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Europa League draw: Arsenal face trip to France in last-16
Arsenal have been drawn to face Rennes in the last-16 of the Europa League following this afternoon’s draw.
We made hard work of beating BATE Borisov in the last-32 as we slumped to an embarrassing 1-0 first leg defeat in Belarus last week which will go down as one of our worst ever European results.
However, the Arsenal players responded by putting in a professional performance in the second leg yesterday to ease to a 3-0 win which booked our place in the next round with a 3-1 aggregate victory.
We’ll now take on Rennes in the last-16 with the first leg to be played at the Emirates on March 7th before the return leg in France on the 14th.
Rennes booked their place in the last-16 after beating Real Betis 6-4 on aggregate so we’ll have to shown them plenty of respect but it’s a short trip and a very winnable tie so Unai Emery should be pleased with the draw.
Elsewhere, Chelsea got Dynamo Kyiv while Emery’s old side Sevilla will face Slavia Prague.
? #UELdraw in full:
??????? Chelsea vs Dynamo Kyiv ??
?? Eintracht Frankfurt vs Inter ??
?? Dinamo Zagreb vs Benfica ??
?? Napoli vs Salzburg ??
?? Valencia vs Krasnodar ??
?? Sevilla vs Slavia Prague ??
??????? Arsenal vs Rennes ??
?? Zenit vs Villarreal ?? pic.twitter.com/HrAa55iHJH— Standard Sport (@standardsport) February 22, 2019