EUROPA LEAGUE: Arsenal pull off an impressive comeback, AC Milan slum to an embarrassing defeat

Arsenal fought back to score a 4-1 win over Molde in the Europa League on Thursday.

🔵⚽️ Ellingsen 22'
🔴⚽️ Haugen OG 45'
🔴⚽️ Sinyan OG 62'
🔴⚽️ Pepe 69'
🔴⚽️ Willock 88'

Molde score three goals, Arsenal score two, but it ends Arsenal 4-1 Molde 😅#UEL pic.twitter.com/tp7ZFzY4Qh

— Goal (@goal) November 5, 2020

2 – Arsenal have benefitted from two own goals in a single game for the first time since beating Swansea 4-0 in January 2017 (Jack Cork and Kyle Naughton). Fortunate. #ARSMOL

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 5, 2020

Martin Ellingsen’s long-range strike gave the Norwegian champions a shock lead at Emirates Stadium on Thursday, but Kristoffer Haugen turned into his own net just before the break.

Goal for Molde – scored by Ellingsen

🏆 #UEL 🔴 0-1 🔵 (22)

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 5, 2020

An own-goal on the stroke of half-time sees us level at the break.

Time to step things up ✊

🏆 #UEL

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 5, 2020

Substitute Sheriff Sinyan also scored at the wrong end before Nicolas Pepe drilled home, and Willock capped an impressive display with a late strike as a rejuvenated Arsenal raised their game in the second half.

GET IN THERE! WE'RE AHEAD!

🔴 2-1 🔵 (62)

🏆 #UEL pic.twitter.com/XxMi3PMQc5

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 5, 2020

NICOOOOOO! 🔥

🔴 3-1 🔵 (69)

🏆 #UEL pic.twitter.com/hQk0UUILLJ

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 5, 2020

YESSS! WILLOCK! 😍

🔴 4-1 🔵 (88)

🏆 #UEL pic.twitter.com/raxQb4y0ks

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 5, 2020

Another 🔝 performance

Well played, @JoeWillock 👊 pic.twitter.com/xHiGgT4Lc3

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 5, 2020

A third win out of three puts Mikel Arteta’s team six three points were clear of their opponents at the top of Group B and well on course to qualify for the knockout stages.

✅ Three games
✅ Three wins

🏆 #UEL

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 5, 2020

AC Milan 0 – 3 Lille 

Milan’s unbeaten run came to a shuddering halt after 11 games as Yusuf Yazici’s hat-trick secured an emphatic 3-0 victory for Lille in the Europa League.

#ACMLOSC #ACMilan 0-3 #Lille goal highlight #uel #EuropaLeague #trending pic.twitter.com/C4VlqvGT8f

— Princewill Plus (@Princewillplus) November 6, 2020

Inspired by the form of Zlatan Ibrahimovic – who already has eight goals to his name – Stefano Pioli’s side has made a wonderful start to 2020-21.

But Ibrahimovic, who was subbed off in the 62nd minute, failed to lift the Rossoneri in a dismal showing at San Siro, with Yazici running the show.

AC Milan's first loss in 242 days ❌

Zlatan didn't enjoy it 😣 pic.twitter.com/rmAp7NC8k9

— Goal (@goal) November 6, 2020

The 23-year-old Turkey international opened the scoring from the spot 21 minutes in, before becoming the first player to score an away hat-trick against Milan in all competitions since Rivaldo in October 2000 with quickfire strikes early in the second half to move Lille one point clear at the top of Group H.

3 – Yusuf Yazici is the first player to score an away hat-trick against AC Milan in all competitions since Rivaldo in October 2000, for Barcelona in Champions League. Amazing. #ACMLOSC pic.twitter.com/jkRyyXi6dp

— OptaJean (@OptaJean) November 5, 2020

Time to take a 👀 at those #UEL Group H standings 👍 #ACMLOSC pic.twitter.com/xZN53P9mUK

— LOSC Lille EN (@LOSC_EN) November 5, 2020

Europa League Results

Real Sociedad 1-0 AZ

Leicester City 4-0 Sporting Braga

FC Zorya Louhansk 1-4 AEK Athènes

Glasgow FC 1-4 Prague

Milan AC 0-3 Lille

 Sivasspor 2-0 Qarabağ

Villarreal 4-0 Maccabi

Ludogorets 1-3 Tottenham

Antwerp 0-1 Linzer ASK