Girona 1-2 Arsenal
by Layth Yousif
at Estadio Montilivi

WHILE all the excitable pre-match chatter concerned a certain Aston Villa striker back home, Arsenal staged a pleasing comeback in the beautiful city of Girona to firmly secure their top eight spot in the knock-out stages of the Champions League on Wednesday evening.

With Unai Emery point-blank refusing to talk about Arsenal’s £60 million bid for Ollie Watkins — and Mikel Arteta also playing a dead bat on such speculation after the match — a penalty by the experienced Italian international Jorginho restored parity for Arteta’s visitors when levelling Arnaut Danjuma’s opener.