Chelsea vs Slavia: Marcos Alonso’s late winner sees Blues take one step towards semi-final
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Your support makes all the difference.Marcos Alonso's late header dragged a lacklustre Chelsea to a 1-0 Europa League win at Slavia Prague.
The Spain full-back ghosted clear in the box to nod home Willian's teasing far-post cross, to hand the Blues the slender advantage midway through their quarter-final.
Chelsea came very close drawing their last-eight first leg tie at the Sinobo Stadium, the Blues struggling for fluency throughout a niggly night in Prague.
Replacement Ruben Loftus-Cheek's smart spin and break turned Slavia's defence at the death however, before Willian served up the perfect cross.
Alonso's third goal of the season and second in the Europa League proved just enough for Chelsea then, but the Stamford Bridge men will hardly be happy with their performance.
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Arsenal 2-0 Napoli
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Arsenal break quickly with Napoli's defence exposed. Aubemayang is picked out by Mkhitaryan, lines up the shot and fires it towards the near post. It flashes inches wide of the post. Some Arsenal fans thought that was in.
Arsenal 2-0 Napoli
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Arsenal only half clear a Napoli corner and Ounas keeps the attack alive. He cuts onto his right foot but his wild shot flies high and wide.
Arsenal 2-0 Napoli
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Four minutes of added time will be played.
Slavia Prague 0-1 Chelsea
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Chelsea have four additional minutes to hold onto their narrow lead, too.
Full time: It's finished in Prague. Chelsea leave with a 1-0 win thanks to Alonso's late goal, and they might consider themselves slightly fortunate. Slavia, meanwhile, will probably feel a little hard done by.
Full time: It's all over at the Emirates. An excellent first half display from Arsenal - and a disciplined second half - has given them a 2-0 lead to take to Naples next week. It's not over yet, though. Arsenal have been poor away from home in the Europa League and Napoli created plenty of chances in the second half tonight.
Here are the final scores from tonight's Europa League quarter-final first legs. Valencia have one foot in the semi-finals after getting the better of Villarreal. Benfica, too, are in a strong position, beating Frankfurt 4-2 thanks to a hattrick from youngster Joao Felix.
I'll leave you with Jonathan Liew's match report from the Emirates. Thanks for joining me!
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