Kobakhidze has had a couple of openings to hit crosses into the box. His first raid down the right resulted in Arsenal's first goal, while his second delivery results in a poor cross into the middle.
66'
Guendouzi drives at the Vorskla defence before releasing the run of Ozil in the box with an incisive pass. However, the German cannot find space to shoot in the left inside channel, putting a tame effort into the hands of Shust.
65'
Artur sends a decent delivery back into the box for the visitors that has Sokratis and Holding in trouble. Kolomoets has the opportunity to head at goal, but he fails to make clean contact.
64'
Vorskla win a free-kick down the right flank and have a chance to pressure the Gunners' defence, but Rebenok's delivery is cleared by Iwobi.
62'
BLOCK! Elneny works the ball back to Iwobi on the edge of the box, but Chesnakov makes the block to deny the winger. It's a damage limitation job for the visitors now.
58'
CHANCE! Arsenal play their way round the visitors with ease in the final third. Ozil and Mkhitaryan exchange passes to allow the Armenian to break into the right inside channel. He looks certain to score, only to kick the ground before connects with the ball, letting the visitors off the hook.
57'
M. Özil enters the game and replaces P. Aubameyang.
M. Guendouzi enters the game and replaces L. Torreira.
Torreira makes way for Guendouzi in the midfield.
Aubameyang won't get the chance to complete his hat-trick as Emery withdraws him for Ozil.
56'
P. Aubameyang has scored a goal for Arsenal! Assist by H. Mkhitaryan.
Mkhitaryan offloads on the edge of the box to Aubameyang, who does the rest with a neat finish.
GOALLLLLLLLL!!!! AUBAMEYANG NOTCHES HIS SECOND!! 3-0!!!! Mkhitaryan feeds Aubamenyang on the edge of the box and looks for the return. The striker keeps the ball and has a slice of fortune as Chesnakov fails to make the interception. Aubameyang makes the most of the error, hitting a strike towards goal that he bends around Shust into the bottom corner. A precise finish from the Gabonese.
55'
Lichtsteiner tries to knock the ball into space for Aubameyang to chase, but Shust races off his line to gather ahead of the forward.
53'
Iwobi is having a great deal of success down the left. All of Arsenal's attacks are coming down his side of the pitch. The Gunners have to keep feeding the winger to put the contest beyond doubt.
52'
OVER! Monreal and Iwobi combine down the left and the latter delivers a dangerous cross towards the back post. Aubameyang has to backpeddle to make contact on the volley and can only slice his strike over the bar.
50'
WIDE! Aubameyang breaks behind the Vorskla defence down the left flank and he sends the ball across the face of goal. Welbeck makes a late run, but has to slide to make contact. As a result, he can only guide his strike wide of the post.
48'
D. Welbeck has scored a goal for Arsenal! Assist by H. Mkhitaryan.
Mkhitaryan supplies a pinpoint delivery into the box from the left flank for Welbeck to head into the net.
GOALLLLLLLLL!!!! WELBECK HEADS HOME!!! ARSENAL 2-0!!!! Arsenal open up the visitors down the left this time as Iwobi and Mkhitaryan combine. Iwobi cannot get the shot away so he knocks the ball back to Mkhitaryan to cross into the middle. The Armenian's delivery is perfect, allowing Welbeck to guide the simplest of headers past Shust into the net. Too easy for the home side.
47'
WIDE! Iwobi makes another probing run down the left flank and he cuts the ball back into the middle for Mkhitaryan to strike, but he guides his effort wide of the post.
46'
We're back underway at the Emirates Stadium.
45' +2
HALF-TIME: ARSENAL 1-0 VORSKLA
Kobakhidze breaks into space down the right flank and looks for the run of Kolomoets with an offload into the box, but he overhits his pass through to Leno.
45'
OFF THE POST! Aubameyang raids down the left and cuts in to shoot on his right foot, only to be denied a second goal of the match by the post. The ball strikes the woodwork and travels behind for a goal-kick.
There will be two minutes of added time.
SAVE! Iwobi feeds the run of Mkhitaryan in the box, who then turns to shoot on his right foot with power, but Shust watches it all the way to turn the ball behind for a corner.
