Overview
- All four goals arrived in a 13-minute second-half burst, beginning with Gabriel Magalhaes’ header from a Declan Rice free-kick before Gabriel Martinelli’s finish and a Viktor Gyokeres brace.
- Gyokeres snapped a six‑hundred‑plus minute barren run with his first Champions League goals for Arsenal, reinforcing Mikel Arteta’s praise of the striker’s physical presence and pressing.
- Arsenal have nine points from three games with three clean sheets, allowing just one shot on target on the night and extending their run of not conceding in group/league phase matches at the Emirates under Arteta.
- The win marked a Champions League record seventh consecutive victory over Spanish opposition, following prior triumphs against Real Madrid, Sevilla, Girona and Athletic Club.
- Arteta hailed Martin Zubimendi’s rapid adaptation and Myles Lewis‑Skelly’s display, while Diego Simeone said he started Alexander Sorloth to cover Zubimendi; Zubimendi’s booking rules him out of the trip to Slavia Prague.