Wins for Arsenal and Milan, Seville upset The Saigon Times Daily Arsenal’s Matteo Guendouzi celebrates with Alexandre Lacazette after scoring their third goal at Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan October 4, 2018 – PHOTO: REUTERS LONDON (REUTERS) – Arsenal enjoyed a 3-0 win in Azerbaijan against Qarabag in the Europa League on Thursday and AC Milan beat Greece’s Olympiakos Piraeus 3-1 but Sevilla suffered a shock defeat by Russians Krasnodar. Eighteen-year-old Emile Smith Rowe, a product of the Arsenal’s academy, was on target as a mainly second-string Gunners maintained their winning start in the competition. Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Matteo Guendouzi also scored for Unai Emery’s side who sit atop Group E with six points. Milan trailed to a Miguel Angel Guerrero goal at the San Siro but a late flurry of goals ensured victory for Gennaro Gattuso’s side. Patrick Cutrone scored twice for the Italians and Argentine Gonzalo Higuain was also on target as Group F side Milan also made it two wins out of two. Sevilla, winners of the competition three times between 2013 and 2016, went down 2-1 with Georgian midfielder Tornike Okriashvili grabbing the winner two minutes from the end after Nolito had put Sevilla in front. RB Salzburg came back from a goal down to beat Scotland’s Celtic 3-1 in Austria. Odsonne Edouard’s cool finish put Celtic in front in the second minute but Munas Dabbur and Takumi Minamino scored after the break. Celtic’s James Forrest was sent off after a foul in the area and… [Read full story]
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