It made any high-scoring predictions for Tuesday’s meeting with PSV seem fanciful but as manager Mikel Arteta said in his post-match press conference, “That’s the beauty of football.” Advertisement The 7-1 win in the first leg of a Champions League round of 16 tie was the first time Arsenal had scored that many goals in a single match under Arteta.

“It is up to Leo [Trossard] and Mikel [Merino] to try and nick a goal, bring players in the game and work hard for the team as the number nine,” Aliadiare told Express Sport with bettingtools.com. “They are crucial to Arsenal scoring and Arsenal can look to them as key striking options, but Odegaard needs to step up and contribute, which he can.

Mikel Arteta has insisted that Arsenal still have "gears to take the game to a different level" despite their injury crisis.