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'Brave' Emery hailed for bold selection call which secured Arsenal's Europa League progress

Unai Emery has been saluted for the “brave” selection call which helped Arsenal to progress in the Europa League, with Martin Keown pleased to seeing the Spaniard playing with two strikers against Napoli.

The Gunners could have been forgiven for looking to play things safe when heading to Italy for the second leg of a continental quarter-final clash.

With a 2-0 lead having been established on home soil, Emery’s men already had one foot in the last four.

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They were, however, to go with Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in tandem at Stadio San Paolo and were rewarded for that positive approach with a priceless away goal from their France international forward.