Europa League: Leicester and Arsenal enjoy four-goal wins

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers, speaking to BT Sport: "We had to work for it and in the end we were very good. In the second half we were very dynamic and created a number of chances.

"Kelechi is a boy I see every day in training and when I put him in he gives his all. He is a boy that is always ready. Jamie is one of the best strikers in the world but he plays his part in making sure we continue our momentum.

"There are no selection headaches, the players that have come in have been absolutely outstanding. It is a long season and we need them all.

"James Maddison was excellent tonight. It was good for him to get 90 minutes as well."

• Leicester City scored four goals in a European match for the first time since their first ever match in Europe, when they won 4-1 against Glenavon in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1961.
• Leicester’s James Maddison registered his first assist in 31 matches in all competitions, last doing so back in December 2019 against Aston Villa.
• Kelechi Iheanacho has been directly involved in six goals in two Europa League starts (3 goals, 3 assists) for Leicester this season.

Leicester midfielder James Maddison tells BT Sport: "I think we were good today. I think we were solid. The gaffer was not happy with a couple of things at half time tactically.

"We worked so hard for this last season. It is nights like this we do that for and long may it continue.

"We have a good squad. We have a lot of quality in depth. If you look at the injury list we have a few key players out, some are on their way back and I think the manager is going to need to take a paracetamol with the headache he is going to have."

Disappointed not to make England squad? "Yes, if I am being honest. I want to be in the England squad. It is dream since I was a kid and I have had a taste of it. I can't control the England squad, I can only focus on my form for Leicester and we are second in the Premier League and three out of three in the Europa League."

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tells BT Sport: "It was really important for us to win tonight and go top of the group. We had a convincing victory and the boys tried to go for them from the first minute. We went a goal behind but it was about the reaction, we created lot of chances.

"If they did not score the own goals, we had players there for the tap in. We could sustain attacks and we did not want to let them run on the counter because they are a threat.

"I really like the approach that the younger players are having for each game, they want to make the difference, they are playing with a lot of personality.

"Joe Willock could have scored more, he created a goal and a good performance. Keep doing what he is doing consistently and his chance will arrive (in the Premier League)."

"I'm just taking it game by game."

Hahaha.

Arsenal scorer Joe Willock, speaking to BT Sport: "In the first half they started really sharp and we had to stick with it. We didn't get frustrated."

On his goal to make it 4-1: "I had a couple of chances earlier in the game but I wasn't making a mistake with that one."

On Eddie Nketiah's offside goal: "Eddie snuck in front of me. I didn't think Eddie was offside."

On yet to make a Premier League appearance this season: "I'm just taking it game by game. It's part of my journey and I'm just a kid. I have to keep learning. I'm trying to work hard and when I get a chance in the Premier League, hopefully I can do the same thing."

He should have mentioned, "there are no easy games at this level".

"Keep working in training."

"Great squad."

"Everyone doing their best."

"Enjoy it today but focus on Premier League now."

"Hope we can keep winning."

I mean, are there any cliches that Kelechi Iheanacho has missed in that interview? He's got them all covered hasn't he?

Leicester striker Kelechi Iheanacho, speaking to BT Sport: “I just need to keep working in training and doing my job. We have a great squad and everyone is doing his best.

“This game is gone now. We enjoy it today but we focus on the Premier League now. I hope we can keep our winning run going."

• Nicolas Pepe, £72m man, has had a hand in eight goals in nine Europa League appearances since joining Arsenal (4 goals, 4 assists), scoring in back-to-back games in the competition for the first time.
• Arsenal have avoided defeat in 60% of their matches when conceding first under manager Mikel Arteta, winning four and drawing two of 10 such games (L4).
• Norwegian teams have lost 21 of their 23 away games vs English sides in all European competition (D2), netting 14 goals and conceding 104 in those games.

Still at half time between Villarreal and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

The tweet below is the reason why.

Hoping there will be some quotes on these games.

It's the Europa League so you never know if they'll stay on the coverage or switch it to WWE.

Plenty to Braga-bout for Leicester, they dispatch the Portuguese side with ease.

Took a while to get going but Arsenal get the job done in the end.

Great cross by Bukayo Saka but Eddie Nketiah heads wide.

This would have made it a nervy final few minutes for Arsenal as Leke James' shot deflects off David Luiz and drops into the side netting.