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Job done! Arsenal winners, losers and ratings as Xhaka sinks PSV and sends Gunners through

Arsenal guaranteed themselves a spot in the Europa League knockout stages with a 1-0 win against PSV Eindhoven on Thursday night.

The Gunners enjoyed almost total domination against the Dutch outfit, but had to wait until the 70th minute to finally break their resistance.

Granit Xhaka was the man who did it, firing home a sweet right footed half-volley after he had been neatly picked out in the box by Takehiro Tomiyasu's ball in.

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The win moves Arsenal five points clear at the top of Group A with two games remaining and guarantees they will now progress through to the knockout stages.

And they now know that a draw at PSV next week will be enough to ensure they win the group with one game remaining, giving them a bye into the round of 16.