Bernd Leno and Dani Ceballos combined as Arsenal conceded an absolute disaster of a goal against Olympiakos in the Europa League.
There seemed no threat at all when goalkeeper Leno received a pass as he stood outside of his goal. However he chose to pass the ball to Ceballos - when he had two Olympiakos players closing him down.
Ceballos's nervous touch allowed Youssef El-Arabi to pinch the ball off his toes and - with Leno stranded away from his goal - the Olympiakos player picked his spot in the back of the net to make the last-16 first leg 1-1 in Greece.
It was a cool finish by El-Arabi as Leno scrambled to get back - but no hiding the fact that was a diabolically self-inflicted goal from Mikel Arteta's side. Leno (primarily) and Ceballos had combined for a completely unnecessary concession.
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However Arsenal showed their resilience (yes, correct) by firing back in the second half. A pair of terrific goals - a powerful, thumping header from Gabriel, plus a smashing strike from Mohamed Elneny - put Arsenal into a 3-1 lead away from home at full-time.
It meant, after Martin Odegaard's first-half rocket, that all three of Arsenal's goals on the night were special strikes.
So at least Leno and Ceballos could comfortably forget about their defensive cock-up - and hope the rest of the world did much the same
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Topics: Europa League, Arsenal, Bernd Leno