PSV 1-7 Arsenal: Visitors blow Dutch champions away in record-breaking first-leg performance

Arsenal hammered PSV 7-1 away from home in the first leg of their round-of-16 knockout match in the Champions League.

Mikel Arteta’s side netted three goals in a 13-minute spell in the first half, before adding four more in the second half to blow their opposition away and all but book their place in the quarter-final of the competition.

Jurrien Timber got things going by scoring the opener in the 18th minute, which was also only his second goal for Arsenal, while teenage sensation Ethan Nwaneri fired another for the Gunners before Mikel Merino got the third after 31 minutes.

The Dutch side got one back in the first half from a Noa Lang penalty, which was given away by Thomas Partey.

But two goals in the opening three minutes of the second half from Martin Odegaard and Leandro Trossard respectively, effectively ended the match as a contest. But PSV’s damage limitation could not have gone much worse afterwards.

Odegaard then grabbed his second of the match and Arsenal’s sixth in the 73rd minute before Riccardo Calafiori got his side’s seventh with five minutes to go, which was his first Champions League goal of the season.

7 – Arsenal are the first team in UEFA Champions League history to score 7+ goals away from home in a knockout stage match. Narrative. #PSVARS pic.twitter.com/bRoMGxhoIf

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Data debrief: Seven heaven for Arsenal

Arsenal are the first team in Champions League history to score seven goals in a Champions League away knockout game.

It is also the first time that Arsenal have scored seven in a European away game since beating Standard Liege 7-0 in the Cup Winners Cup in November 1993.

In winning on Tuesday, the Gunners have now won their last five games in the Champions League, which their longest winning streak in the competition (since at least 2004/2005).