Arsenal dump Napoli out; Chelsea defeat Slavia Prague

Alexandre Lacazette scores for Arsenal to defeat Napoli

Arsenal dump Napoli out of the Europa League after beating Carlo Ancelotti's side 1-0 thanks to a sublime free-kick by Alexandre Lacazette.
The Gunners proceed into the semi-final on a 3-0 aggregate victory where they will face Valencia who defeated Villarreal 2-0 to qualify on a 5-1 aggregate win yesterday.

Unai Emery's side are keeping their hopes in the qualification for next season's Champions League football alive at all sides and it would put a smile on the faces of their fans if they can claim the Europa League in particular.

Pedro produced a man of the match performance against Slavia Prague

Chelsea on the other hand defeated Slavia Prague 4-3 in a seven-goal thriller. Pedro scored a brace and an assist in a man of the match performance, Olivier Giroud also got on the score sheet and an own goal was also scored by the visitors. The visitors fought to make a statement by fighting back from 4-1 down to 4-3 but it was not enough to defeat Chelsea as the Blues qualify on a 5-3 aggregate win. They are to face Eintracht Frankfurt who defeated Benfica 2-0 to qualify on a 4-4 aggregate thanks to away goal rule.

Chelsea are the first English team to win 11 major European matches in a single season.
Slavia Prague are one of the four teams to score 3+ goals against Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge in European competition. They are the first to do so in the Europa League.
Chelsea have scored 100 goals in all competitions this season, becoming the second Premier League side after Manchester City to reach that figure.
Giroud has scored 10 and assisted three goals in his last nine Europa League games. He's also the first Chelsea player to score 10 goals in a single campaign of European football.

Results in full...
Europa League
Chelsea 4-3 Slavia Prague
Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Benfica
Napoli 0-1 Arsenal
Valencia 2-0 Villarreal

Matches continue today with the following fixtures...
LaLiga
Deportivo Alaves Vs Real Valladolid 8:00pm

Ligue 1
Dijon Vs Rennes 6:00pm
Lyon Vs Angers 7:45pm

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