Arsenal were boosted by two own goals to beat Molde in the UEFA Europa League while AC Milan's 24-game undefeated streak came to an end.
Two own goals helped Arsenal recover from falling behind to crush Molde 4-1 in Europa League Group B on Thursday, with Nicolas Pepe and Joe Willock also scoring for the Londoners. Arsenal struggled to deal with Molde’s aggressive pressing game and that led to Martin Ellingsen's opening goal as the Norwegians won the ball in midfield and he fired home a dipping shot from outside the area in the 22nd minute. The home side equalised in first-half stoppage time after a sweeping move from a Molde corner. Eddie Nketiah whipped in a low centre from the right and Kristoffer Haugen bundled the ball into his own net.
Defender Sead Kolasinac missed a glorious chance for Arsenal, hoofing the ball over an open goal from close range, but they went ahead in the 62nd minute when Willock pulled the ball across and Sheriff Sinyan shanked it into his own net.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said UEFA must review their decision to only introduce the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system at the knockout stage of the Europa League after his team had a goal controversially ruled out for offside on Thursday. Arsenal fell behind in the 22nd minute in London before fighting back to beat Norway`s Molde 4-1 in Group B of Europe`s second-tier club competition. But Arteta was left frustrated that a goal from Eddie Nketiah was ruled out, with TV replays showing he was onside. "I don’t think it makes any sense ... when we have the technology and we all believe it is the right call for everybody to do it," Arteta told reporters.
AC Milan’s winning streak ends
Lille attacking midfielder Yusuf Yazici scored his second hat-trick in this season`s Europa League as they won 3-0 at AC Milan on Thursday to end the Serie A side`s 24-match unbeaten run in all competitions. The Turk opened his account by converting a harshly-awarded penalty in the first half, scored the second with the help of a mistake by Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and completed his treble by finishing off a counter-attack. Lille went top of Group H with seven points, one ahead of Milan who suffered their first defeat since losing 2-1 at home to Genoa on March 8. Donnarumma made a good save from Jonathan David`s drive but, from the resulting corner, Yazici went down under a challenge from Alessio Romagnoli and converted the penalty himself in the 22nd minute.
Although Romagnoli had his hands on Yazici’s back, he did not appear to push his opponent. Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, substituted just after the hour, made his only real contribution of the evening before halftime when he had a free kick parried by Mike Maignan.
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