43'
Iwobi breaks down the left once again and tries to cut the ball back for Aubameyang in the middle, but there are enough green shirts back for the visitors to clear ahead of the Arsenal forward.
42'
Sokratis times his challenge to perfection on the edge of the box to stop Rebenok breaking into the box from Kolomoet's offload. He had to make that tackle.
41'
Elneny brings down Kulach on the charge in the Arsenal half, handing the visitors a free-kick in a decent position.
38'
WIDE! Torreira tries to catch out Shust at his near post, curling a low effort towards the bottom corner, only to clip the side-netting with his strike.
37'
Rebenok brings down Lichtsteiner on the charge down the right flank and Arsenal are awarded a free-kick.
35'
Arsenal are moving the ball with confidence in the final third now. Vorskla need to remain only one goal down to ensure they remain in the game ahead of the half-time whistle.
33'
Vorskla hand Arsenal a gift to open the scoring. They'd been solid for the opening 30 minutes, but the visitors made a mistake committing too many men forward and were duly punished.
32'
P. Aubameyang has scored a goal for Arsenal! Assist by A. Iwobi.
Iwobi breaks down the left and sends a cross to the back post for Aubameyang to convert.
GOALLLLLLLLLL!!!!! AUBAMEYANG PUTS ARSENAL AHEAD!!! 1-0!!! The Gunners make the visitors pay for their mistake pushing forward. Aubameyang converts to score his first European goal for Arsenal. Iwobi led the counter down the left flank and fired the ball across the edge of the box for the striker. Aubameyang met the ball on the slide, converting his strike into the bottom corner past Shust.
31'
Torreira comes back on to the pitch, although he's not moving freely around the park.
Kobakhidze raids down the right flank, but he fails to cross the ball into the box, sending it back to Kravchenko. The midfielder dummies the ball and loses possession, allowing Arsenal to counter...
29'
Torreira and Kolomoets collide in the air and it leaves both players down on the pitch. The Arsenal man is clutching his ankle in pain.
28'
OVER! Better from Arsenal down the left as Monreal opens up the visitors down the left with a decisive run. He passes inside to Iwobi, who tries to bend his strike towards the top corner, only to hammer his effort over the bar.
26'
Aubameyang makes a surge towards the edge of the box and offloads towards Welbeck. The England international tries to turn, but he cannot escape the pressure supplied by three green shirts, losing possession in the process.
25'
Vorskla are sitting deep on the edge of their own box and are forcing the Gunners to play through them. They've been resolute at the back thus far.
23'
Iwobi works the ball into the box after a neat move down the left. Elneny has the opportunity to shoot, but he fails to take the ball in stride before the linesman waves his flag for an incident in the box.
22'
Elneny misplaces a simple pass out wide to Welbeck, wasting another opportunity to put the visitors under pressure.
21'
Arsenal waste two good opportunities to send crosses into the box, with Torreira failing to pick out a team-mate in the middle.
Emery looks a tad concerned with the performance of his side on the bench. The Gunners have not been able to dominate in the final third as they would have liked.
19'
V. Sharpar gets yellow.
Sharpar brings down Elneny on the charge and goes into the book.
18'
Mkhitaryan attempts to break down the right, but a strong challenge from Sharpar stops him in his tracks.
SAVE! Rebenok lines up an ambitious strike from distance, but his effort travels safely into the hands of Leno.
16'
Arsenal are seeing a lot of the ball in the early stages, but haven't quite found their clinical edge in and around the Vorskla box.
14'
Torreira picks out the run of Monreal down the left, who cuts back to send in a cross on his right foot. However, Dallku is well placed to head clear in the Vorskla defence.
12'
Kulach breaks on the counter for the visitors and beats the challenge of Sokratis, but he gets crowded out on the edge of the box before he can offload.
11'
Lichtsteiner almost latches on to Monreal's cross from the left at the back post on the slide, but Shust does well again to gather ahead of the Arsenal full-back.
10'
Lichtsteiner whips a ball behind the Vorskla defence for the run of Iwobi. It forces Shust into action as he races off his line to clear with a diving header. A solid clearance from the keeper.
9'
Kulach goes for the spectacular from distance after finding space in the Arsenal half, but he fires his effort harmlessly over the bar.
