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Arsenal dazzle in Europa League top performers

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Arsenal dazzle in Europa League top performers Here we run through the five best rated players from the semi-final Europa League first leg matches, with Arsenal boasting three of the top five performers from Thursday’s games…5. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) - 7.65 ratingAgainst a Valencia side that started six defenders at the Emirates, Gr...

Four from Arsenal in Europa League quarter-final XI after nullifying Napoli

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Four from Arsenal in Europa League quarter-final XI after nullifying Napoli With last night bringing the quarter-final stage of this season’s Europa League to a close, the final four are gearing up for the semis next month.It was Arsenal who perhaps pulled off the biggest upset of the round to dump out a well-fancied Napoli side, and are rewarded with a clash with Val...

Arsenal dominate Europa League best XI after Napoli win

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Arsenal dominate Europa League best XI after Napoli win Goalkeeper: Neto (Valencia) - 7.46 ratingValencia hold a hefty first leg advantage following their 3-1 win at Villarreal on Thursday night as goals from Goncalo Guedes and Daniel Wass secured victory at the Estadio de la Ceramica. Neto provided a solid rearguard for Los Che as the Brazilian made fiv...

Why Sarri might not be the man to leave for Hudson-Odoi to have Chelsea future

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Why Sarri might not be the man to leave for Hudson-Odoi to have Chelsea future After Friday’s Europa League draw it’s fair to say that many are tipping a difficult first season at Chelsea for Maurizio Sarri to end in success.The Blues will face the tournament’s rank outsiders in Slavia Prague in the quarter-finals after all, while fellow frontrunners Napoli a...

Assessing the outright Europa League winner odds following quarter-final draw

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Assessing the outright Europa League winner odds following quarter-final draw As was the case in the earlier draw of the Europa League’s boastful older sibling, the Premier League teams will have been left in very different moods by the order in which Pierre van Hooijdonk pull ball from bowl.Chelsea were drawn against the tournament’s unquestionable underdogs in S...

Europa League Best XI: Hudson-Odoi and Loftus-Cheek make round-of-16 team

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Europa League Best XI: Hudson-Odoi and Loftus-Cheek make round-of-16 team Here we run through the best WhoScored rated XI from the last-16 Europa League matches. In order to qualify for the team, players must have featured in both legs. Goalkeeper: Samir Handanovic (Inter) – 8.07 ratingInter were eliminated by Bundesliga side Frankfurt but there was only one goal sc...

Chelsea ace thrives in Europa League team of the week

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Chelsea ace thrives in Europa League team of the week And then there were eight. After another exciting evening of Europa League action, we take a look at the best XI from Europe’s second club competition.Goalkeeper: Samir Handanovic (Inter) - 8.09 ratingInter crashed out of the Europa League at Eintracht Frankfurt’s expense, with Luka Jovi...

Chelsea quartet make the grade in Europa League best XI

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Chelsea quartet make the grade in Europa League best XI We run through the Europa League team of the week as Chelsea dominate…Goalkeeper: Alex Meret (Napoli) - 8.11 ratingNapoli romped to a comfortable 3-0 win over last season’s Europa League semi-finalists Salzburg on Thursday as goals from Arkadiusz Milik, Fabian Ruiz and a Jerome Onguene ...

Arsenal and Chelsea tips included in 20/1 Europa League treble

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Arsenal and Chelsea tips included in 20/1 Europa League treble As the Europa League plays catch up to its more glamorous brother we begin the round of 16 phase with some intriguing ties to look forward to, picking out a tempting treble involving both Arsenal and Chelsea.Eintracht Frankfurt vs InterPerhaps the most evenly match tie of the draw on paper, Frankfur...

Two Chelsea stars named in Europa League team of the round

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Two Chelsea stars named in Europa League team of the round With the Europa League whittled down from 32 teams to 16 yesterday, we run through the team of the round of players to have featured in both of their side’s fixtures in the tournament over the past ten days.GK: Tomas Koubek (Rennes) - 7.43Rennes elimination of Quique Setien’s Real Betis ...