Arsenal 0-0 Sporting Lisbon: 5 Hits and Flops

#2 Flop: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Aubameyang squandered two great second-half opportunities, which saw Arsenal draw a winnable game

I'm aware that this selection is harsh, but I'm holding Aubameyang to a high standard and considering he's the club's record signing - he should have done better with the chances created.

For £56m, the former Borussia Dortmund forward has already netted nine goals across all competitions this term and didn't start here either. Presumably rested with fixtures coming thick-and-fast, he was introduced after 30 minutes following Welbeck's horror injury and you can empathise for a slow tempo directly after the incident.

What you cannot sympathise with though, is the fact he missed two clear-cut opportunities to break the deadlock in the second-half. The first one was unfortunate, as he struck the woodwork just seconds after the restart. He really should have adjusted his body position and hit across goal after Mkhitaryan's searching pass, rather than firing at Renan Ribeiro's near post. He would have scored.

He cut a frustrated figure after Emile Smith-Rowe's refusal to tee him up on the opposite flank minutes later, but it was probably warranted after seeing his next effort.

Alex Iwobi did well to evade his marker and set up Aubameyang with another opportunity, this time one with acres of space to work with. He struck powerfully at the near post once more, but could only watch it hit the side netting.

It's important to hold strikers to a higher standard, because often they might only have one or two chances to score in a match. They must be able to take them - Aubameyang failed to.