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A man who was not in the Gunners' starting lineup named Kieran Tierney made a great long-range shot, which led to the team's advancement to the 16th round.
On Thursday evening, Arsenal edged over FC Zurich in a nail-biting match, with the final score being 1-0 in favor of Arsenal. After claiming first place in their Europa League group with this victory, Arsenal will now move on to the Europa League knockout stages.
Even though it wasn't as easy as we thought it would be, the assignment was completed successfully.
After Tierney scored a great goal from a long distance in the first half, the Gunners had to go through some tense minutes because they couldn't score a second goal and increase their lead.
Following PSV's victory at Bodo/Glimt, if Zurich had scored an equalizer, Mikel Arteta's club would have fallen to second place in the group, behind PSV. As a consequence of this, they would have had to take part in a play-off against one of the teams that would be relegated from the Champions League to the Europa League in order to earn a spot in the round of 32.
The home team was attempting to capitalize on the momentum they had gained throughout the tumultuous second half, and there was clearly a significant amount of tension in the atmosphere as they did so.
Twenty minutes remained on the clock when Zurich really put the ball in the back of the net, but the referee correctly disallowed the goal because Adrian Guerrero's close-range shot was taken while Zurich was playing offside.
Arsenal was able to pull out the victory, which not only helped them finish on top of their group but also exempted them from having to play any additional matches later on in this season. This victory not only helped them finish on top of their group but also exempted them from having to play any matches later on in this season.
