Bukayo Saka ne apne do goals ke saath Monaco ko haraya, aur Arsenal UEFA Champions League ke Last 16 ke kareeb pahuch gaya hai.
Bukayo Saka ne apne do goals ke saath Arsenal ko 3-0 se jeet dilayi aur Champions League ke knockouts ke kareeb le aaye. Saka ne dono half ke end mein goals kiye, jabki Kai Havertz ne Emirates Stadium par late mein third goal kiya, jisse Mikel Arteta ki team group phase ke reconfigured league mein third place par pahuch gayi.
Arsenal ab achhe position mein hai top eight finish karne ke liye, jo unhe direct last 16 mein entry dega. Jo teams ninth se 24th position tak finish karti hain, unhe playoffs ke liye jaana padta hai. Arsenal ko ab January mein Dinamo Zagreb aur Girona ke saath matches khelne hain, aur unhe playoffs se bachne ki puri umeed hai.
Yeh jeet zaroori thi, kyunki pichle weekend Premier League mein Fulham ke saath 1-1 ka frustrating draw tha. Yeh Arsenal ki pichle 6 matches mein se paanchvi jeet thi, jo unke liye ek acchi boost thi, khaas karke jab unke defense mein injury crisis chal raha hai.
Injury Woes aur Defensive Adjustments
Gabriel Magalhaes, Ben White, Riccardo Calafiori, Oleksandr Zinchenko, aur Takehiro Tomiyasu sab unavailable the, toh Thomas Partey ko right-back position mein kheena gaya, jahan unhone pichle din practice bhi nahi ki thi.
Teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly, jo apna Champions League debut left-back par kar raha tha, ne achha khela. 18 saal ke Lewis-Skelly ne Arsenal ke youngest Champions League starter ka record banaya, jo pehle Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ke naam tha 2011 mein.
Jesus Struggles, lekin Saka Shines
Gabriel Jesus ka goal drought ab 32 games tak stretch ho gaya hai, aur is baar bhi unhone kuch key opportunities miss ki. Lekin unhone Monaco ki defense ko baar-baar pareshan kiya aur Gunners ke opener mein madad ki.
34th minute mein Lewis-Skelly ka ek accha pass Jesus ke paas gaya, jisse usne Saka ko ek perfect low cross diya, aur Saka ne apna choutha goal tap kar diya.
Martin Odegaard ne second half mein lead double karne ka chance miss kiya, jabki Monaco ke Thilo Kehrer aur Takumi Minamino ne achi performance dikhayi.
Jeet Ghar Par
Arsenal ne match ke end mein apna control wapas liya, aur Saka ne 78th minute mein Monaco ke defense ki galti ka faida uthate hue apna doosra goal kiya. 88th minute mein Havertz ne Saka ke deflected shot ko convert karke match ko khatam kar diya.
Yeh jeet Arsenal ko Champions League mein ek solid position mein le aayi hai, jahan ab unka fate unke apne haath mein hai knockouts ke liye.
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