LatestRasmus Hojlund hails Arsenal's defence after Napoli defeatRasmus Hojlund praised Arsenal's defence after a 1-0 Champions League win over Napoli, calling Gabriel Magalhães the anchor. Events
First half
- Yellow card: Billy Gilmour 42'
Second half
- Substitution: A. MeretV. Milinkovic-Savic 46'
- Substitution: Alisson SantosA. Vergara 58'
- Substitution: M. PolitanoC. Favasuli 58'
- 65' Substitution: M. MerinoBruno Guimaraes
- 66' Substitution: E. EzeC. Tzolis
- 73' Substitution: V. GyokeresK. Havertz
- 73' Substitution: B. SakaN. Madueke
- 75' Goal: M. Odegaard assist: C. Tzolis 0-1
- Substitution: R. HojlundDavid Neres 76'
- Substitution: S. LobotkaL. Lucca 77'
- 82' Substitution: B. WhiteM. Zubimendi
- Yellow card: Lorenzo Lucca 85'
- 90+1' Yellow card: Martin Ødegaard
Stats
NapoliArsenal
- 42% Possession 58%
- 5 Shots 26
- 3 On target 8
- 0 Corners 6
- 12 Fouls 11
All stats
- 446 Passes 608
- 6 Saves 3
- 1 Offsides 1
- 2 Yellow cards 1
- 0 Red cards 0
Player of the match
MOM. Odegaard
Arsenal· 1 goalStories
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Lineups & ratings
Napoli
4-3-3 Coach Massimiliano Allegri
21 ↓58'
1 ↓46'
11
13
22
17
68 ↓77'
6
16
19 ↓76'
27 ↓58'
- 32 V. Milinkovic-Savic for A. Meret
- 2 C. Favasuli for M. Politano
- 26 A. Vergara for Alisson Santos
- 7 David Neres for R. Hojlund
- 20 L. Lucca for S. Lobotka
- 5
- 14
- 31
- 37
Arsenal
4-2-3-1 Coach Mikel Arteta
7 ↓73'
41
14 ↓73'
15
1
10 ↓66'
4 ↓82'
6
8
23 ↓65'
5
- 39 Bruno Guimaraes for M. Merino
- 17 C. Tzolis for E. Eze
- 20 N. Madueke for B. Saka
- 29 K. Havertz for V. Gyokeres
- 36 M. Zubimendi for B. White
- 13
- 30
- 33
- 49
- 56
- 89
Bench · Napoli
- 32 V. Milinkovic-Savic for A. Meret
- 2 C. Favasuli for M. Politano
- 26 A. Vergara for Alisson Santos
- 7 David Neres for R. Hojlund
- 20 L. Lucca for S. Lobotka
- 5
- 14
- 31
- 37
Bench · Arsenal
- 39 Bruno Guimaraes for M. Merino
- 17 C. Tzolis for E. Eze
- 20 N. Madueke for B. Saka
- 29 K. Havertz for V. Gyokeres
- 36 M. Zubimendi for B. White
- 13
- 30
- 33
- 49
- 56
- 89