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Arsenal put their latest Premier League struggles behind them in model as they cruised to an emphatic 7-1 win over PSV Eindhoven within the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
The Gunners’ journey to the Philips Stadion appear like a probably tough one after PSV knocked out Juventus within the playoff spherical with a 3-1 win on the identical venue.
A house defeat to West Ham adopted by a goalless draw with Nottingham Forest meant Arsenal went into the conflict missing momentum, however they quickly discovered it in spades in a dominant first-half show.
Mikel Arteta’s males took benefit of some dreadful defending from the hosts with three objectives within the house of quarter-hour, Jurrien Timber’s 18th-minute header adopted by efforts from Ethan Nwaneri and makeshift striker Mikel Merino to primarily finish the tie as a contest.
Noah Lang’s penalty gave PSV faint hope, however a second-half double from Martin Odegaard both facet of a Leandro Trossard strike successfully clinched Arsenal’s place within the final eight towards both Actual Madrid or Atletico Madrid, with Riccardo Calafiori rounding off a outstanding win 5 minutes from time.
PSV Eindhoven vs Arsenal
PSV had been very unlucky to not take the lead when David Raya might solely palm a cross so far as Ismael Saibari, however one of many heroes of the win over Juve noticed his shot strike the crossbar.
That missed probability was instantly punished with a well-worked opener from the Gunners as Timber rose on the far put up to nod house Declan Rice’s cross.
The lead was doubled when Myles Lewis-Skelly discovered house on the left-hand facet of the field to tee up fellow teenager Nwaneri, who lashed house an eighth purpose of the season, discovering the top-left nook from point-blank vary.
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Comical defending from PSV allowed Merino to calmly slot in a 3rd, confirmed by VAR after an extended test for offside, that pause giving Arteta the chance to deliver off Lewis-Skelly, who had earlier been booked for a foul on Luuk de Jong and was fortunate to not obtain a second warning quickly after for hacking down Richard Ledezma.
De Jong was within the thick of the motion once more, although, as PSV got a route again into the sport. Referee Jesus Gil Manzano confirmed no hesitation in pointing to the spot after Thomas Partey pulled De Jong by the neck at a nook, and Lang confidently dispatched from 12 yards.
It may need acquired even higher for PSV had De Jong not headed over from shut vary quickly after, and three minutes into the second half the influence of that miss was magnified as Arsenal turned it right into a rout.
Odegaard tapped in for 4-1 after Nwaneri’s low cross was palmed into his path. Ninety-nine seconds later, Trossard left the house crowd in disbelief by dinking over the forlorn Walter Benitez, who was at fault within the 76th minute when he succeeded solely in serving to a straight shot from Odegaard on its method into the web.
Extra humiliation was come to for PSV, with Benitez left to retrieve the ball from the web once more after Odegaard performed in marauding Calafiori to steer in off the put up as Arsenal turned the primary group in Champions League historical past to attain seven away from house in a knockout recreation.
