Arsenal is the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the second time in a row thanks to a 9: 3 victory against PSV Eindhoven in the 16th round.
Oleksandr Zinchenko and Declan Rice scored in the first half for Mikel Artetas Gunners, both sides of a clinical strike by ex-Tottenham Hotspur striker Ivan Perisic.
A second PSV goal of Couhaib DrioUech ensured that the Dutch side had been beaten up on the home floor in the first leg, at least the North London with slightly higher minds.
How the game unfolds
This tie was over within 50 minutes after the first leg, but Arsenal did not subside by quickly expanding her overall advantage in the early exchanges. Zinchenko was able to drive the Infield from a area on the right and moved towards the box and unleash a powerful curly ride from 20 meters.
The Ukrainian respectfully refused to celebrate and celebrate the traveling PSV fans apologetically after having borrowed a season in the club from Manchester City in 2016/17.
Seven goals behind and for pride, although the PSV itself seemed a distance, it struck back afterwards. Perisic ended a cutting movement and managed to dig out the ball under his feet on the edge of the box to find the upper corner.
PSV increased almost at night when David Raya intelligently left a dangerous shot from Driouech for a corner, while Myles Lewis-Skelly was distracted onto the post by goalkeeper Walter Benitez at the other end.
The rice led the arsenal 2-1 37 minutes ago and restored the seven overall gate cushion when Raheem Sterling rolled back on the right side for the years and delivered an inviting cross to the box. Both sides also had other chances in the final phase of half, since Gabriel made a target -saving challenge for Driouech and Sterling not to beat Benitez one to one.
An important Raya -Save kept PSV in chess at the beginning of the second half and held Isaac Babadis Dip -Lockler from Nestling in the lower corner. The replacement Joey Veerman was killed after a promising cut. In the meantime, a sharp arsenal team led, which moved shortly after an hour that Riccardo Calafiori shot from close range directly in Benitez.
Driouech had previously identified as a threat and punished Arsenal with a delightful chip in 20 minutes before the end. It had been sloppy in midfield, and the Moroccan youth played through in the goal and cleverly praised the ball over the stranded Raya.
Sterling was again denied by Benitez in the last moments and held onto a Dinked Pass by defending PSV by defending PSV, but did not beat the goalkeeper to be reacted quickly.
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Arsenal’s place in the quarters was on the moment when the last pipe in Eindhoven was questioned last week. But after five years from the Champions League, it is two consecutive appearances in the last eight since their return to the highest table in Europe.
The journey of last season ended in the quarter -finals with the defeat against Bayern Munich, and this time it will again be difficult to see the owners, Real Madrid, over two legs next month.
The Gunners have not reached the Champions League semi -finals since 2009.
Martin Odegaard, William Saliba, Thomas Party, Ethan Nwaneri and Leandro Trossard began on the bench, with Areteta turning the enormous unit to rest and to several starters.
There was a rare start for Raheem Sterling. But with Arsenals a lack of depth, Mikel Merino resumed his bizarre “wrong nine” role, while Kieran Terney Kieran Terney put on the left.
However, the Gunners do not have to turn exactly.
If you defeated Chelsea on Sunday, your game in the Premier League leader Liverpool, it will reduce the gap to 12 points, with nine links to play – still a practically impossible mountain.
Raheem Sterling was left on the bench as an unused replacement at Manchester United on Sunday. Areta has thrown it off as nothing, but it felt like a statement -Snub in view of the lack of other attack options.
The former English winger tried to achieve an influence this season since Chelsea ruled that he was excess all over London. His career is in the real risk of leaving prematurely, but his performance here served as proof that he is not yet dead.
Sterling came into the game with three goals all season. But he put on both arsenal targets. Areta even left him for the full 90 minutes, although his endeavor to be the first player to score a goal for four different English clubs in the Champions League.
A late yellow card means that the sterling is hung for the first leg of the quarter -finals.