Are Arsenal over-reliant on Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang following their Europa League exploits?

Are Arsenal over-reliant on Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang following their Europa League exploits?
Every good team needs a top striker banging in the goals but Arsenal are fortunate enough to have two of them currently.And the Gunners have Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to thank as their exploits helped the club book their place in the Europa League final on May 29.The strikers are forming a formidable partnership up top8
The strikers are forming a formidable partnership up top
Aubameyang fired in his first Arsenal hat-trick, while Lacazette scored the other as the Gunners claimed a 4-2 victory over Valencia, going through to face Chelsea on Baku with a 7-3 aggregate win.They won the first leg 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium thanks to Lacazette’s first-half brace and Aubameyang’s late strike.The pair have a great understanding and to the casual observer their goals appear to be very important to the Gunners’ success.But just how vital have the France and Gabon internationals’ strikes been to Arsenal this season? Below you can see how many Premier League points Lacazette and Aubameyang’s goals have earned them as well as how much their scoring has helped them on their road to the Europa League final.

Premier League

Winning the Europa League is pretty much Arsenal’s only route into securing Champions League football next season.They can still finish in the top four but must beat Burnley and hope Tottenham lose at home to Everton while also making up eight goals on their north London rivals on the final day.There have been plenty of positive points this season, with Emery’s men going on a 22-game unbeaten run between August and December, 14 of them league matches.Arsenal’s unbeaten run lasted from August 18-December 168
Arsenal’s unbeaten run lasted from August 18-December 16
Lacazette and Aubameyang have scored 13 and 20 league goals this season respectively but how many points have these strikes earned their team in the 2018/19 campaign?Below you can see just how effective their goals have been in helping put points on the board, with thanks to Opta.Aubameyang tops the charts with his 20 goals earning 17 points, while Lacazette’s 13 goals have earned Arsenal 7 points8
Aubameyang tops the charts with his 20 goals earning 17 points, while Lacazette’s 13 goals have earned Arsenal 7 points

Europa League – Group stage

Arsenal topped their Europa League group pretty easily and Lacazette and Aubameyang’s work was not needed too much.However, if it wasn’t for Aubameyang’s double against Vorskla Poltava and Lacazette’s winner against Qarabag on matchdays one and six respectively then they could have ended up qualifying in second and thus being drawn against a trickier opponent in the knockout stages…Lacazette’s low strike secured a 1-0 win over Qarabag on matchday six8
Lacazette’s low strike secured a 1-0 win over Qarabag on matchday six

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The Gunners suffered an embarrassing loss at minnows BATE Borisov, going down to a 1-0 defeat which actually saw Lacazette receive a red card in Belarus.Thankfully for Arsenal, they were able to turn it around in London, winning 3-0 thanks to goals from Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis Papastathopoulos as well as Zakhar Volkov’s own goal.Aubameyang and Lacazette didn’t score in either match against BATE8
Aubameyang and Lacazette didn’t score in either match against BATE

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They needed their strikers to be firing in the next round with Rennes giving them a scare after beating the Gunners 3-1 in France, Alex Iwobi scoring Arsenal’s goal.But an Aubameyang brace as well as Ainsley Maitland-Niles’ goal secured a 3-0 triumph and a 4-3 win on aggregate to keep Arsenal’s Europa League dreams alive.Aubameyang did a Black Panther celebration after scoring the decisive goalBT Sport8
Aubameyang did a Black Panther celebration after scoring the decisive goal

Quarter-finals

Then came their first big test of the competition in the form of Serie A giants Napoli but Arsenal made pretty easy work of it.Aubameyang and Lacazette played in both legs but it was Aaron Ramsey and Kalidou Koulibaly’s own goal which put the Gunners in charge of the first leg with a 2-0 win.Arsenal then went to the Stadio San Paolo and earned a 1-0 victory thanks to Lacazette’s 30-yard free-kick.Lacazette celebrates his goal in Italy8
Lacazette celebrates his goal in Italy

Semi-finals

The pair really came into their own in the semi-finals though, scoring all SEVEN of Arsenal’s goals over the two legs against the LaLiga side.Valencia couldn’t deal with Lacazette and Aubameyang’s brilliance over the two legs8
Valencia couldn’t deal with Lacazette and Aubameyang’s brilliance over the two legs
If they’re playing, then Arsenal have every chance of getting Champions League football as they’ll cause plenty of problems for Chelsea’s defence.

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