# Martin Ødegaard double leads Arsenal’s 7-1 thrashing of PSV Eindhoven

Arsenal had struggled for goals,  in their previous four matches; out of the Carabao Cup, their Premier League title challenge grievously undermined. It was just too hard without all of their injured forwards, wasn’t it? Here, Mikel Arteta’s team gave their riposte.

It was one-way traffic from the outset and when Leandro Trossard got his goal, ensuring that all three of Arteta’s makeshift frontline had scored, it was 5-1 and there were only 48 minutes on the clock.  were humiliated.

## PSV

- Noa Lang 43 Pen
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## Arsenal

- Jurrien Timber 18
- Ethan Nwaneri 21
- Mikel Merino 31
- Martin Odegaard 47
- Leandro Trossard 48
- Martin Odegaard 73
- Riccardo Calafiori 85



### Quick Guide

#### Lille peg back Dortmund for draw to leave last-16 tie in balance

**Lille scored with their first shot on target in the 68th minute through Hakon Haraldsson (pictured) to earn a 1-1 draw at Borussia Dortmund after Karim Adeyemi gave the hosts a half-time lead in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday.**

**The Germans, last year's beaten finalists, were frustrated with the result after failing to extend their advantage in the opening period despite several chances.**

**They took their foot off the gas after the break to concede a deserved equaliser from the French side who waited patiently for their opportunity.**

**Dortmund needed some time to get into the game before Adeyemi fired them into a 22nd-minute lead with an unstoppable low drive that went in off the post.**

**Nico Schlotterbeck came close to a second goal in the 38th but his powerful shot narrowly missed the target. Pascal Gross did put the ball in the net from close range on the stroke of half-time but his effort was offside.**

**The Germans, who have struggled in the Bundesliga this season and are in 10th place and at risk of missing out on next season's Champions League, eased off after the break.**

**Lille, who failed to break through a solid Dortmund backline for more than an hour, finally succeeded with a quick passing move as an off-balance Haraldsson beat goalkeeper Gregor Kobel. Haraldsson is only the second Icelandic player to score in the Champions League knockout rounds.**

**Despite some late pressure, Dortmund failed to carve out any clear chances and then had midfielder Daniel Svensson taken off with a suspected knee injury after Lille's André Gomes stepped on his foot from behind.**

**"Tough game today and we did not show what we had set out to do," said Adeyemi. "Now we have to do it at their stadium. We had wanted to keep a clean sheet and score as many as possible."**

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The strange thing was that having begun brightly, Ødegaard and Declan Rice getting into dangerous areas, Arsenal ought to have conceded for 1-0 when David Raya pushed a low cross straight to the feet of Ismael Saibari, who could only rattle the woodwork. Ryan Flamingo was off target on the rebound. Saibari had to do better.

Rice created the breakthrough, spinning and standing up a cross from the left to the back post where Jurriën Timber rose to power home and Arsenal’s second was made at their Hale End Academy. It was Myles Lewis-Skelly pulling back from the left and Nwaneri’s technique took the breath away. The first-time left-footed finish exploded high into the net.



There was controversy when Lewis-Skelly, on a booking for a foul on Luuk de Jong, went in hard and late on Richard Ledezma, the PSV full-back writhing on the ground to make his team’s point – it was surely a second yellow card. The referee, Jesús Gil Manzano, who is not known in Spain for keeping his cards in his pocket, did precisely that. Arteta withdrew Lewis-Skelly not long after. It was one of the many indications that it was Arsenal’s night.

By the time of the substitution, it was 3-0, the concession a horror show for PSV as they failed to clear and then Flamingo just fell over, allowing Merino to sidefoot home. A lengthy VAR check for offside did not spare PSV.

Noa Lang pulled one back from the penalty spot after Thomas Partey had checked De Jong on a corner. De Jong also headed a gilt-edged chance high before half-time.

But nobody thought there was a route back into it for PSV. They were just too open, too easy to play around and through. Arsenal luxuriated in their time on the ball and they landed a one-two punch upon the second-half restart.

Nwaneri burned Tyrell Malacia for pace before crossing for Ødegaard to make it 4-1, the ball breaking kindly for him after a weak Walter Benítez parry. It was five when Riccardo Calafiori – who had come on for Lewis-Skelly – released Trossard and his dinked finish was a beauty.

The chances kept coming, Arsenal cavorting in the wide open spaces. Ødegaard benefited when Benítez flapped at his shot. And it was Ødegaard who played the pass for Calafiori to finish low into the far corner. You can only beat what is in front of you. Arsenal did that and then some.

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