Mikel Artesa said he knew Arsenal Glut’s intention against PSV Eindhoven was coming as he greeted a historic and incredible night for his players who has everyone, but secured their place in the quarter -finals of the Champions League.
A pair by Martin Odegarard and individual attacks by Jurrien Timber, Ethan Annaniri, Mikel Merino, Leandro Trossard and Riccardo Caliori won Arsenal a triumph of thuping 7-1 – their biggest victory in the Champions League.
She marked a tremendous upheaval at Fortunes for the previously timid arts team, which reached the Netherlands with three gaps from their last four outings and their Premier League Dream up in Smoke title.
But when asked if he could have ever predicted such a result, the arts said with a smile: “I knew he was coming.
“This is the beauty of football. No one in this room if I were going to give you an envelope and say,” Can you predict what will happen and who will score? “It would have predicted it. But that’s the beauty of football.
“We will enjoy it because it was a very impressive show and an incredible result. We deserve it and I will get it. We were extraordinary.”
Arts in creating history: We want to achieve more
After losing a 1-0 to West Ham and the insignificant equation against Nottingham Forest in the league, which leaves them with 13 Liverpool’s Adrift points, the Arsenal campaign had been in danger of going out.
However, the men of art responded to the pre-hearing of Timber to change the narrative with an electrical performance on the European scene-no doubt against a completely easy PSV side-to place them on the eve of an eighth match with Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid.
Without a well -known striker, Timber opened the score for gunners after 18 minutes before the teenager in Nwaneri and before Merino extended Arsenal’s advantage within half an hour.
NOA Lang gave PSV hope from the penalty spot for Odegaard to score 60 seconds after resumption, with Trossard, adding fifth a minute later.
Odegaard doubled his 17 -minute remaining score and Calafiori ended the destructive route – which exceeded Arsenal’s 5-1 win over Inter Milan in 2003 as the biggest club away from North London in the champions – at the time of closure.
Commenting on the record night of his team, Artes went on: “Something something that has not been done in the history of the club, so it’s good to be part of this. But as a team we want to achieve many other things that are much more important.
“It is very significant and we are in a strong position to move on to the next round. And this is reality. But to refute the right signs we have to do it at a very different level. It means a lot, but that’s not what we want.
“I am happier because we are in a very strong position to go to the next round, which is where we want to be. But there is still a job to do in London for sure within a week.”
The second foot, effectively now a dead rubber, will take place in the emirates Stadium on Wednesday 12 March, with Gunners again in the Premier League against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday, Live on Heavenly.
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Rice: We have played like this throughout the season
Arsenal midfielder RICE Talking to talk Amazon Prime Sport:
“We were fluent, we had enthusiasm. We had a car and hunger, they are the rounds of the champions League.
“But we’ve played like that all season. We talked about a story, but we players feel like we’ve done well. Sometimes we score five or six, sometimes we score two or three, sometimes we may be lost by one.
“This is where we have to continue to pressure as a team with the mentality, and we did it.
“When they came back to do it 3-1, we could have been sitting again. But we went on and we saw that with the goals we scored in the second half. A mass show. Now in the home game, nothing is done. We will see what happens.”
Will Arsenal go all the way?
Jamie Carragher of Sky Sports in CBS:
“Arsenal is never a team we put on as possible winners, but there are many big teams that have already come out.
“One by Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are out, PSG or Liverpool will disappear and Arsenal is now guaranteed to be in the quarter -finals in April.
“International holiday is coming and then you will probably have Gabriel Martinelli to return and Bukayo Saka is not far away.
“Arsenal is very strong defensive, but can they give a Madrid or Atletico Madrid for their money with those players again?
“For Mikel Artes and Arsenal’s team, there was probably a lack of confidence and there was a sense of supporters who were unhappy, this result feels great for them to return to the right track.
“What we have seen in recent weeks is not Arsenal we have known over the past two years.
“This result simply gives them an elevator over the next few weeks because there is still a lot to play.”
‘A bay in class’
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Tim Sherwood gives his full-time reaction after Arsenal creates stories in the Champions League with a 7-1 win over Knockout’s biggest PSV
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“They didn’t have to worry about their goals, there was a breast in class. They had to do it properly, they calmed the crowd down.
“It was extraordinary how they moved the ball and it was opened. The movement was very good. Merino playing like nine, I looked closely. If he was not touching the ball, he was invading the centers and making room for rice and Odegaard to make delayed runs.
“Nwaner, the little superstar, was going to different positions. They just had a lot for them and they were really a class above. Without a familiar center, they had a lot of fire power.”
Analysis: Arsenal enjoy the Carnival
Martin Odegaard celebrates by scoring Arsenal’s fourth goal against PSV
Sky Sports News’ Gail Davis In Philips Stadion:
Having passed almost every moment of awakening in recent days talking about Arsenal’s inability to score, they go out and place seven PSVs.
There is a context of the result of course and this was the heavy defense from the local team, really terrible sometimes, but Arsenal and the arts will not care.
Three goals in 13 minutes, 99 seconds between the fourth and fifth of Arsenal grasping the momentum they had created and then survived Wobble just before half the time would have been pleased.
Odegaard would have tasted twice his after a few difficult months, Rice looked back to his best threat, and Nwaner is an absolute joy to see in full flight – nothing seems to phase this teenager and he is not afraid to get the goal.
He was smart from the arts to attract Lewis -Skelly from the firing line – he has done very well this season it would be sad to see him in the shade with more disciplinary problems.
I was worried if the game could live up to drama, spectacular and splendor of the warm act of Carnival Eindhoven – no such problem.
