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Emery praises Arsenal's game management after European progress

Unai Emery praised Arsenal for carrying out his game plan to a tee as they won 3-0 against BATE to seal a comfortable aggregate victory in the Europa League last 32.

The Gunners were beaten 1-0 away last week, but they were comfortable after scoring early in the home leg, with a fourth-minute own goal followed by headers from Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

Sokratis' clinching third goal did not come until the hour mark, meaning Arsenal were one goal away from going out for a time at the start of the second half, but head coach Emery was pleased with the way his side handled the situation.