Ainsley MAITLAND-NILES

2017/18 Europa League.   Group H.



Arsenal (3) v (1) Cologne. (Córdoba 9m, Kolašinac 49m, Sánchez 67m, Bellerín 82m).
Thursdsay 14th. September 2017. Arsenal Stadium, London.
Arsenal:
13. David Ospina (GK), 4. Per Mertesacker (C), 7. Alexis Sánchez, 12. Olivier Giroud
14. Theo Walcott (61. Reiss Nelson 83 min), 16. Rob Holding (31. Sead Kolašinac 46 min)
17. Alex Iwobi (10. Jack Wilshere 68 min), 18. Nacho Monreal, 24. Héctor Bellerín,
30. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 35. Mohamed Elneny.
Köln:
1. Timo Horn (GK), 3. Dominique Heintz, 6. Marco Höger, 11. Simon Zoller (7. Marcel Risse 64 min)
14. Jonas Hector (8. Miloš Jojić 35 min), 15. Jhon Córdoba 21. Leonardo Bittencour, 22. Jorge Meré
24. Lukas Klünter (13. Yuya Osako 76 min), 33. Matthias Lehmann (C), 34. Konstantin Rausch.


Bate (2) v (4) Arsenal. (Walcott 9m & 22m, Holding 25m, Giroud 49m pen, Ivanić 28m, Gordeichuk 67m)
Borisov-Arena, Borisov, Belarus. Thursday September 28th. 2017.
Bate:
48. Denis Scherbitski (GK), 3. Vitali Gaiduchik, 8. Aleksandr Volodko (25. Dmitri Baga 85 min)  
10. Mirko Ivanić, 17. Aleksei Rios, 19. Nemanja Milunović, 20. Vitali Rodionov (C) (13.Nikolai Signevich 55 min)
21. Stanislav Dragun, 22. Igor Stasevich, 33. Denis Polyakov (42. Maksim Volodko 25 min)   
62. Mikhail Gordeichuk.
Arsenal:
13. David Ospina (GK), 4. Per Mertesacker (C), 10. Jack Wilshere, 12. Olivier Giroud
14. Theo Walcott, 16. Rob Holding, 20. Shkodran Mustafi, 30. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 35. Mohamed Elneny,
61. Reiss Nelson (58. Marcus McGuane 79 min), 69. Joseph Willcock (62. Edward Nketiah 89 min).


Red Star Belgrade (0 v (1) Arsenal. (Giroud 85m). Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade. 19th. October 2017.
Red Star Beldrade:
82. Milan Borjan (GK), 4. Damien Le Tallec, 7. Nenad Krstičić, 8. Guélor Kanga,
14. Richmond Boakye (45. Alek Pešić 80min),
20. Mitchell Donald (C), 23. Milan Rodić, 30. Filip Stojković,
49. Nemanja Radonjić, 55. Slavoljub Srnić (77. Marko Gobeljić 83 min), 90. Vujadin Savić (15. Srdan Babić 66 min).   
Arsenal:
33. Petr Cech (GK), 2. Mathieu Debuchy, 10. Jack Wilshere 12. Olivier Giroud,
14. Theo Walcott, 16. Rob Holding, 30. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 34. Francis Coquelin (65. Ben Sheaf 90 min),
35. Mohamed Elneny, 61. Reiss Nelson, Joe Willock (58. Marcus McGuane 89 min).


Arsenal (0) v (0) Red Star Belgrade. Arsenal Stadium, London. Thursday November 2nd. 2017.
Arsenal:
54. Matt Macey (GK), 2. Mathieu Debuchy, 10. Jack Wilshere 12. Olivier Giroud,
14. Theo Walcott (C), 16. Rob Holding, 30. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 34. Francis Coquelin,
35. Mohamed Elneny, 61. Reiss Nelson, Joe Willock (62. Eddie Nketiah 68 min)

Köln  (1) v (0) Arsenal. (Guirassy 62m pen). Stadion Köln, Cologne 23rd. November 2017.

Cologne:

1. Timo Horn (GK), 4. Frederik Sorensen, 5. Dominic Maroh (C)(34. Konstantin Rausch 38 min), 8. Miloš Jojić,

13. Yuya Osako (33. Matthias Lehmann 73 min), 15. Jhon Cordoba (16. Pawel Olkowski 56 min), 19. Sehrou Guirassy,

20. Salih Ozcan, 22. Jorge Meré, 23. Jannes-Kilian Horn, 24. Lukas Klünter.

Arsenal:

13. David Ospina (GK), 2. Mathieu Debuchy (62. Eddie Nketiah 84 min), 4. Per Mertesacker (C), 10. Jack Wilshere,

12. Olivier Giroud, 16. Rob Holding, 21. Calum Chambers (61. Reiss Nelson 67 min),

23. Danny Welbeck (17. Alex Iwobi  46 min), 30. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 34. Francis Coquelin, 35. Mohamed Elneny.

