I am very proud of my players ―Arsenal boss

Unai Emery was proud of his Arsenal players after they reached the semi-finals of the Europa League with a victory away at Napoli.

Leading 2-0 from the first leg, the Gunners will now face Valencia in the last four after Alexandre Lacazette’s 36th-minute free-kick was enough to seal victory on the night and a much-deserved 3-0 aggregate win over a Napoli side far from their best.

For all the criticism often aimed at the Arsenal defence, they have now kept six clean sheets in their last seven games and not conceded in consecutive away matches across all competitions for the first time since January 2017.

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And Emery was pleased with the performance of his team in what is often a hostile environment at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples.

“I am very proud of my players and of our work,” he said.

“We show the players have the habit to play matches against good teams, in a good atmosphere, and show big personality.

“We wanted to keep the ball more but we didn’t do all we wanted. Positioning we were very good and doing good pressing.”