{"id":1333101,"date":"2023-11-29T21:50:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T21:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1333101"},"modified":"2023-11-29T21:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T21:55:41","slug":"arsenal-lens-champions-league-23-24","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arsenal-lens-champions-league-23-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal create Champions League history and echo Man Utd&#8217;s class of 1999 in Lens rout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Arsenal resoundingly booked their place in the Champions League round of 16 with a ruthless 6-0 win over Lens at the Emirates Stadium this evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side also secured top spot with one game to spare. PSV, after winning on the road at Sevilla earlier, will join the Gunners in the knockout phase as Group B runner-up.<\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [sky-bet-b5-g20] does not exist -->\n<p>Understandably following their 2-1 loss on matchday two at Stade Bollaert-Delelis no one was looking past Lens but it soon became apparent this wasn&#8217;t the side which finished second in Ligue 1 last season.<\/p>\n<p>If anything, they lie in a modest sixth coming into this week&#8217;s game and to say Franck Haise&#8217;s men were blown away would be an understatement. In the span of 14 minutes Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli breached Brice Samba&#8217;s goal.<\/p>\n<p>An unbelievable start. In fact, their 4-0 lead within 27 minutes is the joint-fastest an English side has ever scored four in a Champions League game, along with Manchester United against Br\u00f8ndby IF in November 1998, and it&#8217;s worth remembering Alex Ferguson&#8217;s team were en route to winning the competition that season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WHAT AN OPENING 45 MINUTES!<\/p>\n<p>Sum it up for us in one word, Gooners ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ymQaEQuIyF\">pic.twitter.com\/ymQaEQuIyF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1729966734612824577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Each goal had a story behind it. Havertz scored in consecutive games in all club competitions, having gone 31 games without a non-penalty goal prior to this run. Jesus is the first player to score in each of his first four Champions League appearances for an English team (four goals).<\/p>\n<p>Saka is the first Premier League player, and second across Europe&#8217;s big-five leagues (also Florian Wirtz), to reach 10 assists in all competitions this season. Furthermore, he follows Karim Benzema (4 in 2011-12) and Luis Su\u00e1rez (3 in 2015-16) to both score and assist in three consecutive home Champions League games since the 2003\/04 season onwards.<\/p>\n<p>Martin \u00d8degaard made it 5-0 just before the break. Arsenal subsequently became the first English team ever to lead by five goals at half-time of a Champions League game as well as the first regardless of nationality to have as many as five different scorers (excl. own goals) in the first half of a match in competition history. Jorginho came on to make it six from the spot four minutes from time.<\/p>\n<p>Bigger tests understandably lie ahead but Arteta&#8217;s young guns must not be underestimated as they seek to end the club&#8217;s 18-year wait to play in a European Cup final.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/\"><strong>Latest football news<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football betting tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best betting sites<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/best-free-bet-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best free bet offers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/accumulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football accumulator tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal resoundingly booked their place in the Champions League round of 16 with a ruthless 6-0 win over Lens at the Emirates Stadium this evening. 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