Match report – Player ratings – Video The Europa League group stages are strange to me, even after four years in this competition. Last night, with the Emirates empty – starkly so – the absence of fans contributed significantly to a sense of oddness before the game. What we got was fairly typical group stage fare. An early goal for the visitors; lots of Arsenal possession; a couple of goals ruled out for offside when VAR might have made a difference; an impressive showing from a young midfielder; Granit Xhaka leading a counter-attack; Nicolas Pepe swinging between both poor and good, like Schrodinger's Pepe; and in the end a comfortable win. Molde's goal is not one Bernd...
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