Arsenal, with an impeccable record at home – three wins, twelve goals and no goals conceded – secured another trip to the Champions League, ahead of the weak Lens (6-0), and will go first in the Group in the Round of 16 stand b.
That Mikel Arteta They confirmed their dominance in the second move with an outrageous victory against Lens, whom they strangely defeated in the first hand and from which they returned the favor in the first half hour of being the target of Poker.
With surprising ease, the England team took advantage of the vulnerability of Lens’ defense and pulverized Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesús, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Martin Odegaard and Jorginho.
Everyone wanted to achieve their goal in a first part of the dream that showed that what happened two months ago in France was nothing more than a setback and that the difference between the two teams is astronomical.
The French held on for less than 13 minutes before their defense allowed Gabriel Jesus to drop the ball into the penalty area with complete impunity and leave it there. Havertz de Face, who scored for the second time in a row, something that had not happened since his arrival. time at Chelsea.
The German’s goal opened a flood of opportunities. Gabriel Jesus served Kevin Danso to make it 2-0, Saka, with his chest and inadvertently took advantage of a rebound Havertz for 3-0 and half an hour ago Martinelli moved inside and took the ball to the far post.
arsenal had ended the meeting while the only thing that stood out for Lens was the excitement of their fans with some dangerous flares even firing into the English crowd.
Arsenal responded by whistling at the French fans and he tipped them before half-time as Odegaard met Tomiyasu’s cross and fired into the net.
The 5-0 scoreline at the end of the first act was satisfying for Arteta, who took advantage of the second half to rest key players.
However, the sixth came under its own weight when VAR saw a penalty for Martinelli and Jorginho scored.
In the absence of a visiting PSV on the final day, Arsenal will have 13 points, eventually becoming top of the group and contesting this again. He reached the round of 16 of the “Champions” Season 2016-2017 for the first time since the competition. To go back to the last quarter-finals you have to go back to the 2009-2010 season.
After this defeat he is eliminated and advances to the Europa League on the last day against Sevilla.
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Group B / Date 5
Arsenal 6-0 Lens
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Referee: Artur Dias (Portugal)
Goals
1-0 (13′).-Kai Havertz
2-0 (21′).- Grabriel Jesus
3:0 (23 minutes). – Bukayo Saka
4-0 (27′).-Gabriel Martinelli
5-0 (45+1′).-Martin Odegaard
6-0 (86th).- Jorginho (penalty)
Setups
arsenal
stripes
Tomiyasu
(White, 46′)
Saliba
Gabriel
Zinchenko
(Kiwior, 46′)
Odegaard
rice
(Jorginho, 75′)
Havertz
Sake
(Nelso, 66′)
Martinelli
Gabriel Jesus
(Nketia, 82′)
Coach: Mikel Arteta
lens
samba
Frankowski
Gratitude
(Chusanov, 62′)
Danso
Medina
(Medina, 46′)
Haidara
Mendy
(Coast, 76′)
Abdul Samed
(El Aynaoui, 46′)
Fulgini
Sotoca
(Thomasson, 46′)
Choice
Coach: Franck Haise
(With information from EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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