Official Site of Arsenal · Feb 22, 2018
Arsenal 1-2 Ostersund: How it happened
WHAT HAPPENED
We qualified for the last-16 of the Europa League despite being beaten by Ostersunds on an uncomfortable night at Emirates Stadium.
First-half goals from Hosam Aiesh and Ken Sema sparked fears that the Swedes could spring a huge shock, but Sead Kolasinac’s goal just after half time calmed nerves.
Ultimately it proved to be enough for us to progress 4-2 on aggregate, but Arsene Wenger will not have been pleased with this below-par display.
We made a sloppy start to the match, and the visitors’ confident passing game soon started to cause us problems.