Arsenal Crush PSV Eindhoven 7-1 In Champions League Last-16 First Leg

The Gunners won the Champions League last-16 game 7-1 over a ruthless PSV Eindhoven thanks to the talented teenage duo Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri on Tuesday.

The struggling Dutch champions, who were condemned to their worst-ever defeat in European football, were playing at a different level than the Premiership side.

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Arsenal was initially in charge. A narrow offside prevented Declan Rice’s powerful shot into the PSV net in 11 minutes, but it provided a taste of what was to come.

After a quarter of an hour, PSV should have taken the lead, but Ismael Saibari somehow managed to hit the ball from close range with the goalkeeper already down.

Two minutes later, Arsenal paid the hosts’ blatant behavior. Due to the size of Rice’s space in the PSV box, Jurrien Timber’s flying Dutchman, Jurrien Timber, who had a chance to cross the far post, thanked him for his effort.

Following more generous Dutch defense, the Premiership side soon doubled their lead.

The 18-year-old English defender squaring off to fellow teenager Nwaneri, who smashed the cross into the top corner, found himself in acres of space in a dangerous area.

After just over half an hour of play, PSV’s hambolic defense turned into embarrassment.

The defense wasted four chances to get a quick clearance before making a mistaken pass to makeshift striker Mikel Merino, who rolled past Walter Benitez.

Just before half time, PSV won a penalty after Thomas Partey carelessly wrapped his arms around Luuk de Jong’s head, giving the shellshocked fans in the Philips Stadion a glimmer of hope.

Noa Lang, a Dutch international winger, did not make a mistake by smashing the ball into the top corner to give David Raya no chance.

After a first 45 minutes of breathless play, the Dutch champions were 3-1 up at half-time.

After a clumsy challenge on Richard Ledezma, Lewis-Skelly was substituted, presumably fortunate to avoid a second yellow card.

– Record defeat

However, Arsenal’s home fans’ only hope was quickly lost as the match’s opening three minutes saw Arsenal score twice.

Nwaneri squared a cross that Benitez could only palm into Martin Odegaard’s path, striking a stunningly down the right.

By this point, Arsenal was having no choice but to play. Leandro Trossard, a Belgium international striker, was found with ease as Riccardo Calafiori eased past the left-hand side of the PSV defense with 49 minutes left.

As PSV capitulated, Odegaard ran unchallenged at the defense before volleying a shot that Benitez parried sluggishly into his own net.

In a 6-0 defeat to Saint-Etienne in the 1980 UEFA Cup, Calafiori added to the misery with a seventh goal in 86 minutes, breaking the previous record for PSV goals conceded in Europe.

The 1987 European Cup winners’ fans departed the stadium well before the final whistle on a sad evening.

Source: Channels TV