Arsenal secured a place in the last-16 of the Europa League with a narrow win over Zurich at the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners needed to beat Group A’s bottom side to be assured of progression to the knockout stages and they got the job done with a 1-0 victory. But ahead of a weekend of Guy Fawkes night celebrations, there were no fireworks in north London.
Kieran Tierney was the match-winner, producing a brilliant strike into the bottom corner from the edge of the box to put Mikel Arteta’s side ahead early on. Eddie Nketiah forced a good save from the visiting keeper with a header from a corner and Fabio Vieira spurned another great opening from a Tierney cut-back as the Gunners went in to the break with a one-goal lead.
