Arsenal vs Vitoria LIVE result: Score, goals and latest updates from the Europa League
The Gunners extended their perfect start to the Europa League – just
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal's club-record signing Nicolas Pepe stepped off the bench to score two free-kicks and seal a Europa League comeback win over Vitoria and spare the blushes of under-fire head coach Unai Emery.
After losing at Sheffield United on Monday night, Emery launched an impassioned defence of his tenure as Gunners boss on the eve of the Group F clash - but what followed was as below-par performance rescued by the brilliance of his £72million man, who struck a fine brace to earn a 3-2 win.
Without a goal from their first two games and with no away win in Europe since 2005, Vitoria stunned the Emirates Stadium as former Tottenham winger Marcus Edwards opened the scoring before Bruno Duarte restored the lead following Gabriel Martinelli's equaliser.
With more than one "Emery Out" banner displayed and the crowd singing for Mesut Ozil - again absent from the matchday squad - it was clear Emery's calls for patience from supporters had largely fallen on deaf ears but the stadium erupted as Pepe curled in two wonderful free-kicks in the final 10 minutes.
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Odds
Arsenal win 1/4
Draw 5/1
Vitoria win 11/1
Prediction
Arsenal should be able to beat a Vitoria team that has lost both of its Europa League games so far, though the Portuguese side are in better form domestically.
2-1 is our prediction
When is it?
Kick off at the Emirates Stadium is 8pm BST.
How can I watch it?
The game will be aired live on BT Sport 2, with coverage beginning at 8pm.
Subscribers to BT Sport can watch the game online via the BT Sport player, or on the BT Sport app.
73 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Manchester United have kept just four clean sheets in their last 27 matches, but they are just over 15 minutes away from making that five.
74 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Umar Sadiq appears determined to make sure it isn't though.
Soumah cushions the ball perfectly for Sadiq to strike first time, and he nearly does so to devastating effect as it whistles past the post.
78 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
A little bit of an untidy phase in the game before Phil Jones makes a crucial block from Sadiq's cross-shot to halt Asano's advances.
81 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Final change for United, as Andreas Pereira replaces debutant James Garner.
83 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
An excellent save from Romero this!
Asano loses his man at the near post thanks to some clever movement and glances a header towards goal, but the Argentine parries it away.
86 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Six games without a win and 11 away matches without a victory looking like statistics that will not apply in a few minutes time.
Do Partizan have one final throw of the dice? Natcho attempts to provide it, but his shot is always rising even if it was closer than it looked at first.
A testing but rewarding outing for Manchester United's latest debutant.
90 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Zdjelar goes into the book for a foul on Daniel James, but Marcus Rashford is annoyed he was not picked out before the foul.
90 min: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Three minutes added on at the end of this one.
Can United hold on?
Full Time: Partizan 0-1 Manchester United
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side get their first away win in 12, as Partizan are beaten at home for the first time in almost two years.
If United beat their hosts tonight in the next round of the group stage, United will qualify for the knockout stages.
There was not a shot on target from open play from Manchester United, but Anthony Martial's penalty has done the job, and the defence resisted Partizan's attacks.
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