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Sporting Lisbon and Arsenal drew 2-2 in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie at Estadio Jose Alvalade.

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William Saliba gave Arsenal the lead with a header from Fábio Vieira's corner in the 22nd minute

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Sporting responded 12 minutes later with a similar goal as Gonçalo Inácio headed home Marcus Edwards' delivery

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Paulinho scored in the 55th minute to give Sporting the lead. His best performance of All Time.

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but Gabriel Martinelli almost equalized with a solo run only for Jeremiah St. Juste to make a crucial intervention.

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Arsenal leveled in the 62nd minute when Sporting's Hidemasa Morita scored an own goal after diverting Granit Xhaka's pass.

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The second leg will take place next Thursday with Arsenal looking to secure

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their place in the quarterfinals for the fourth time in six seasons

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