Arsenal vs Rennes, Europa League Round of 16, second leg: score, updates

Arsenal through to Europa League Quarter Finals

VoiceAirMedia reports that Arsenal came back from a 1-3 loss in the first game against Rennes to beat them 3-0 at home to ensure a place in the next round of the Europa Cup.

78 mins - Arsenal 3 Rennes 0 (4-3 on agg)

 

9:37pm

77 mins - Arsenal 3 Rennes 0 (4-3 on agg)

75 mins - Arsenal 3 Rennes 0 (4-3 on agg)

The referee has booked Aubameyang for that celebration. Presumably he hated Black Panther.

The thing now is that Rennes can take this game to extra-time if they score. 

9:33pm

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!

And that's three! Aubameyang makes it 3-0 and Arsenal should be safe now. Kolasinac gets into space on the left, pulls a low ball across the box and the Arsenal striker is there to finish. He's ridiculously good at that.

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 Aubameyang puts on a Black Panther mask to celebrate.

71 mins - Arsenal 2 Rennes 0 (3-3 on agg)

The ball drops to Iwobi for his first touch on the edge of the box, he takes it down and then pulls a shot wide of the post. Not a bad effort but he should do much better.

69 mins - Arsenal 2 Rennes 0 (3-3 on agg)

It's substitution time and off comes a sad looking Ozil to be replaced by Mkhitaryan.

9:27pm

66 mins - Arsenal 2 Rennes 0 (3-3 on agg)

Rennes have a corner, win another corner, Mustafi heads it away. They keep possession, the ball is chipped to the to the corner of the box and WHAT A HIT! The Rennes midfielder strikes across it and hits the far post but it wouldn't count anyway because he's offside. 

63 mins - Arsenal 2 Rennes 0 (3-3 on agg)

Stade Rennes' Hamari Traore in action with Arsenal's Mesut Ozil.

Kolasinac slides into a block  on the left to deny a scoring chance and gets a massive roar from the crowd and some high fives from his teammates.

9:20pm

60 mins - Arsenal 2 Rennes 0 (3-3 on agg)

Play the game lads. Constant fouling all over the pitch is ruining the flow of the match. The ball is pinged from one end to another by both teams, Arsenal get Aubameyang in down the left but his cross is poor and cleared, then Rennes give it away when trying to get forward too quickly.

57 mins - Arsenal 2 Rennes 0 (3-3 on agg)

Sarr crosses from the right but puts it far too close to Cech. Cech used to play for Rennes incidentally, it's where he impressed before Chelsea decided to buy him.

54 mins - Arsenal 2 Rennes 0 (3-3 on agg)

There is a red card coming in this game. So many dirty little fouls are being put in but the referee's not buying the feigned agony for now. The crowd are booing but the ref seems to be getting everything mostly right here. These Rennes boys are whinging about everything. The referee has booked someone for dissent now too. Good. 

51 mins - Arsenal 2 Rennes 0 (3-3 on agg)

Ramsey does well to win the ball and spots Aubameyang sprinting into the channel, firing a hard pass ahead of him to chase. The goalkeeper comes off his line to close it but the Arsenal forward gets there first! He's wide of goal and stretching so his cross isn't great and the goalie can catch easily.

48 mins - Arsenal 2 Rennes 0 (3-3 on agg)

An early corner from Rennes is headed away but Mustafi's made a mistake outside his own box! Grenier steals it, passes inside and there's the SHOT! OFF THE POST! Cech touches it onto the frame of the goal and Arsenal get away with one. 

The first time that's happened in 50 years apparently. That is assuming Arsenal get through of course. 

8:50pm

HALF TIME

Decent game, Arsenal in control of the tie!