Arsenal: Player ratings as the Gunners glide to a comfortable first leg victory while PSV is defeated by Arsenal 1-7

Jurrien Timber headed home 18 minutes in, just moments after PSV’s Ismael Saibari somehow struck the post from close range after David Raya had parried a cross into his path, and Ethan Nwaneri doubled Arsenal’s advantage almost immediately after as he thundered home from just outside the six-yard box.

On the half-hour mark, Mikel Merino made it three. Some calamitous PSV defending effectively gifted the ball to Arsenal’s stand-in striker, who flashed real composure to guide the ball into the back of the net. PSV had the last laugh of the first half, however, when Noa Lang crashed in an excellent penalty.

Inside three minutes of the second half, Arsenal added goals four and five. Martin Odegaard tapped home from close range and, before PSV had settled, Leandro Trossard chipped Walter Benitez to effectively secure Arsenal’s spot in the next round.

Odegaard bagged the sixth 20 minutes from time and Oleksandr Zinchenko nearly added a seventh, but that last goal eventually did come through the unlikely sight of Riccardo Calafiori roaring down the right wing and tapping home in the dying embers.

PSV player ratings (4-3-3)

Lang took his penalty well / Soccrates Images/GettyImages

*Ratings provided by FotMob*

Subs not used: Joel Drommel (GK), Niek Schiks, Isaac Babadi, Tygo Land, Couhaib Driouech

Arsenal player ratings (4-3-3)

Arsenal made light work of the task at hand / Justin Setterfield/GettyImages

*Ratings provided by FotMob*