After a month of negativity about Arsenal's toothlessness, Mikel Arteta's side duly let rip against PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday. Six scorers, only one of eight shots on target not hitting the net and a hitherto unseen ruthlessness meant it was this Arsenal team - without a striker of course - that became their first to score seven away from home in

Arsenal rattled in three goals in a 13-minute spell in the first half and then ruthlessly added four more after the break as they thrashed PSV Eindhoven 7-1 away in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday.

Mikel Arteta’s side became the first team in Champions League history to score seven away from home in a knockout tie, with the result also Arsenal’s biggest on their travels in the competition. It marked a remarkable change in fortunes for Arsenal who have fallen 13 points behind Liverpool in the race for the Premier League after they failed to score in their last two matches,