Valencia 2-4 Arsenal (agg 3-7) PLAYER RATINGS: Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rise to the occasion Arsenal beat Valencia to book their place in the final of the Europa League Alexandre Lacazette netted before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's hat-trick Kevin Gameiro scored either side of half-time but his efforts were in vein By Kieran Gill for MailOnline Published: 21:59 BST, 9 May 2019 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 9 May 2019 Viewcomments Arsenal booked their place in a first European final since 2006 with a fine 4-2 victory over Valencia at the Mestalla, winning the semi-final 7-3 on aggregate. A hat-trick from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and a strike from Alexandre Lacazette got the job done on the night with Kevin Gameiro netting twice for the hosts. Sportsmail's KIERAN GILL assesses the performances of those involved in Spain. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat-trick as Arsenal reached the Europa League final ARSENAL (3-4-1-2) Petr Cech – 6 Valencia fans felt he was time-wasting from minute one. They weren’t always telling fibs. Sokratis – 6 Kept busy by Valencia’s attackers. Gonzalo Guedes appeared a threat on his side. Laurent Koscielny – 6.5 Arsenal’s defence was all over the place in the opening stages. Tried to steady the ship. Nacho Monreal – 6 Arsenal’s defence needs shaping up this summer. Monreal is among those not up to scratch. Ainsley Maitland-Niles Lively getting forward but sluggish getting back. Clever footwork set up Aubameyang for Arsenal's third. Lucas Torreira - 7 Bags of energy as per, but could do with improving his positioning and defensive intelligence. Granit Xhaka - 7 Needed to get closer to Valencia captain Daniel Parejo, who made his presence felt in midfield. Sead Kolasinac - 6 Not a lot of end product to his crosses. Not your ideal choice as a left wing-back but coped. Mesut Ozil - 7 Grew into game and did not give ball away when he had it. Then shushed Valencia supporters as he walked off. Alexandre Lacazette – 8 Got the goal his performance deserved. He and Aubameyang dragged Arsenal into the Europa League final. Dynamic duo. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - 9 Just when Arsenal seemed on the ropes in the opening stages, he sucker-punched the home side. Hat-trick hero. Aubameyang wheels away in celebration after scoring his third goal of the night SUBSTITUTES Mkhitaryan 6 (for Ozil, 62) Mustafi 6 (for Kolasinac 71) Guendouzi (for Torreira) Not used: Leno, Elneny, Iwobi, Nketiah Manager - Unai Emery - 7.5 Away goal settled nerves and took the sting out of Valencia. VALENCIA (4-4-2) Neto 4.5; Piccinini 4.5 (Soler 56, 6), Gabriel 5, Garay 5, Gaya 5.5; Wass 6, Parejo 6, Coquelin 5.5, Guedes 6 (Torres 71, 6); Rodrigo 6 (Mina 72, 6), Gameiro 6.5 SUBTITUTES Not used: Domenech, Roncaglia, Diakhaby, Lato. MANAGER - MARCELINO GARCIA TORAL – 5 REFEREE - DANNY MAKKELIE (HOLLAND) – 6 Did well to keep a lid on things while the Valencia crowd were baying for blood. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility