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Europa League: Top Winners and Losers After Europa League 2019 Matchday 6 …

Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesArsenal and Manchester United progressed to the knockout stages of the UEFA Europa League as group winners after Thursday’s final round of fixtures.

Here is a look at Thursday’s results and the qualified teams:Winner: Bukayo Saka and Mason GreenwoodArsenal and Manchester United both went through as group winners thanks to some important contributions from their starlets.

Bukayo Saka made his fourth Europa League start of the season for Arsenal and emerged as the Gunners’ saviour in their 2-2 draw against Standard Liege.

Losers: Arsenal defenceArsenal did not have it all their own way on Thursday, and two deflected strikes threatened to hand the visitors a second Europa League defeat of the season until Saka intervened.

Arsenal managed to rescue the draw thanks to their quality in attack, but their Europa League campaign will not end in success unless they can tighten up at the back.