UEFA Europa League: Arsenal 2 - AC Milan 0

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We move over to football now. Last decade a match between Arsenal and AC Milan would have been a marquee affair, and probably in the final stages of the Champions League.

But the two squads have seen they form dip in recent years -- thus their match-up in the last 16 of the Europa League. The Italian giants have been in better form recently, unbeaten in 13 matches. While Mesut Ozil and the Gunners had lost their last four in all competitions.

Arsenal goes ahead after 15 minutes, Ozil finds Henrikh Mkhitaryan who scores his first goal for the Gunners with a deflected shot.

Ozil then sends Aaron Ramsey clear and he rounds keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to add to the lead in the 45th minute.

Danny Welbeck almost pounces on a calamitous, Franck Kessie pass back to his goalkeeper for Arsenal's third just after the restart.

Milan tries to up the tempo but wastes a clear early chance when Giacomo Bonaventura fires it over the bar. Arsenal eases the pressure on Wenger with an impressive 2-0 first-leg victory at AC Milan, ending a four-game slide.

In other action, Dortmund suffered a shock 2-1 home defeat by Austrian champions Salzburg. Lucas Ocampos scored the Europa League's fastest goal of the season after 36 seconds, to set Marseille on the way to a 3-1 win over Athletic Bilbao. Atletico Madrid ease to 3-0 victory over Lokomotiv Moscow, Lazio were held 2-2 by Dynamo Kiev, and Lyon defies freezing conditions to win 1-0 at CSKA Moscow.