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Gyokeres ends Champions League drought as Arsenal win 2-1 in Prague
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๐ฐ Arsenal won 2-1 in Prague to climb to third in the Champions League table.
๐ Key points
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Arsenal beat Slavia Prague 2-1 in matchday four.
โฝ Madueke scored on 9 minutes and Gyokeres on 38.
๐ It was Gyokeres's first open-play goal in the competition since January.
๐ Arsenal have 10 points from four games and are third.
๐ What happened
โฝ Gyokeres set up Madueke's opener, then scored from close range after exchanging passes with Mikel Merino.
๐งค David Raya made a full-stretch save from a Kubiak header late on and Gabriel cleared another header off the line. Wiktor Nowak scored a stoppage-time consolation.
๐ Mikel Arteta made six changes from the side that beat Liverpool, and Max Dowman came on late.
๐ By the numbers
โข Gyokeres's first Champions League open-play goal since the Kairat Almaty game in January.
โข His sixth start of the season.
โข Arsenal: three wins and a draw, 10 points.
โข Slavia: one point, 34th of 36.
๐ญ Why it matters
๐ A goal like this could give the striker confidence after a quiet spell, and Arsenal won in Europe despite rotating.
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Arsenal then beat Hull City 1-0 in the league on Saturday.
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