Arsenal, Chelsea pull through:

PARIS. — Arsenal and Chelsea reached t he last 16 of t he Europa League football on Th ursday night aft er the Gunners comfortably saw off BATE Borisov 3- 0 and Maurizio Sarri's troubled side relieved some of the pressure on him with the same scoreline against mediocre Malmo.

Arsenal will now play Rennes in the last 16 of the Europa League while Chelsea will face Dynamo Kiev.

Aft er falling 1- 0 in Belarus, Arsenal were level on aggregate aft er just three minutes when Zakhar Volkov sliced Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's low cross past Denis Scherbitski in his own goal.

Unai Emery's side deservedly went t hrough t hanks to t wo t humping headers from Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis either side of the break.

"We wanted this result but also we wanted to play for our supporters here. We did our best to come back (in the tie) and the team worked very well," Emery told BT Sport.

Ahead 2-1 from the fi rst leg in Sweden, Chelsea had to wait until 10 minutes aft er the break for the fi rst sign of excitement, Olivier Giroud tapping in the decisive goal of a humdrum encounter at Stamford Bridge.

Ross Barkley made sure of the win with a super free- kick in t he 74th minute, just aft er Malmo's Rasmus Bengtsson was sent off for his second bookable off ence, before 18-year- old Callum Hudson- Odoi made the most of a rare start by crashing home the third. Europa League round of 16 draw Chelsea v Dynamo Kiev Eintracht Frankfurt v Inter Milan Dinamo Zagreb v Benfica Napoli v Salzburg Valencia v Krasnodar Sevilla v Slavia Prague Arsenal v Rennes Zenit St Petersburg v Villarreal First legs will be played on March 7, second legs on March 14.