Aubameyang starts in an empty Wembley.

The Arsenal captain scored twice in the both the semifinals and final of the FA Cup. Although his opener in the Community Shield was canceled out by Takumi Minamino’s first goal in his 15th game for Liverpool, the striker netted the spotkick that clinched a 5-4 victory over Liverpool in the shootout after the match was 1-1 after 90 minutes.

Arsenal is now waiting for Aubameyang to signal a new contract upon entering the final season of their existing contract.

Arsenal will be hoping to finish far closer to the champions than last season. Arsenal finished 43 points behind Liverpool but did beat Jürgen Klopp’s side after the title had already been sealed in July.

“We created enough, we had a lot of ball, but we had to pay attention to his counterattack, we deserved the tie, we may have just scored more, but when you’re not, you have to accept it,” Klopp said. it’s a bit of a lottery and we didn’t have any luck there, so congratulations to Arsenal, that’s right. We respect the competition.

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