Arsenal completed a 5-1 aggregate victory over seven-time European champions AC Milan, winning 3-1 on the night in north London after the Italians had scored first.
Danny Welbeck scored twice against AC Milan to toast his England recall by sending Arsenal into the last eight of the Europa League.
Hakan Calhanoglu’s brilliant drive from range reignited a tie that had seemed as good as over after Arsenal’s 2-0 win in the San Siro last week. However moments later Danny Welbeck was awarded the softest of penalties.
As AC Milan pushed for the two second half goals they needed to claim qualification they were undone by a sucker punch as Gianluigi Donnarumma spilled Granit Xhaka’s low shot into his own goal. A late second for Welbeck added gloss to Arsenal’s convincing passage to the last eight.
Arsene Wenger’s side had fallen at the last-16 stage in their last seven Champions League campaigns but have at least gone one better in this tournament as they won a European knockout tie at home for the first time since seeing off the same opponents here in 2012.