Arsenal fans react to Alexandre Lacazette’s performance during Rapid Vienna win

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Arsenal returned to winning ways in front of 2000 fans, beating Rapid Vienna 4-1 in the Europa League.

The Gunners rediscovered their goalscoring mojo at the Emirates Stadium, with Alexandre Lacazette, Pablo Mari, Eddie Nketiah and Emile Smith Rowe all on target for the hosts.

Wien grabbed their goal early in the second half to give them hope, but it turned out to be nothing more than a consolation for the Austrian outfit.

After weeks of turgid performances, Arsenal were really at the races tonight and in truth, could have won by a much bigger scoreline.

The Gunners were already through to the competition’s knockout stages, and seemingly played with freedom and confidence.

There will be much sterner tests than Vienna, but the performance and result will do Mikel Arteta’s side the world of good.

One man who wowed in north London was Lacazette.

The Frenchman has been the subject of criticism of late, as have a lot of his attacking teammates, but he was sublime tonight.

He was on the pitch for just over an hour, and had some brilliant touches playing slightly deeper than usual.

His goal was a thunderbolt from distance and his pass to release Nicolas Pepe in the build-up to Nketiah’s was fantastic, and the 2000 lucky fans gave him a deserved standing ovation for his contributions when he went off.

On social media, the love-in for Lacazette continued: