PHILIPS STADION — Ethan Nwaneri made Champions League history and Arsenal all but booked their place in the quarter-finals with a 7-1 win over PSV Eindhoven.
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Jurrien Timber’s second Arsenal goal had given them an early lead before Nwaneri struck and Mikel Merino made it three after just 31 minutes.
With Arsenal’s attacking line so injury-ravaged, it was initially no surprise that it was PSV who came closest to opening the scoring, Ismael Saibari hammering the bar after former Spurs winger Ivan Perisic’s cross.
And Arsenal’s lead was doubled in the 21st minute when Nwaneri, starting a Champions League game for only the second time, made it two from two with a first-time finish from Myles Lewis-Skelly’s cross, although once again it was Trossard whose pass cut three defenders out of the game and made the space for the full-back.
Mikel Arteta was already preparing to make a change when Merino was gifted a goal by some slapstick PSV defending and the manager had no qualms afterwards in saving Lewis-Skelly, only back in the team last night after suspension from a previous red, from himself.
Player of the match: Leandro Trossard
Three inspired passes that each made a goal possible, including his own fine finishAnd it felt like the start of a familiar story when Thomas Partey grabbed Luuk de Jong round the neck in the box, and Lang converted from 12 yards to reduce the deficit to two before the break, and the PSV captain could even have made it 3-2 in first-half stoppage time, his header a real warning shot for the Gunners.
PSV’s humiliation looked complete when Walter Benitez failed to keep out Odegaard’s drive 16 minutes from time but there was more pain to come in the 85th minute courtesy of Calafiori.
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