Aubameyang treble sends Arsenal to EL final

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a superb hat-trick to send Arsenal through to the Europa League final to face Chelsea after a clinical 4-2 win at Valencia (7-3 on aggregate).

Arsenal will play their London rivals in the final in Baku on May 29 after Chelsea’s dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Eintracht Frankfurt, meaning four sides from the same country will contest the finals of Europe’s two premier competitions for the first time ever.

Valencia halved the two-goal deficit from the first leg through Kevin Gameiro’s close-range finish 11th minute, but Aubameyang gave Arsenal further control in the tie with a fine half-volley in the 17th of the encounter

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Alexandre Lacazette then put the Gunners ahead on the night with a finish into the corner from 15 yards in 50th minute, meaning Valencia needed four, and they got one through Gameiro’s bundled finish in 58th minute.

But Arsenal regained their advantage through Aubameyang’s near-post finish in 69th minute, and the Gabon striker got his hat-trick and 29th of the campaign with a thumping effort from an acute angle 89th minute.