Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis and an own goal by Zakhar Volkov made sure that Arsenal can embark on the next step towards europaligatittelen.
London-the team took a quick grip on the match and went up an early lead when Volkov on unfortunate display put Pierre-Emerick Aubameyangs posts in their own goal.
After a fresh opening was hviterusserne close to equalize after eight minutes. Stanislav Dragun be outwitted Petr Cech, but Stephan Lichtsteiner was by angel for the hosts with a rescue on the dash.
Something before the break was Mustafi king in the air when he butted corner from Granit Xhaka cash in the net from seven metres to a big cheer from the Arsenal manager Unai Emery.
Koscielny-injury
Former Arsenal player Alexander Hleb was met with applause when he was exchanged for the guests after 55 minutes. 37-year-old and his teammates were extras when Sokratis headet inn 3-0 thanks to weak field work of BATE keeper Dzyanis Scherbitski five minutes later.
Sokratis’ scoring was the last in a settlement Arsenal had full control over. Now waiting åttedelsfinale for Emerys men.
A score in the joy for the hosts was that captain Laurent Koscielny had to go out with a friend of mine in the leg after 55 minutes. It can be bad news for rødtrøyene who face Southampton, Bournemouth and Tottenham in Saturday the next week.
Ajer with the large Celtic-opportunity
Celtic had a tough task away against Valencia after 0-2 at Celtic Park in the first settlement, and disappeared out of the tournament with a 0-1 loss.
Scots ‘ mission was heavier then Jeremy Toljan picked up his second yellow card eight minutes before the break. Kristoffer Ajer got a fantastic chance to send the scots in the lead when he went unselected up in the air on a free kick after just over an hour, but nordmannens heading went outside. Instead of be able to Valencia cheer for the 1-0 victory when Kévin Gameiro was matchvinner ten minutes later.
Thus, europaeventyret over for Celtic and Ajer, who played the entire match.
Erling Broke Haaland was sitting on the bench when Salzburg went ahead with the 4-0 win at home and 5-2 overall against Bruges. Fredrik Gulbrandsen was not included in the østerrikernes squad because of an injury.
Åttedelsfinalen be drawn on Friday. Matches are played 7. and 14. march.
