Key stats
- Arsenal have kept a clean sheet in each of their last three games in the Champions League, a run of 322 minutes without conceding a goal.
- The Gunners have won their last three games in the Champions League, their last longer winning streak was from 26th November 2024 to 4th March 2025, a run of five games.
- Arsenal have scored four goals in a game for the first time since 4th March 2025 against PSV (W7-1).
Highlights
Analysis
Gabriel was among the stars for Arsenal and was awarded a Flashscore rating of 8.9 after a towering display at both ends of the pitch, while Victor Gyokeres earned 8.3 for his double strike.
Match report
Sitting top of the Premier League and looking to extend their 100% UCL record, Arsenal began brightly here, and Declan Rice should have broken the deadlock inside five minutes, lashing over on the rebound after Eberechi Eze’s initial strike cannoned off the post.
Myles Lewis-Skelly then fired wide from inside the box, as the Gunners went for the kill early on – though there was also a brief moment of panic when David Raya was caught well outside his goal from a throw-in, and Giuliano Simeone narrowly failed to make him pay.
That was a rare moment of Atlético promise though, as Saka teed up Gabriel Martinelli to slot the ball home, but the Brazilian was flagged for offside at the end of a promising first half for Arsenal.
Once again, Diego Simeone’s side threatened to land a sucker punch, when Julián Alvarez rattled a long-range strike onto the bar, but it was Arteta’s men who finally struck first via a very familiar method, as Declan Rice floated a free-kick into the box, and Gabriel was on hand to head home in clinical fashion.
Undeterred, Atléti came close to restoring parity when Dávid Hancko headed over from Marcos Llorente's enticing delivery. However, the Gunners took note of that warning, and doubled their advantage at the end of a devastating move, which culminated with a wonderful Lewis-Skelly run and pass to tee up Martinelli, who unleashed an unstoppable finish past Jan Oblak.
Viktor Gyökeres then added a third with a very fortuitous finish that took a hefty deflection off Dávid Hancko, as the Gunners effectively killed off the game in the space of 11 second-half minutes.
Arteta’s side were in a ruthless mood adding a fourth to rub salt in Atlético’s gaping wounds via another set–piece three minutes later, with Gabriel heading Rice’s corner back across the face of goal for Gyökeres to knee home his second.
The Olé chants were cascading around the stands, and the north Londoners saw out the closing stages to seal an emphatic win which will make the rest of Europe’s elite stand up and take notice.
The Gunners have now secured four successive clean sheet victories and a seventh win in a row against Spanish opposition. Meanwhile, the Mattress Makers’ six-match unbeaten run was ended in chastening fashion here, and are still yet to win on the road this season (D3, L3).
Flashscore Man of the Match: Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal)
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Post-match reaction
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta told Amazon Prime: "It was a really tough match, but as long as the score was 0-0 and we weren't losing it was going to be really tough.
"After the goal they opened up a bit and it was a bit easier for us to find spaces. It was a very well-deserved three points. It was a big team performance. You really need to step up at this level and we did that in every phase of the play.
"I'm delighted for Viktor (Gyokeres). The work rate and everything he brings to the team, he deserves a goal. We brought him here to score and his demands on himself are very high, but we value a lot of the things he does for the team. You can see the smile on his face.
"He's used to scoring so many over the last two years - so hopefully it's the start of a beautiful run."
On Myles Lewis-Skelly and his assist, Arteta added: "That's him, that's his quality the way he carries the ball, attracts players and release the ball in the right moment.
"Martinelli was super today, and it was really good to see the way those two impacted the team today."