Confidently at the top in the Premier League, with difficulties in Europe: Der FC Arsenal has stumbled on his way to his first international title in 29 years. The Londoners came on Thursday in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League Sporting Lissabon to a 2:2 (1:1) and have to be more effective in the second leg on March 16th.
Arsenal couldn’t get past a 2-2 draw in Lisbon
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William Saliba (22′) and an own goal by Hidemasa Morita (62′) still brought Arsenal a draw, which left a number of chances. I also showed Sporting, who had been relegated to the Champions League, to be strong and dangerous. Goncalo Inacio (34′) and Paulinho (55′) scored for the Portuguese.
In England, Premier League leaders Arsenal are heading for their first league title since 2004. The last triumph on the international stage was a long time ago: in 1994 the Gunners won the European Cup Winners’ Cup.
AS Roma, who won the playoff against the Austrian series champions FC Salzburg, also won their first leg against Real Sociedad San Sebastian 2-0 (1-0). The team of star coach Jose Mourinho struggled against the Spaniards for a long time, but Stephan El Shaarawy (13th) and Marash Kumbulla (87th) made the difference with their goals.
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