Arsenal vs Bodo/Glimt LIVE: Europa League result and final score as Fabio Vieira wraps up victory
Arsenal are in Europa League action as they host Bodo/Glimt at the Emirates Stadium
Mikel Arteta will hope to continue Arsenal’s stellar form as they welcome Bodo/Glimt to the Emirates stadium tonight. The Gunners were triumphant in the north London derby at the weekend leaving them top of the Premier League table ahead of their clash with Liverpool on Sunday.
Arsenal are unbeaten in the Europa League this term but have only played one game – a 2-1 victory over FC Zurich - thanks to their match versus PSV Eindhoven being postponed due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Their opponents this evening, Bodo/Glimt, are also yet to lose having picked up one win and one draw from their opening two fixtures. That means that the winner of tonight’s clash will finish the matchday top of Group A.
Arteta is aware of the hectic schedule facing his players and says he will not hesitate to rotate his squad so it will be interesting to see how strong a line-up he chooses tonight. The Gunners boss will no doubt have one eye on the Liverpool game this weekend, but he will also want to secure Europa League qualification as soon as possible.
Follow all the Europa League action from the Emirates Stadium as Arsenal host Bodo/Glimt:
Comfortable Europa League win for much-changed Arsenal
Eddie Nketiah, Rob Holding and Fabio Vieira fired Arsenal to a routine 3-0 Europa League win over Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt.
Nketiah, yet to start in the Premier League this season, grabbed his second goal in two European appearances.
Then defender Holding, who has been on the pitch for just two minutes in the league this term, headed a second before Vieira tapped in a late third to make it two wins from two for Mikel Arteta’s men in Group A.
Glimt had stunned Roma 6-1 in the group stage, and knocked out Celtic, on their way to the Europa Conference League quarter-finals last season.
But their evening in north London did not get off to the best of starts when their bus got stuck on a tight bend in the narrow streets surrounding the stadium, forcing the players to get off and walk the rest of the way.
FT Arsenal 3-0 Bodo/Glimt
This win takes Arsenal top of Europa League Group A, above PSV Eindhoven who thrashed FC Zurich 5-1 tonight. They Gunners have six points from two games - a perfect record.
These two have played one game fewer than Bodo/Glimt who are level on four points with PSV.
FT Arsenal 3-0 Bodo/Glimt
Arsenal have won as many as nine of their opening 10 games to a season in all competitions for just a third time in the club’s history, also doing so in 1903/04 and in 2007/08 (both nine wins).
Full-time: Arsenal 3-0 Bodo/Glimt
90+3 mins: Arsenal secure the clean sheet and collect all three points. They’re top of the Premier League and top of Group A in the Europa League. This is some start to the season for Mikel Arteta’s men.
Tonight’s victory was a commanding performance if the intensity dipped in the second half. Eddie Nketiah, Fabio Vieira and Kieran Tierney all impressed to leave Arteta with some decisions to make ahead of the Liverpool game at the weekend.
Arsenal 3-0 Bodo/Glimt
90 mins: Three minutes of added time to play. Arsenal are moving to the top of Group A after this victory. It will also be a first clean sheet at the Emirates since the 13th March.
Arsenal 3-0 Bodo/Glimt
87 mins: Close! Nelson hangs a nice cross into the box from the left side and drops it perfectly for Fabio Vieira. He wants to shoot but Brice Wembangomo gets in the tackle and clears the danger.
GOAL! Arsenal 3-0 Bodo/Glimt (Vieira, 84’)⚽️
84 mins: Three! Fabio Vieiro scores a sitter thanks to the incredible dribbling skills of Gabriel Jesus. The Brazilian brings the ball to the byline and weaves in and out of three defenders before drawing in the goalkeeper and slotting the ball back to Vieira.
He meets it first time and guides the ball home to give Arsenal a third goal and the victory.
Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
81 mins: A good night for Eddie Nketiah comes to an end as Mikel Arteta subs him off to bring Reiss Nelson on for the last 10 minutes of the game.
Nelson is a solid young player who needs minutes to reach his peak performance.
Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
78 mins: Chance! A throw in sends the ball to Martin Odegaard who lets it run past his body before sliding a lovely pass into the box for Eddie Nketiah.
Nketiah makes the run in behind, gets to the ball and then shoots but fires the strike wide of the target!
Arsenal 2-0 Bodo/Glimt
75 mins: Opportunity for Bodo/Glimt after they win a free kick on the right wing. Pellegrino whips the set piece into the box but it’s won by Tomiyasu who heads the ball straight into the air and leaves it to Matt Turner who comes out to claim it.
15 minutes left to go at the Emirates.
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