It made any high-scoring predictions for Tuesday’s meeting with PSV seem fanciful but as manager Mikel Arteta said in his post-match press conference, “That’s the beauty of football.” Advertisement The 7-1 win in the first leg of a Champions League round of 16 tie was the first time Arsenal had scored that many goals in a single match under Arteta.

Arsenal will derive a great deal of confidence from their 7-1 mauling of PSV Eindhoven in the first leg of the Champions League last-16 tie and the Premier League club are determined to keep the momentum rolling,

Arsenal, as a result, became the first team in Champions League history to score seven goals away from home in a knockout stage match. The victory was all the more impressive given Arsenal’s recent attacking struggles and they came into this game having failed to score in each of their past two games.