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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23862458" data-attributes="member: 158020">Arsenal 0 Sporting CP 0: Welbeck  injury sours Europa League stalemate  <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/08/21/5952698-6369347-image-m-2_1541713453339.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Arsenal booked their place in the Europa League knockout stages after a 0-0  draw with 10-man Sporting CP that was marred by an injury to Danny Welbeck.   The point – combined with Vorskla losing 1-0 to Qarabag – was enough to  ensure a top-two place for the Gunners in Group E, but the performance left much  to be desired.A lack of fire power meant the few openings the Gunners were able  to create went begging, while Sporting - who had Jeremy Mathieu sent off late on  - offered even less in the final third.   With Arsenal progressing despite a disappointing display, Welbeck's injury  will be the main concern for Unai Emery and Gareth Southgate, who named the  27-year-old in his England squad earlier on Thursday.   Chances were at a premium in an opening 45 minutes dominated by Arsenal, the  Gunners unable to turn their 69 per cent possession into clear-cut chances.It  was a half soured by the nasty-looking injury to Welbeck, the forward having  landed awkwardly on his right ankle after meeting Stephan Lichtsteiner's  right-wing cross.   After receiving oxygen and medical attention on the pitch, Welbeck left the  field on a stretcher, with Arsenal waiting to learn the full extent of his  injury.Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – the man who replaced Welbeck – went close  straight after the restart, but the striker was unable to guide Henrikh  Mkhitaryan's cross on target.   There was little to get the pulses racing after that 46th-minute effort until  Mkhitaryan's weak shot with 10 to play, Renan Ribeiro getting down easily to  claim.   Mathieu's dismissal for a mistimed last-ditch tackle on Aubameyang offered  Arsenal the chance to seal a dramatic late victory, but the substitute blazed  over the crossbar in an effort befitting this lacklustre spectacle.</blockquote>

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