Gunners of Mikel Arteta They could have won by a bigger score at home, but they lacked strength. They even won thanks to an own goal from the Ukrainians.
At minute 29, Gabriel Martinelli He put together an excellent play on the left wing to cut back, enter the area and take a shot that blasted the first post, although he was lucky, as the goalkeeper beat the goalkeeper. Dmitry Riznyk and the ball was embedded in his goal.
Before that, Riccardo Calafiori He could have opened the scoring in London, but in a corner his shot flew over the crossbar despite finishing from the front in the opening frame.
Leandro Trossard He missed a penalty in the 77th minute which prevented Arsenal from scoring 2-0 again. The referee signed the penalty for handball by Valeriy Bondar on a substitute from Mikel Merino after reviewing the OUR.
At 72 ‘, Calafiori left the field due to discomfort and left a strange moment when he gave his place to the 18-year-old youth squad. Myles Lewis-Skellywho could not enter the court because of a headset in his left ear.
The recent Arsenal youth player’s piercing appeared to be the case as he had a difficult time removing the earring and had to wait a few seconds for the referee to allow him to enter the game.
With the home win, Arsenal remain unbeaten in the Champions League and climbed to fourth in the overall table with seven points, while Shakhtar dropped dead in 29th place with one point.