Arsenal Crush PSV Eindhoven 7-1 In Champions League Last-16 First Leg

Arsenal have more than one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals after scoring seven goals in an extraordinary away win at hapless PSV Eindhoven.

The Gunners have struggled for goals in recent weeks – failing to score in three of their last four games – but Mikel Arteta’s side sparked into life in a devastating 7-1 win.

Goals from Jurrien Timber, 17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri and makeshift striker Mikel Merino put the visitors in a barely believable position before half-time.

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Noah Lang pulled one back from the penalty spot, but Arsenal scored just seconds after the restart as Martin Odegaard restored their three-goal cushion.

Leandro Trossard added another two minutes later, with Odegaard notching his second and Riccardo Calafiori rounding off a superb evening for the north Londoners with a seventh.

The Gunners became the first away team in Champions League history to score seven goals in a knockout stage match and next week’s second leg at the Emirates is all but a formality.

Arsenal can start to look forward to the next round, where they will face either Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals.