Arsenal fans react to performance of Nicolas Pepe during win over Molde

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Arsenal beat Molde 4-1 in the Europa League in a game that wasn’t perhaps as comfortable as it should have been for the Gunners, with Nicolas Pepe earning rave reviews for his performance afterwards.

Martin Ellingsen fired the visitors into a first-half lead after a sloppy kick from Bernd Leno was pumped forwards once more by the Norwegian outfit.

It had looked as though the Gunners would trail at the break until Kristoffer Haugen put through his own goal in first-half stoppage time.

Molde’s fortune never grew either and Arsenal went in front thanks to another own goal. This time Sheriff Sinyan shinning the ball past his goalkeeper much to the delight of Mikel Arteta.

Pepe did get in on the act in the 69th minute with a well-taken finish before Joe Willock rounded off a decent night for the Arsenal with a deserved goal.

Arteta will have been delighted with the way in which his players approached the game after they went a goal behind.

The Gunners kept playing attractive football and didn’t shrink despite Molde taking an early advantage.

Pepe caught the eye with a lively performance which wasn’t perfect but which did enough to earn praise from supporters.

Here is what Arsenal fans were saying about the £100,000-a-week trickster.

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