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Placing in what was a sensational efficiency on Tuesday night time, Arsenal all however formally booked their Champions League quarter-final ticket as they stormed their option to a 7-1 romp away at PSV.
Opening the scoring after simply 18 minutes and silencing the Philips Stadion as ex-Ajax defender Jurrien Timber headed house on the again stick, Mikel Arteta’s aspect shortly breezed their option to a 3-0 lead as Ethan Nwaneri and makeshift quantity 9 Mikel Merino pounced on a leaky PSV defence.
Whereas Dutch worldwide Noa Lang may need transformed from the penalty spot moments earlier than the interval, that was nothing greater than a minor enhance for the Lightbulbs.
Within the blink of an eye fixed, Arsenal notched a quickfire brace simply second after the half-time break as skipper Martin Odegaard and Leandro Trossard additional added to PSV’s distress.
Nonetheless, with Odegaard notching his second of the night time due to a beautiful solo effort, issues solely received higher for Arsenal as second-half substitute Ricardo Calafiori notched a well-known seventh objective.
Rightfully with one eye already on the quarter-final stage, Arteta’s males will merely be trying to lay down one other marker once they welcome PSV to north London subsequent week.
In what was a record-breaking night time for the Gunners in Eindhoven, we have now taken a have a look at the primary speaking factors from the Philips Stadion.
Arsenal place all of their eggs within the Champions League basket?
Watching their Premier League title ambitions take what seems to have been a crucial blow over the previous month, Arsenal are dealing with the prospect of ending the season with out a single piece of silverware to indicate for his or her troubles.
With their EFL Cup desires coming to a thumping finish final month as they fell to a 4-0 combination defeat towards Newcastle, Arteta’s aspect might place all of their eggs within the Champions League basket.
At the moment sat 13 factors adrift of runaway leaders Liverpool, a real European cost over the following few months will definitely be Arteta’s sole precedence going ahead.
Storming their option to a well-known first-leg benefit right here and with one foot already within the quarter-final stage, Arsenal will now be preserving a detailed eye on how issues unfold within the Spanish capital subsequent week.
Watching Los Blancos declare their very own first-leg benefit due to a 2-1 victory on the Bernabeu on Wednesday night time, Arteta will already be placing plans collectively for a final eight showdown towards eight Atletico Madrid or defending champions Actual.
The Gunners run rampant within the remaining third
With attacking talisman Bukayo Saka nonetheless sidelined with a hamstring damage, Arsenal have additionally confirmed that each Kai Havertz and Brazilian marksman Gabriel Jesus are set to overlook the rest of the season.
Drastically wanting attacking choices and failing to herald any putting reinforcements in the course of the January switch window, Arteta has needed to do some actual juggling within the remaining third.
Pressured to accept a 0-0 stalemate away at Nottingham Forest final weekend, Tuesday’s company headed over to Eindhoven having failed to seek out the web in three of their earlier 4 home appearances.
Nonetheless, regardless of their obtrusive attacking points over the previous month, the Gunners definitely kicked into prime gear right here and can take loads of positives away from a sensational efficiency away from the Emirates.
Notching seven targets on the Champions League stage for the primary time of their historical past, Arteta’s makeshift squad definitely laid down what was an actual assertion of intent on overseas soil.
A public nightmare for PSV
Gathering what was a heavyweight Champions League scalp final month as they edged previous Italian giants Juventus, PSV opened Tuesday’s return to Eindhoven dreaming of one other well-known night time on the Philips Stadion.
Nonetheless, regardless of writing actual historical past on February nineteenth, Peter Bosz’s aspect have come crashing again right down to earth in a worrying style and must be bracing themselves for one more public backlash.
Utterly blown away on house soil and breaking loads of undesirable data right here, it’s no shock that PSV have actually proven some obtrusive defensive points since opening the New 12 months.
Failing to choose up any form of momentum over the weekend as they slumped to an action-packed 3-2 loss towards the Go Forward Eagles, Tuesday’s hosts have misplaced their final three appearances throughout all competitions by an combination rating of 12-4.
Already watching their quarter-final desires go up in smoke, the Lightbulbs will merely look to avoid wasting degree of respect once they journey to north London subsequent week.
Match Report
PSV: Benitez, Ledezma, Flamingo, Boscagli, Malacia, Schouten, Saibari, Perisic, Til, Lang, de Jong
Subs: Karsdorp, Bakayoko, Obispo, Nagalo, Veerman
Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Partey, Rice, Odegaard, Nwaneri, Trossard, Merino
Subs: White, Tierney, Zinchenko, Sterling, Calafiori
Targets: PSV: Lang (43’ P) – Arsenal: Timber (18’), Nwaneri (21’), Merino (31’), Odegaard (47’, 73’), Trossard (48’), Calafiori (85’)
Yellow Playing cards: PSV: Malacia – Arsenal: Partey, Lewis-Skelly, Timber
Purple Playing cards: N/A
Referee: Jesus Gil
