Pierre-Emerick Aubameuang’s hat-trick

Arsenal, Chelsea into Europa League all-England final

Pierre-Emerick Aubameuang’s hat-trick
Pierre-Emerick Aubameuang’s hat-trick

Thu 09 May 2019 Europa League – Semi- Final 2nd Leg

  

Valencia       2                   Arsenal   4

Gameiro (11’, 58’)           Aubameyang (17’, 69’, 88’), Lacazette (50’)

HT 1-1

(Agg 3-7)

Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameuang’s hat-trick set up an all-English Europa League final against Chelsea as they won in Valencia for a 7-3 aggregate victory.

 

Unai Emery, Arsenal Manager can make history by winning a record fourth time Europa League crown by winning the next match.

Trailing 3-1 from the first leg in London, Kevin Gameiro’s close-range effort had given the hosts the early advantage.

Aubameyang’s right-foot volley from 20-yards levelled the match before Alexandre Lacazette put Arsenal ahead with a clever right corner shot.

Gameiro, a four time winner of the competitiom at Sevilla and Atletico, Madrid, tapped in Valencia’s second of the night before Aubameyang rounded off the scoring.

  

Chelsea vs Eintracht Frankfurt at Stamford Bridge

  

Chelsea 1 (4)                                            Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (3)

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (28’)                       Luka Jovic (49’)

Ross Barkley                                               Sebastien Haller

Jorginho                                                         Luka Jovic

David Luiz                                                     Jonathan de Guzman

Eden Hazard

Kepa ARrizabalaga
Kepa ARrizabalaga

Chelsea beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 on penalties to progress to the Europa League final after both sides were locked together 2-2 on aggregate following extra time.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek had given Chelsea a 28th minute lead with an excellent goal, his 10th of the season, four of which have come in this competition.

Eintracht Frankfurt’s Luka Jovic drew the visitors level four minutes into the second half with his 27th strike of the campaign before the semi-final second leg went to penalties.

Despite Cesar Azpilicueta seeing his spot kick saved by Kevin Trapp, Kepa Arrizabalaga then kept out two Frankfurt penalties to be his side’s hero in the shoot out, before Eden Hazard cooly rolled home the final penalty to set up a final with Arsenal in Baku on May 29.