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Arsenal dismantled PSV Eindhoven 7–1 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie and carved their name in Champions League history.
The Gunners became the first team ever to score seven goals on the road in a Champions League knockout match. They also inflicted PSV's worst home defeat in club history, as the Eredivisie giants had never lost a home match by a six goal margin in their almost 113-year-old history.
Jurrien Timber, Ethan Nwaneri, Mikel Merino, Leandro Trossard, Riccardo Calafiori and Martin Ødegaard all scored in the victory, with the Norwegian captain bagging a brace.
You have to go back to the pre-Champions League days to find a result comparable to what Arsenal achieved. In the 1970–71 season, during the European Cup days, Celtic defeated Irish side, Waterford 7–0 in the first leg of their round of 16 matchup.
Real Madrid was the last team in Champions League history to manage six goals away from home in the first leg of a Champions League knockout fixture. In 2013–14, Los Blancos defeated Schalke 04 6–1 on the back of braces from Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale.
Bayern Munich famously defeated Barcelona 8–2 in the 2019–20 quarterfinals, but that game was played on a neutral ground because of the Covid-19 pandemic.






