Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang came off the bench to spare the blushes of goalkeeper Bernd Leno as Arsenal scored twice in four minutes to earn a Europa League victory over Rapid Vienna.
The Gunners came close via a David Luiz header from a set-piece, but the visitors offered little else going forward in a scrappy first half.
The second half, however, provided plenty of action. A nightmare clearance from Bernd Leno meant that Taxiarchis Fountas could roll the ball into the net from a narrow angle and give Rapid Wien the lead just six minutes into the second half. A few more nervy moments from Leno followed before David Luiz restored parity with an excellent header from a Nicolas Pepe set-piece in the 70th minute.
Four minutes later, substitute Hector Bellerin ran onto Mohamed Elneny’s eye-of-the-needle pass into the box and squared for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to tap the ball home and make it 2-1 for Arsenal.
