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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24166374" data-attributes="member: 158020">Arsenal 2 Cardiff City 1: Aubameyang  and Lacazette see Gunners bounce back   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/01/29/21/9151622-6645519-image-m-71_1548798934077.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette were on target as an  unconvincing Arsenal beat Cardiff City 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium, bouncing  back from defeat to Manchester United in the FA Cup.Unai Emery's men failed to  impress despite largely controlling proceedings, though they benefited from  Bruno Ecuele Manga's haplessness at the back for Aubameyang's penalty, and  Lacazette put the game beyond Cardiff before Nathaniel Mendez-Laing's  stoppage-time consolation.    After pre-match tributes to Cardiff's missing striker Emiliano Sala, the  visitors gave a good account of themselves in a first half of few chances,  looking just as lively as their hosts, though they were perhaps fortunate Ecuele  Manga did not concede a spot-kick shortly before the interval.   The Gabonese defender failed to learn his lesson, however, finding himself  penalised in the second period and his compatriot Aubameyang converted, before  Lacazette put the result beyond doubt with a fine effort of his own.Mendez-Laing  pulled one back with an excellent left-footed finish, but it amounted to  little.   Arsenal were quick out of the blocks and should have gone ahead in the second  minute, but Neil Etheridge got a touch to Sead Kolasinac's cross and an  unbalanced Lacazette failed to pounce quick enough, seeing his eventual effort  blocked.Cardiff wasted a good chance of their own soon after – Bobby Reid  slicing a volley just wide after Mohamed Elneny inadvertently nudged the ball  on.   As underwhelming as Arsenal's first-half display was, they were furious to  not get a penalty just before the break, as Ecuele Manga escaped unpunished when  catching Lacazette.The Cardiff man was not so fortunate midway through the  second period, however, as he clumsily sent Kolasinac tumbling in the box and  the previously anonymous Aubameyang converted confidently.   Lacazette sealed the win seven minutes from the end with a fine goal not in  keeping with the rest of the match, as he took up possession out on the right,  darted inside and finished clinically past Etheridge after bursting into the  box.   Mendez-Laing netted in style right at the end, bending a left-footed strike  into the bottom-left corner, though it had little impact as Cardiff remain in  the drop zone, three points from safety.</blockquote>

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