#3 Tomas Vaclik was stupendous between the sticks
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Arsene Wenger’s side recorded 19 shots during the game, of which 7 were on target and if not for the heroics of Vaclik, Basel could have gone back to Switzerland looking back on an even heavier defeat.
Although he did concede two goals during the game, he could not do much about either. For the first, he was left hanging out to dry by his defenders allowing Walcott a free-header, while Arsenal made a mockery of the Swiss outfit's defence by their fluid passing for their second goal as Walcott drilled a shot past Vaclik.
The Czech Republic international made a series of vital saves to keep his side in the mix. First, he denied Nacho Monreal, followed by an excellent save to keep Hector Bellerin’s effort out. The 27-year-old pulled off another vital block to deny Sanchez, while he forced Oxlade-Chamberlain into shooting at him when the winger had skipped past him and was through on goal but was left with a very acute angle to find the back of the net.
