
Arsenal all but secured a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League by winning 7-1 away to Dutch side PSV in their round of 16 first leg.
Martin Odegaard scored twice and Jurrien Timber, Ethan Nwaneri, Mikel Merino, Leandro Trossard and Riccardo Calafiori also netted for the Gunners – who ran riot despite playing without a recognised striker.
After Ismael Saibari missed a great chance for PSV early on, firing against the bar from eight yards, Arsenal scored three times in the space of 11 first-half minutes.
Timber headed in Declan Rice’s cross, Nwaneri curled a beauty in the top corner after being teed up by fellow academy product Myles Lewis-Skelly, and Merino’s cool finish made it 3-0.
The lead was reduced a couple of minutes before half-time when Noa Lang thumped in a penalty after Thomas Partey had fouled Luuk de Jong.
But Arsenal responded with two goals in the space of a minute shortly after the break.
Odegaard tapped in after Nwaneri’s ball across the box was parried by keeper Walter Benitez, before Trossard linked up with Riccardo Calafiori on the left and slotted home the fifth.
Benitez made a complete mess of dealing with Odegaard’s curling effort, allowing the ball to squirm past him and into the net.
And the rout was completed when Calafiori fired into the far corner after being found by Odegaard.
Arsenal: Raya, Timber (White 77), Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly (Calafiori 35), Partey (Zinchenko 71), Rice, Odegaard, Nwaneri (Sterling 71), Trossard, Merino (Tierney 77).