The Empty Emirates: Struggling Arsenal stars greeted by thousands of spare seats in Europa League clash against Eintracht Frankfurt

• The Emirates Stadium was barren for Arsenal's clash with Eintracht Frankfurt 
• Supporters have vented frustrations recently with the club's poor run of form
• The club had posted their lowest-ever attendance against BATE Borisov 
• Pressure is mounting on manager Unai Emery with fans demanding change 

Arsenal stars were faced with a barren Emirates Stadium for the strugglers' Europa League clash with Eintracht Frankfurt.

Supporters have recently vented their frustration with the club's poor run of form, and pressure continues to mount on maligned manager Unai Emery.

And for Thursday evening's group stage tie, thousands of empty seats could be seen at the 60,000 capacity ground. 

The fractured relationship between the fan base and the club became even more evident with droves of the Gunners' faithful opting to stay at home to watch their side.

The club claimed on Thursday evening that the official attendance was 49,419. 

Arsenal have failed to collect a single victory across all competitions for over a month, and the recent stalemate against Southampton in north London resulted in further question marks surrounding Emery's immediate future.

The attendance mirrored the lack of support visible at the stadium on several occasions across recent seasons, with the club posting its lowest ever attendance for a European tie against BATE Borisov in 2017.

Less than 30,000 spectators had been present for that game, despite Arsenal claiming it had in fact sold out, and the hierachy became increasingly concerned with no-shows in the final years of Arsene Wenger's tenure. 

Speculation around ten minutes before kick-off in the capital revealed that only an approximate 1,000-2,000 supporters had taken their seats. 

The attendance was diminished even further with Eintracht Frankfurt's away contingent banned from entering the ground.

The Bundesliga outfit had been punished by UEFA following disturbances in the crowd in a clash with Vitoria Guimaraes earlier this term. 

Europa League : jimenez wira Wolves di Molineux

RAUL Jimenez membantu Wolves semakin hampir ke pusingan kalah mati Liga Europa apabila jaringannya pada masa kecederaan mengesahkan kemenangan 1-0 ke atas Slovan Bratislava di Molineux, England, awal pagi tadi.

Perlawanan itu kelihatan berakhir tanpa jaringan selepas penjaga gol Bratislava, Dominik Greif menyelamatkan sepakan penalti Ruben Neves pada awal separuh masa kedua.

Bagaimanapun, penyerang Mexico, Jimenez menanduk masuk hantaran silang Adama Traore untuk memastikan tiga mata.

Wolves menghuni tangga kedua Kumpulan K dengan sembilan mata, lima di depan pasukan tangga ketiga Bratislava dengan berbaki dua perlawanan.

Pasukan kendalian Nuno Espirito Santo itu hanya memerlukan satu mata untuk layak ke pusingan berikutnya.

Gol kemenangan hadir pada minit kedua daripada 12 minit masa kecederaan, susulan perlawanan tertangguh lama kerana rawatan terhadap pemain Bratislava, Kenan Bajric, yang cedera mukanya apabila terkena but Jimenez ketika dia cuba melakukan sepakan gunting.

Jimenez memberitahu BT Sport: “Ia sukar buat kami. Saya tak tahu apa nak kata. Saya harap dia pulih dengan segera.”

Europa League : MU Celtic layak pusingan kalah mati

PEMAIN remaja Mason Greenwood menyumbat gol ketika Manchester United layak ke pusingan 32 terakhir Liga Europa selepas menang 3-0 ke atas Partizan Belgrade di Old Trafford awal pagi tadi, manakala Celtic mengejutkan Lazio dengan gol saat akhir di Rome untuk mara.

United kendalian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sedar kemenangan ketiga dalam empat perlawanan Kumpulan L sudah mencukupi untuk memastikan kemaraan mereka.

Greenwood yang berusia 18 tahun memecah kebuntuan pada minit ke-22 dengan penamat tenang untuk menjaringkan gol ketiganya musim ini dan kedua dalam pertandingan itu.

Anthony Martial menggandakan kelebihan selepas setengah jam dengan gol individu menakjubkan sebelum Marcus Rashford merembat masuk gol ketiga empat minit selepas rehat.

Marcus Rashford of Manchester United celebrates scoring their third goal. Photograph: Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images

Kemenangan selesa itu menyaksikan United bangkit selepas tewas 0-1 di Bournemouth hujung minggu lalu yang menamatkan catatan tiga kemenangan berturut-turut.

“Saya fikir ia persembahan yang bagus tapi masih ada perkara yang kami perlu tingkatkan,” kata Rashford kepada BT Sport. “Kami berjaya menjaringkan tiga gol tapi ia mungkin patut lebih banyak lagi.”

Olivier Ntcham meledak gol kemenangan dramatik pada masa kecederaan bagi memastikan Celtic menang 2-1 di Lazio.

Anak buah Neil Lennon kekal di tangga teratas Kumpulan E dengan berbaki dua perlawanan, tujuh mata di depan pasukan tangga ketiga Lazio selepas kemenangan kedua berturut-turut mereka ke atas kelab Rome itu.

Olivier Ntcham scored the winning goal for Celtic

“Hebat untuk melayakkan diri dengan berbaki dua perlawanan,” kata pengurus Celtic, Lennon kepada uefa.com.

“Terlalu awal untuk menyatakan sejauh mana kami boleh pergi dalam pertandingan ini tapi kami boleh menjadi lawan yang sukar buat mana-mana pasukan.”

Rembatan voli Ciro Immobile menyaksikan tuan rumah mendahului selepas tujuh minit tetapi James Forrest menyamakan kedudukan buat Celtic sebelum rehat.

Namun pemain gantian Ntcham menyambut hantaran Odsonne Edouard pada minit kelima masa kecederaan sebelum melakukan penyudah mengagumkan melepasi penjaga gol Lazio, Thomas Strakosha.

UEL : Arsenal 4 Standard Liege 0

-Two goals and an assist for Gabigoal
-90 mins for Hector, Rob and Kieran

-Another clean sheet

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Villarreal earned an impressive 3-1 victory away at Zenit St Petersburg in their Europa League last-16 first-round tie.

Former Leicester midfielder Vicente Iborra gave the Spanish side a first-half lead but Sardar Azmoun immediately equalised.

Second-half goals from Gerard Moreno and Manu Morlanes put the La Liga team in control heading back to the Estadio de la Ceramica for the second leg on Thursday March 14. 

Vicente Iborra grabbed Villarreal's first in victory against Zenit St Petersburg in Russia

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UEL : Arsenal 4-2 Vorskla Poltava

• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang broke deadlock for Arsenal on half-hour mark after a slow start to the match
• Danny Welbeck doubled the advantage for the Gunners after latching on to a good Henrikh Mkhitaryan cross
• Aubameyang scored his second goal with his final kick on the night to seal three points against the Ukrainians
• Mesut Ozil scored Arsenal's fourth before Volodymyr Chesnakov and Vyacheslav Sharpar netted consolations
• Arsenal claim attendance was 59,039 but in reality thousands of empty seats were vacant during the match

The Gabon international latched onto a cross from Alex Iwobi (not pictured) and guided the ball into the corner of the net

Not keeping a clean sheet is the clear negative but this was a very comfortable win for Arsenal. Four goals (two from Aubameyang, with one each for Welbeck and Ozil). Emery will be reasonably satisfied with that outcome.

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Antoine Griezmann was Atletico’s two-goal hero as Diego Simeone’s ruthless side dispatched Marseille

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone looks pleased with the result. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

 Marseille’s Dimitri Payet tries to hide his tears of disappointment as he leaves the pitch. Photograph: Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images 

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