 

Arsenal (6) v (0) Bate: (Debuchy 11m, Walcott 37m, Wilshere 43m, Polyakov 51m og, Giroud 64m pen,
Elneny 74m). Arsenal Stadium, London. Thursday 7th. December 2017.
Arsenal:

13. David Ospina (GK), 2. Mathieu Debuchy, 10. Jack Wilshere, 12. Olivier Giroud,

14. Theo Walcott (61. Reiss Nelson 71 min), 16. Rob Holding, 21. Calum Chambers,

23. Danny Welbeck (69. Joe Willock 77 min), 30. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 34. Francis Coquelin,

35. Mohamed Elneny. (62. Eddie Nketiah 77 min).

 

GROUP H.

	PLD	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS
Arsenal	6	4	1	1	14	+10	13
Red Star Belgrade	6	2	3	1	3	+1	9
1.FC Köln	6	2	0	4	7	-1	6
BATE Borisov	6	1	2	3	6	-10	5

Knock out games.


Round of 32. First Leg.

Östersunds FK (0) v (3) Arsenal. (Monreal 13m, Papagiannopoulos 24m og, Özil 58m)
Thursday 15th. February 2018. Östersund Arena, Østersund.
Arsenal:
13. David Ospina GK (C),  11. Mesut Özil, 17. Alex Iwobi, 18. Nacho Monreal (31. Sead Kolasinac 73 min),
20. Shkodran Mustafi, 21. Calum Chambers,  23. Danny Welbeck (62. Eddir Nketiah 82 min), 24. Héctor Bellerín,
30. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 35. Mohamed Elneny, 77 Henrikh Mkhitaryan (61. Reiss Nelson 84 min).

Round of 32. Second Leg.

Arsenal (1) v (2) Östersunds FK. (Aiesh 22m, Sema 23m ,Kolašinac 47m.) Arsenal Stadium, London.
Thursday 22nd February, 2018.
Arsenal:
13. David Ospina (GK), 10. Jack Wilshere (C), (69. Joe Willock 76 min), 16. Rob Holding,
17. Alex Iwobi (61. Reiss Nelson 90+2 min), 21. Calum Chambers, 23. Danny Welbeck, 24. Héctor Bellerín,
30. Ainsley Maitland-Niles (29. Granit Xhaka 46 min), 31. Sead Kolašinac, 35 Mohamed Elneny,
77. Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

4-2 aggregate to Arsenal.


Round of 16. First Leg.

AC Milan (0) v (2) Arsenal. (Mkhitaryan 15m, Ramsey 45+4m). San Siro, Milan 8th. March 2018.
AC Milan:  
99. Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK), 2. Davide Calabria (11. Fabio Borini 79 min), 5. Giacomo Bonaventura, 8. Suso,   
10. Hakan Çalhanoğlu (7. N. Kalinić 62 min), 13. Alessio Romagnoli, 19. Leonardo Bonucci (C),   
21. Lucas Biglia, 63. Patrick Cutrone (9. André Silva 68 min), 68. Ricardo Rodríguez, 79. Franck Kessié.  
Arsenal:
13. David Ospina (GK), 6. Laurent Koscielny (C), 8. Aaron Ramsey, 10. Jack Wilshere,
11. Mesut Özil (16. Rob Holding 80 min), 20. Shkodran Mustafi, 21. Calum Chambers (35. Mohamed Elneny 85 min)
23. Danny Welbeck, 29. Granit Xhaka, 31. Sead Kolašinac (30. Maitland-Niles 62 min), 77. Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Quarter-Final. 2nd. Leg.

CSKA Moscow (2) v (2) Arsenal. (Chalov 39m, Nababkin 50m, Danny Welbeck 75m, Ramsey 90+2m) 12th. April 2017.

VEB Arena, Moscow. Attendance: 29,284.

Arsenal won 6-3 on aggregate.

Semi-final. 1st. Leg.

Arsenal (1) v (1) Atlético Madrid. (Lacazette 61m, Griezmann 82m)

26 April 2018. Emirates Stadium, London. Attendance: 59,066.

 

Semi-final. 2nd. Leg.

Atlético Madrid (1) v (0) Arsenal. (Costa 45+2m). 3 May 2018. Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid.

 

Atlético Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate and went on to beat Marseille 3-0 in the final on 16th. May at

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu, France.