Arsenal 4-2 Vorskla: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang stars with brace

Daily Mail | September 20, 2018

Whatever happens this season, Arsenal will get to play in Baku.

They travel to the Azerbaijani capital to face FC Qarabag next month for their second Europa League group fixture.

Arsenal manager Unai Emery, though, is clearly planning for a return trip to Baku for the final in May.

His team took a while to get going here, but eventually they were clinical in their dissection of Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava as Arsenal got their European campaign off to a winning start.

Goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Danny Welbeck and Mesut Ozil ensured the Gunners cruised to victory

Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick celebrates scoring the opening goal of the game after 32 minutes at the Emirates Stadium

The Gabon international latched onto a cross from Alex Iwobi (not pictured) and guided the ball into the corner of the net

Goalkeeperu00a0Bogdan Shust is wrong-footed by the shot from Aubameyang and can do nothing to stop the well-placed shot

Aubameyang is congratulated by Rob Holding and his Arsenal team-mates after scoring the opening goal of the match

Danny Welbeck (left) connects withu00a0a perfect cross from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and heads Arsenal into a two-goal lead

Arsenal players congratulate Welbeck after his headed goal gives them a two-goal lead in their Europa League group match

MATCH FACTS, PLAYER RATINGS AND MATCH ZONE

ARSENAL XI: Leno 6; Lichtsteiner 7, Holding 6.