Arsenal face Dutch club PSV Eindhoven once again after 18 years. The last time the two teams met was in 2007. In that match, Arsene Wenger’s men lost 2-1 on aggregate to PSV. When PSV met Arsenal again after many years, the picture of the match changed completely.
Arsenal scored seven goals in PSV Eindhoven’s home ground. Thanks to such a great result in the last 16 of the Champions League, the Gunners have one foot in the quarter-finals. This is the first time in Champions League history that 7 goals have been scored in the opponent’s field in the knockout stage. In the end, Arsenal returned home from Philips Stadium with a 7-1 victory.
Arsenal were without Kayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli due to injury. That didn’t stop the Gunners at all. They were 3-0 up after 31 minutes of the match. Jurgen Timbers put them ahead in the 18th minute. Ethan Nouweneri doubled the lead three minutes later. Both scored their first goals in the Champions League that day.
Mikel Merino made it 3-0 in the 31st minute after receiving a foul from an opponent inside the box. Noah Lang scored from the penalty spot in the 43rd minute towards the end of the first half.
Arsenal scored four more goals in the next 45 minutes. Goals from Odegaard in the 47th minute and Trossard the next minute put Arsenal on the road to a big win. Odegaard scored his second goal in the 73rd minute. And Calafiori put the seventh nail in PSV’s coffin in the 85th minute. PSV left the field with the bitter record of conceding the most goals in a Champions League knockout match at home.
Arsenal, who secured a place in the next round with a big win, will face the winner of Real Madrid-Atletico in the last eight. Real won the first leg 2-1 at the Bernabeu thanks to goals from Rodrygo and Brahim Diaz.