Arsenal have been drawn against Eintracht Frankfurt, Standard Liege and Vitoria Guimaraes in Group F of the Europa League.
It won’t be an easy group by any means for Unai Emery, with last year’s semi-finalists proving to be tough opposition.
Not only did Arsenal avoid some of the bigger names, they’ve also missed out on some of the longer journeys.
Here is how some of the Arsenal supporters online reacted to the draw after it was confirmed.
Twitter: @afcstuff F for Fun … (@Irmanda_T)
Twitter: @arseblog All quite close for the away games at least ???? (@SimonBeattie10)
Twitter: @arseblog Terrific draw (@the_agrippa)
Twitter: @arseblog It’s actually an exciting group! (@MoNkisMagik)
Twitter: @arseblog That’s a nice group, no trips to the southern pole of Mars. (@sadler112)
Twitter: @arseblog Seems decent enough to give our youngsters a good run (@DlSSlDENT)
Twitter: @arseblog nice group. (@mischawatson)
Twitter: @arseblog Logistically really good. will be quite competitive as well. hopefully we play the kids. (@TheAFCFranco86)
Twitter: @arseblog Travel wise this is close to as good as it gets (@AndrewMoriarty0)
Read Arsenal verdict
Frankfurt will certainly be a tough game for the Gunners. They were a great outfit in the Europa League last season and were unlucky to not make the final after losing to Chelsea.
Albeit without Luka Jovic this time around, the German outfit will be a tricky tie for the Gunners to negotiate. Standard Liege and Vitoria Guimaraes are two games that Unai Emery’s side should be looking to win comfortably.
What also works in their favour is that Arsenal have been lucky with the short distances that they will have travel for these games, which is always a huge factor in trying to juggle the demands of the competition.
Emery should be relatively happy with the draw and while it won’t be easy, it should be a group that they are looking to not only progress from, but to win as well.
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