Arsenal, having failed to score for nearly 200 minutes in the Premier League, broke the handbrake clear off on Tuesday night when they smashed PSV Eindhoven on their own turf to the tune of 7-1 in the first leg of the round of 16 in the Champions League, effectively ending the tie before the second leg at the Emirates.

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.