Updated On: 13 April, 2018 12:16 PM IST | Moscow | AFP
Clinging to the Europa League to rescue their season as they languish well out of the running for a top-four finish in the Premier League, the Gunners came close to suffering a humiliating defeat at the CSKA Arena


Arsenal's English striker Danny Welbeck celebrates a goal during the UEFA Europa League second leg quarter-final football match between CSKA Moscow and Arsenal at VEB Arena stadium in Moscow. Pic/AFP
Arsenal survived a scare as they progressed to the last four of the Europa League on Thursday after coming back to draw 2-2 with CSKA Moscow in Russia in their quarter-final second leg. Fedor Chalov and Kirill Nababkin scored for CSKA to set Arsenal nerves jangling in the Russian capital, but Danny Welbeck and Aaron Ramsey both netted late on for the Premier League side as they won the quarter-final 6-3 on aggregate.