Brilliant performance by Arsenal but is 2-0 enough?

Arsenal played to their usual standard at home and dispatched Napoli quite comfortably but the question has to be asked, is 2-0 going to be enough for us to progress to the semi-finals?

I think it will be, however, there are two significant factors that give me enough reason to be concerned.

The first is our away form, it is simply not good enough, we all know that and we cannot kid ourselves that it is not.

The second factor is Napoli at home, on occasions they can be formidable as some of their home results this season have shown.

In the Europa League alone they have won their last two games by at least two clear goals without conceding and in Serie A they have quite a few wins by two or more goals, five of 16 in fact, not prolific but still shows what they are capable of on their own turf.

Of course, a 2-0 win is excellent, no away goal conceded and the performance deserved even more goals, but when you combine our away form with the capabilities of Napoli at home then it is only right that we congratulate the lads on a job well done but remind ourselves that we are only at half time and we have to see this match out in the second leg.

What will help is an away win in the Premier League before we travel to Italy, it will give the team the confidence they are lacking when away from the Emirates, a loss on Monday to Watford would be a serious blow in that regards.

But all things considered, I am very happy and do believe we have done enough.