Arsenal qualified for the UEFA Europa League knockout stage with a 1-0 win over PSV Eindhoven on Thursday evening.
Matt Turner, Rob Holding, Kieran Tierney, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Fabio Vieira and Eddie Nketiah were restored by the Gunners following their win at Leeds United over the weekend.
there was very little in scoring opportunities and the overall attacking play from the Premier League leaders and the Eredivisie outfit in the early stages.
Although the quiet opening allowed the host to overload the wide flanks and fashioned up a chance where Bukayo Saka's cross found Tierney flick who in turn picked out Nketiah, who dragged wide his shot of target.
The Gunners showed more promise in the latter stage of the field whereby a low free-kick from a tight angle by Saka crashed against the side-netting.
Arsenal still managed the better of the opportunities and saw Gabriel Jesus cut in-field from a low pass around the area to bring goalkeeper Walter Benitez to a save.
Jesus posed more danger for the visitors near the closing exchanges when he turned off one challenge and unsettled Benitez with a low rasping shot before Xavi Simons tested Turner at the other end.
The Gunners made the breakthrough within the last 20 minutes after Granit Xhaka worked a yard of space in the area and tucked home Takehiro Tomiyasu's cross.
PSV looked to draw level inside the closing exchanges through a few promising openings by amongst others substitute Luuk De Jong, but it wasn't to be as the host closed all angles.
Mikel Arteta's side provided a change five minutes from time in Reiss Nelson for Saka, and furthermore survived the latter minutes for the win and ensured qualification to the Europa League knockout stages.
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