8'
Vorskla win a free-kick on the left flank once again as Sokratis fouls Kolomoets in the air. However, Rebenok's delivery is poor and travels out towards the right wing away from the penalty area.
7'
Mkhitaryan and Lichtsteiner almost combine down the right flank to release the Armenian, only for Sharpar to get back to make a challenge and he wins a free-kick for the visitors from Welbeck's challenge.
6'
Artur sends a pass inside to Kolomoets, but the striker is in an offside position as he collects the offload.
4'
Kulach leaves a late boot in on Torreira and the Uruguayan hits the deck in pain. The Vorskla midfielder was fortunate to escape a booking there.
2'
Leno gets off to a good start as he sends a perfect pass out towards Torreira in the middle of the park.
1'
We're underway at the Emirates Stadium.
Vorskla finished third in the Ukrainian Premier League last season to secure their place in the Europa League. It's the first time they've competed in the competition since the 2011/12 campaign, although they failed to progress from the group stage. Vasyl Sachko's men have had an up-and-down start to their term in the Ukraine, but have won their last two games, including a last-minute winner against Kapaty on Saturday.
After losing their opening two matches of the Premier League campaign, the Gunners have found their form under Unai Emery. The club have won their last three games on the bounce to enter the Europa League with momentum. Under Arsene Wenger, Arsenal reached the semi-finals of the competition before being beaten by Atletico Madrid. A similar campaign will be expected this term, but with the ability to go one further.
Good evening and welcome to the live commentary of the Europa League clash between Arsenal and Vorskla at Emirates Riverside.
Let's take a look at the two sides this evening, starting with Arsenal.
ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Stephan Lichtsteiner, Rob Holding, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Nacho Monreal; Lucas Torreira, Mohamed Elneny; Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Alex Iwobi, Danny Welbeck; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
VORSKLA (4-4-1-1): Bogdan Shust; Igor Perduta, Ardin Dallku, Vladimir Chesnakov, Artur; Aleksandr Kobakhidze, Dmitry Kravchenko, Vyacheslav Sharpar, Pavlo Rebenok; Vladyslav Kulach; Yuriy Kolomoets.
Vorskla subs: Andro Giorgadze, Aleksandr Sklyar, Mykhaylo Sergiychuk, Marian Mysyk, Nicolas Careca, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Taras Sakiv.
Emery hands Leno his Arsenal debut between the sticks, replacing Pet Cech. The Gunners spent big to secure the signing of the keeper from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer, and he finally makes his bow this evening. Lichtsteiner, Holding, Emery, Torreira, Mkhitaryan, Iwobi and Welbeck also come into the side this evening in seven outfield changes from the win over Newcastle.
Vorskla have made two changes from their win over Karparty at the weekend. Kravchenko and Kolomoets come into the team this evening in the heart of the midfield and up front respectively.
Pierre-Emerck Aubameyang's goal has handed Arsenal a half-time lead over Vorskla in their opening Europa League match of the campaign. The Gunners struggled to break down the Ukrainian outfit in the opening 30 minutes, but a mistake on a counter allowed Alex Iwobi the space to break down the left and cross for Aubameyang to convert. Unai Emery's men had opportunities to extend their advantage before the break, but Vorskla held firm.
The visitors held a good shape for the opening 30 minutes, but as soon as they tried to play expansive football they were exposed. They're going to need to come out of ther defensive shell to get back into the game in the second half. It's a risk they're going to have to take.
Arsenal subs: Hector Bellerin, Alexandre Lacazette, Mesut Ozil, Emiliano Martinez, Matteo Guendouzi, Eddie Nketiah, Emile Smith Rowe.
Thanks for joining our commentary this evening. Until next time, goodbye.
Arsenal are off the mark in their Europa League campaign, although Unai Emery will not be satisfied with some elements of their performance. The Gunners secured a 4-2 victory over Vorskla thanks to a brace from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang along with efforts from Danny Welbeck and Mesut Ozil. However, the Ukrainian outfit scored the final two goals of the contest as Vladimir Chesnakov and Vyacheslav Sharpar found the net with sharp strikes from the edge of the box. Emery's men claimed the three points, but there are plenty of things for them to work on as they continue to build a rapport under their new manager.
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