Arsenal made sure of a 16th consecutive appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage on Tuesday, while Schalke joined them with a dramatic win in Greece.
The Gunners had more than one foot in Thursday's group-stage draw already after easing to a 3-0 win against Fenerbahce in Istanbul, but they finished the job in style too, and once again Aaron Ramsey was the star of the show. The Welshman netted in the first leg and scored both goals in the return at the Emirates Stadium, rolling the ball into an empty net in the 25th minute after Lukas Podolski and Theo Walcott combined to set him up. Ramsey then got his second on the night in the 72nd minute, with a superb first-time finish on the volley from a Kieran Gibbs assist.
That saw Arsenal win 2-0 on the night and progress 5-0 on aggregate, but the loss of Podolski to injury right at the start of the second half took some of the gloss off a fine evening's work for Arsene Wenger's side.
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