Arsenal avoided potential further humiliation as they bounced back from a first-leg horror show to brush aside a meek Borisov side and progress to the Europa League round of 16.
Trailing 1-0 from their trip to Belarus, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's cross from the right was turned into the Borisov net by Zakhar Volkov to get Emery's Gunners off to the best possible start, and despite requiring a goal-line clearance from Stefan Lichtsteiner to deny the Belarus champions a surprise equaliser on the night, the football in the early stages all pointed to a pleasant evening for the Gunners.
While not at their electric best against defensively resolute opposition scrapping for their first ever round of 16 place, Arsenal looked comfortable and assured throughout, and found themselves leading the tie for the first time when Shkodran Mustafi headed in a Granit Xhaka corner before the break.