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

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Unai Emery disappointed with Arsenal's loss to Everton

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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Arsenal 2-0 Napoli

88 minutes

Arsenal break quickly with Napoli's defence exposed. Aubemayang is picked out by Mkhitaryan, lines up the shot and fires it towards the near post. It flashes inches wide of the post. Some Arsenal fans thought that was in.

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Arsenal 2-0 Napoli

89 minutes

Arsenal only half clear a Napoli corner and Ounas keeps the attack alive. He cuts onto his right foot but his wild shot flies high and wide.

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Arsenal 2-0 Napoli

90 minutes

​Four minutes of added time will be played.

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Slavia Prague 0-1 Chelsea

90 minutes

​Chelsea have four additional minutes to hold onto their narrow lead, too. 

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Full time: It's finished in Prague. Chelsea leave with a 1-0 win thanks to Alonso's late goal, and they might consider themselves slightly fortunate. Slavia, meanwhile, will probably feel a little hard done by.

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Full time: It's all over at the Emirates. An excellent first half display from Arsenal - and a disciplined second half - has given them a 2-0 lead to take to Naples next week. It's not over yet, though. Arsenal have been poor away from home in the Europa League and Napoli created plenty of chances in the second half tonight.

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Here are the final scores from tonight's Europa League quarter-final first legs. Valencia have one foot in the semi-finals after getting the better of Villarreal. Benfica, too, are in a strong position, beating Frankfurt 4-2 thanks to a hattrick from youngster Joao Felix.

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I'll leave you with Jonathan Liew's match report from the Emirates. Thanks for joining me!