Europa League: Arsenal Stagger Into Quarters As Tottenham Collapse

Arsenal reached the Europa League quarter-finals regardless of struggling a 1-0 loss to Olympiakos within the second leg on Thursday, whereas Mislav Orsic scored an excellent hat-trick as Dinamo Zagreb knocked out Tottenham Hotspur after further time. Youssef El-Arabi's deflected second-half strike earned Olympiakos one other victory on the Emirates however Arsenal superior 3-2 on mixture, avenging their exit to the Greeks on away objectives final season. "Really happy to be through. We had a tough opponent, so happy to be through. Sometimes we have to be fair with ourselves - we were nowhere near the levels we could be," Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta advised BT Sport.

Jose Mourinho's Spurs held a 2-0 lead following final week's first leg in London, however Orsic netted twice within the last half-hour as Croatian champions Dinamo levelled the tie at dwelling.

Dinamo coach Zoran Mamic resigned this week after being sentenced to 4 years and eight months in jail for multi-million euro fraud involving Luka Modric's transfer to Tottenham and different transfers.

Nevertheless, Orsic curled in a marvellous shot from the nook of the world to offer Dinamo the lead on 62 minutes after which capped off a wonderful crew transfer with a thumping end to ship the match to further time.

Orsic accomplished his treble in type as he ran previous three gamers and hammered a low drive past Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris from the sting of space on 106 minutes.

Harry Kane almost snatched a late purpose that will have put Spurs via on away objectives however his effort was clawed out by Dinamo goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic because the hosts received 3-2 on mixture.

"My team didn't bring to the game the basics of football or life –- to respect our jobs and give everything. I can only apologise to the Tottenham supporters," mentioned Mourinho.

"If I forget the last 10 minutes of extra time, where we did something to get a different result, the 90 minutes and first half of extra time was one team leaving everything on the pitch.

"My crew did not appear to be it was taking part in an necessary match. One other perspective is required. To say I really feel unhappy shouldn't be sufficient. What I really feel is way more than disappointment."

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Spanish aspect Granada prolonged their debut run in European competitors, going via 3-2 total, regardless of a 2-1 loss to Norway's Molde in Budapest.

Roma additionally progressed as a 2-1 victory courtesy of two objectives from Actual Madrid loanee Borja Mayoral in opposition to Shakhtar Donetsk in Kiev wrapped up a 5-1 win on mixture.