Super Eagles and Fenerbache’s new signing, Emmanuel Emenike, failed to find the back of the net for his Turkish side as they fell by 2 nil and (5-0 on aggregates) to Premier League giants, Arsenal, in UEFA Champions League play-off.
The Afcon 2013 Golden Boot winner, who recently returned from injury, was a shadow of himself for the entire 90 minutes of the encounter at the Emirates Stadium.
Sagna found himself wrong-footed by Emenike, who ran the eight miles to goal and lashed a shot, which the big Pole pushed onto the post.
He then saved from point blank range as the ball came back in before Fenerbache hit the bar just as the offside flag went up.
The visitors fired beyond Szczesny’s post after a poor Walcott free kick allowed them to break, before Aaron Ramsey opened the scoring in the 25th minute.
Arsenal broke through the middle, Podolski poked a pass through to Walcott, their defender slid in and got a touch but played it into the path of the Welshman, who finished from close range to make it 1-0.
A fantastic Arsenal move down the left hand side saw Sanogo release Gibbs, the full back pulled it back into the area for Ramsey and his first time side-footed finish beat the keeper to make it 2-0.
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