Olivier Giroud scored a fantastic late winner as Arsenal edged to their third straight Europa League win by beating 10 -man Red Star Belgrade 1 -0 in Serbia on Thursday.
Arsene Wenger ’ s men rode their luck at times in an uninspiring performance before Giroud struck in the 85 th minute after Red Star had seen Milan Rodic sent off .
The Premier League side stay top of Group H , five points clear of Red Star, while Cologne remained pointless after losing 1 -0 at BATE Borisov.
Wenger made sweeping changes to his team with Sunday’ s Premier League visit to Everton in mind.
Only goalkeeper Petr Cech remained from the starting XI that lost 2 -1 at Watford last weekend, as injury -plagued French right-back Mathieu Debuchy made his first start for the club in 11 months.
Roared on by a vociferous home crowd, Red Star made a bright start, but it was Arsenal winger Theo Walcott who saw the game ’ s first real chance saved by the legs of Canadian goalkeeper Milan Borjan.
The inexperienced away defenders were lucky not to concede in the 26 th minute when Richmond Boakye headed onto the crossbar when unmarked at a corner .
Arsene Wenger ’ s men rode their luck at times in an uninspiring performance before Giroud struck in the 85 th minute after Red Star had seen Milan Rodic sent off .
The Premier League side stay top of Group H , five points clear of Red Star, while Cologne remained pointless after losing 1 -0 at BATE Borisov.
Wenger made sweeping changes to his team with Sunday’ s Premier League visit to Everton in mind.
Only goalkeeper Petr Cech remained from the starting XI that lost 2 -1 at Watford last weekend, as injury -plagued French right-back Mathieu Debuchy made his first start for the club in 11 months.
Roared on by a vociferous home crowd, Red Star made a bright start, but it was Arsenal winger Theo Walcott who saw the game ’ s first real chance saved by the legs of Canadian goalkeeper Milan Borjan.
The inexperienced away defenders were lucky not to concede in the 26 th minute when Richmond Boakye headed onto the crossbar when unmarked at a corner .
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