This was a more comfortable win than Arsenal could have imagined. They had dealt comprehensively with Slavia, who promised far more after seizing the first-leg initiative, well before half-time and could then treat the remainder as a game management exercise. Nicolas Pépé and Bukayo Saka scored either side of Alexandre Lacazette’s penalty in a blistering six-minute spell; that was enough and Lacazette added a stylish gloss late on.
Lacazette captained Arsenal and this was one of his finest nights in the club’s shirt: the kind that makes both parties’ decisions over a new contract look all the more difficult to predict. He led from the front throughout and had done so as the teams prepared for kick-off, too.
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