ARSENAL steamrolled a hapless PSV broadside to all-but publication their spot successful the Champions League quarter-finals.
The Gunners started without a recognised striker erstwhile again but dissimilar astatine Nottingham Forest past week, goals were not a occupation successful Eindhoven.
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A quick-fire treble from Jurrien Timber and Ethan Nwaneri astir the 20th infinitesimal enactment the Gunners successful power successful what was an assured display.
Every Arsenal subordinate impressed and they were objective with their finishing.
Only Myles Lewis-Skelly volition consciousness a small disappointed arsenic helium was hooked aft fractional an hr to debar him picking up a 2nd yellow.
It was a shame arsenic the youngster was performing good connected the shot – helium played a cardinal relation successful the build-up to the opening goal.
But helium could not beryllium trusted by Mikel Arteta aft helium dived and caught his antheral with a situation that could easy person resulted successful a 2nd booking.
It was different careless infinitesimal that allowed PSV backmost into the lucifer arsenic Thomas Partey conceded a punishment that was converted connected the stroke of half-time.
But the Gunners did not remainder connected their laurels and came retired racing aft the break, scoring doubly successful 2 minutes to enactment the match, and the tie, to bed.
Here is however SunSport’s Kealan Hughes rated the Gunners display.
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David Raya – 7
Nothing helium could bash astir the penalty.
Commanded his container good but was hardly tested by a lacklustre PSV attack.
Jurrien Timber – 8
Attacked the acold station good to caput Arsenal successful front.
Bombed guardant and showed immoderate clever touches successful the attacking last third, portion besides keeping a choky lid connected Noa Lang.
He has truly made the right-back presumption his ain successful caller weeks – Ben White could conflict to get backmost into the squad present helium is acceptable again.
William Saliba – 7
As assured arsenic a show you volition spot without having a batch to woody with.
Sprayed the shot retired from defence effectively, and volition present apt beryllium fixed a remainder for the instrumentality leg.
Gabriel – 7
Like his antiaircraft partner, helium was calm connected the shot and built attacks portion marshalling his defence well.
Did not springiness Luuk de Jong a sniff, whose lone joyousness each nighttime was the punishment helium won from Partey grabbing him astir the neck.
Myles Lewis-Skelly – 4
Did good for Arsenal’s 2nd arsenic helium reached the byline earlier crossing to his Hale End pal to score.
Was booked aft 25 minutes and was very fortunate to flight a 2nd yellowish conscionable moments later.
He was hooked aft Merino’s extremity conscionable aft the half-hour mark.
Thomas Partey – 6
Gave distant a needless punishment with his broadside cruising and going into half-time 3-0 up.
Could person nary complaints either arsenic helium had his limb astir De Jong’s neck.
Declan Rice – 9
Controlled the shot brilliantly successful the container earlier uncovering abstraction to whip successful a cleanable transverse for Timber to people the opener.
He had recovered the bottommost country with precision moments earlier but the long-range onslaught was ruled retired for offside.
Showed a batch much strength than caller games, got guardant often and looked a menace each clip helium did.
Martin Odegaard – 9
Had a elemental decorativeness for his archetypal aft bully enactment from Nwaneri.
Took his 2nd precise well, darting wrong and passing a mates of markers earlier firing successful – it was consecutive astatine the keeper but helium could lone thenar it into the net.
Produced the assistance of the lucifer with a fantastic outside-of-the-boot walk for Calafiori’s goal.
Ethan Nwaneri – 9
Took his extremity expertly. An effortless first-time decorativeness which helium blasted past the keeper from Lewis-Skelly’s cutback.
Did precise good for the Gunners’ 4th extremity arsenic helium bushed his defender earlier firing a debased transverse that was not dealt with, resulting successful Odegaard firing home.
He was a menace passim and was possibly Arsenal’s biggest attacking menace – not atrocious for Arsenal’s second-youngest Champions League quality maker.
Leandro Trossard – 8
Clever walk into Rice successful the build-up to the opening goal.
An adjacent smarter spot enactment his broadside 5-1 up aft Calafiori’s slipped pass.
Mikel Merino – 7
Started up-front again and this clip it paid off. However it took immoderate of the astir shambolic defending to acceptable up the Spaniard.
A myriad of errors culminated successful Ryan Flamingo passing consecutive to the makeshift striker who slotted in.
He different showed immoderate bully touches and acted arsenic a lynchpin for a much dynamic Gunners onslaught than usual.
Subs
Riccardo Calafiori (for Lewis-Skelly, 33mins) – 7
Delivered an assistance for Trossard and looked to enactment the onslaught arsenic often arsenic helium could, scoring his side’s seventh precocious on.
But dissimilar past Tuesday helium remained concentrated astatine the backmost too.
Oleksandr Zinchenko (for Partey, 71mins) – 6
Brought connected to assistance spot retired the lucifer and helium did so, keeping possession well.
Came precise adjacent to scoring with a debased changeable that produced a bully prevention from the keeper.
Raheem Sterling (for Nwaneri, 71mins) – 5
Brought connected up-front but helium was not progressive much.
Ben White (for Timber, 77mins) – 6
Shored up the defence arsenic helium continues to physique his fittingness aft returning from injury.
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