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See the numbers behind Arsenal Europa League victory over Zurich ️

Zurich had to do a lot of defending, attempting to make 13 challenges in their defensive third, Arsenal only had to make one. In this match, Zurich made nine successful tackles to Arsenal's three

Arsenal managed to play an impressive 16 successful balls (and eight carries) into the opponent's box. Zurich managed four passes into the Arsenal penalty area.

Arsenal played an impressive 58 successful passes (and 22 carries) into the final third. The North London side also carried the ball a combined distance of 1,686 yards towards the opponent's goal, compared with 499 yards for Zurich.

Takehiro Tomiyasu (our man of the match) completed 79 passes - more than any other player on the pitch.

Tomiyasu played 13 successful balls into the final third (game's highest number), carried the ball into the final third five times and won two aerial duels.

Gabriel Dos Santos also had a good game, successfully playing 15 long balls (more than any other player on the pitch). He also won eight aerial duels - more than anyone the player in the Europa League.