Arsenal put their recent Premier League struggles behind them when they won a categorical victory of 7-1 against PSV Eindhoven in the first leg of their Champions League at the end of 16.
The trip of the Gunners to Philips Stadion resembles a potentially delicate after the PSV eliminated Juventus in the playoffs with a 3-1 victory in the same place.
A home defeat against West Ham followed by a tireless draw with Nottingham Forest noted that Arsenal entered the missing momentum, but they quickly found it in the shovel in a dominant screen in the first semester.
The men of Mikel Arteta took advantage of the terrible defense of the hosts with three goals in the space of 15 minutes, the head of the 18th minute of Jurrien Timber, followed by the efforts of Ethan Nwaneri and the fortune striker Mikel Merino to end equality as competition.
The penalty of Noah Lang gave PSV a weak hope, but a double in second half of Martin Odegaard on each side of a strike from the Leandro Trossard actually won the Place d’Arsenal in the last eight against Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid, with Riccardo Calafiori rounding a remarkable five-minute winner.
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The PSV was very unhappy not to take the lead when David Raya could only a cross a cross to Ismael Saibari, but one of the heroes of victory on Juve saw his shot hitting the transverse bar.
This missed chance was immediately punished with a well -worked opener from the Gunners while Timber got up at the distant post to nod the head of Declan Rice at the house.
The advance was doubled when Myles Lewis-Skelly found space on the left side of the box to assemble his adolescent colleague Nwaneri, who ignited an eighth goal of the season at home, finding the upper left corner of the chest range.
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A few minutes after having increased by 1-0, the teenager finds the back of the net to double the advantage.#Uclonprime pic.twitter.com/pampbjrynm
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The comic defense against the PSV allowed Merino to calmly place in a third party, confirmed by Var after a long check for the offside, this break giving Arteta the possibility of bringing Lewis-Skelly, which had been reserved before for a fault on Luuk de Jong and was lucky not to receive second caution shortly after having hacked Richard Ledezma.
De Jong was again at the heart of the action, because the PSV received an itinerary in the game. Referee Jesus Gil Manzano showed no hesitation in pointing to the place after Thomas Party fired from Jong by the neck in a corner, and Lang was sent with confidence at 12 meters.
It might have been even better for PSV if De Jong did not go at close range shortly after, and three minutes in the second half of the impact of this Miss was enlarged when Arsenal transformed it into a rout.
Odegaard typed for 4-1 after the Nwaneri’s lower cross was webbed on its way. Ninety-nine seconds later, Trossard left the crowd at home as the desperate of Walter Benitez, who was at fault in the 76th minute when he only managed to help a shooting of Odegaard on his way in the net.
More humiliation came for PSV, Benitez left to recover the net after that Oodegaard played in the Maraude Calafiori to move away from the post when Arsenal became the first team in the history of the Champions League to mark seven in a direct elimination match.
