Arsenal vs Napoli: Gunners take comprehensive lead to Naples thanks to Aaron Ramsey and Lucas Torreira

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Aaron Ramsey's effort and a Kalidou Koulibaly own goal gave Arsenal a 2-0 victory over Napoli in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday - and a rare and valuable clean sheet to take to Italy in a week's time.

Arsenal took the lead in the 14th minute through Ramsey, who finished off a sweeping move down the right by calmly slotting the ball past Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret.

They doubled the advantage 10 minutes later after a moment of individual brilliance from Lucas Torreira, who dashed through the Napoli midfield before spinning and switching the ball to his left foot and letting fly.

The Uruguayan's shot took a heavy deflection off Senegal defender Koulibaly and was registered as an own-goal.

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Napoli were remarkably poor in that first half. They've been unable to deal with Arsenal's aggressive pressing and might have found themselves more than two goals down. A significant improvement will be needed after the break.

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Chelsea are back underway in Prague. ​Can they return to London with a lead?

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Arsenal eventually come back out for the second half. Napoli kick off surely intent to improve on a dismal first half display.

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Arsenal 2-0 Napoli

47 minutes​

Hysaj is booked for bringing down Lacazette and potentially stopping a counter attack.

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Arsenal 2-0 Napoli

48 minutes​

Wasteful again from Insigne, who latches onto a long ball but hits his cross straight at Koscielny. There are signs of improvement from the visitors, though.

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Slavia Prague 0-0 Chelsea

52 minutes

Chelsea have started the second half on the front foot, looking to use Giroud as their focal point. Chances are scarce at the moment but Sarri will be encouraged by his side's response to his team talk.

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Arsenal 2-0 Napoli

52 minutes​

Insigne has the ball in the net, but the flag is up. Rui, surging forward the left flank. hits a shot which rolls into the path of Napoli's captain. He slots the ball past Cech but he's clearly standing in an offside position.

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Arsenal 2-0 Napoli

53 minutes​

Cech tries to prevent the ball from going out for a corner but can't quite manage it. From the set piece, Koulibaly powers a header at goal and Arsenal's keeper tips it over the bar.

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Arsenal 2-0 Napoli

57 minutes​

There's been a bit of a dip in the intensity of Arsenal's game, which has allowed Napoli to get a foothold in the contest. The home side always look a threat when they break, though.

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Arsenal 2-0 Napoli

58 minutes​

Kolasinac picks out Ozil, who finds himself with yards of space in Napoli's half. The German slides a pass into Aubameyang but the forward's shot is blocked.