Arsenal’s journey to Seville was all about Gabriel Jesus.
A hostile abroad atmosphere mixed with a boggy pitch made life tough for the guests on Tuesday night time, however the contest swiftly modified because the sharpest of Jesus turns created Arsenal’s opener out of nothing.
It has been a very long time since Gooners have loved a Jesus show with such game-changing sharpness. The previous Manchester Metropolis star was crucial to their early success in the beginning of final season, however his brilliance has merely flickered since he returned from a long-term knee damage in spring.
Seville introduced out probably the most lethal iteration of the Brazilian, whose strike after Gabriel Martinelli’s opener put Arsenal in a commanding place. Though Nemanja Gudelj’s header rapidly halted the Gunners’ momentum, the Premier League title hopefuls held on with relative consolation to safe a giant Champions League away win.
Here is how the Gunners can qualify for the spherical of 16.
Group B desk
|
Place |
Crew |
Performed |
Gained |
Drawn |
Misplaced |
Objective distinction |
+/- |
Factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1. |
Arsenal |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
7:3 |
6 |
|
2. |
Lens |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4:3 |
5 |
|
3. |
Sevilla |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
-1 |
4:5 |
2 |
|
4. |
PSV |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
-4 |
3:7 |
2 |
Defeat in Lens on Matchday 2 rendered Tuesday’s recreation an enormous one for Arsenal and so they walked away with an enormous three factors to elevate them to the highest of Group B after Lens have been held by PSV.
The Gunners now sit on six factors on the midway mark and are in a powerful place to progress given they’ve two dwelling video games in the course of the second half of fixtures. Mikel Arteta’s aspect host Sevilla and Lens of their subsequent two outings earlier than travelling to PSV to wrap up the group stage.
With Arsenal’s benefit over third-place Sevilla at the moment 4 factors, they will qualify for the knockout phases ought to they win their subsequent two video games. That will be supreme for Arteta, who’d then be capable of rotate for the ultimate recreation in Eindhoven. Though, the boss would additionally need to have high spot wrapped up.
Ought to they win their subsequent two, they can even win Group B. With one recreation to go, Arsenal would have amassed 12 factors, whereas the utmost every of the opposite three groups might have is eight factors.
Arsenal 2023/24 Champions League group stage fixtures and outcomes
|
Matchday |
Date/Kick-off time (BST) |
Fixture/Consequence |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
20/09/23 / 20:00 |
Arsenal 4-0 PSV |
|
2 |
03/10/23 / 20:00 |
Lens 2-1 Arsenal |
|
3 |
24/10/23 / 20:00 |
Sevilla 1-2 Arsenal |
|
4 |
08/11/23 / 20:00 |
Arsenal vs Sevilla |
|
5 |
29/11/23 / 20:00 |
Arsenal vs Lens |
|
6 |
12/12/23 / 17:45 |
PSV vs Arsenal |
