Arsenal thrash Atlético 4-0, perfect Champions run continues 🏆 | OneFootball

Atlético Madrid had a very tough time at the Emirates in London for the third matchday of the Champions League League Phase and suffered a historic 4-0 defeat against an unstoppable Arsenal.

Diego Simeone started with three Argentine players from the first minute: Julián Álvarez, his son Giuliano, and Nicolás González.

Meanwhile, Juan Musso, Nahuel Molina, and Thiago Almada waited on the bench. The clearest chance of the first half was for Arsenal when Eberechi Eze hit his shot against the crossbar.

Atlético, on the other hand, had their clearest chance at the feet of Álvarez, when he took advantage of a poor clearance by David Raya and shot with his left foot wide with the goal empty from an awkward position.

Five minutes into the second half, the player from Córdoba warned again with a powerful right-footed shot from outside the box that smashed against the crossbar of the goal defended by Raya.

Arsenal broke the deadlock with their specialty: the set piece. After a cross from Declan Rice, Gabriel Magalhaes' scoring header appeared to make it 1-0.

Arteta's team scored the second goal in the 64th minute through Gabriel Martinelli after an extraordinary play by Myles Lewis-Skelly.

The sequence of goals for the Gunners continued four minutes later when the Swede Viktor Gyökeres scored the third with a half-turn that deflected off David Hancko and beat Jan Oblak.

Gyökeres himself scored the fourth for the home team after a corner from Rice and an assist at the far post by Gabriel Magalhaes.

Arsenal secured their third win in three appearances in the Champions League League Phase, while Simeone's team suffered their second defeat and only achieved one victory in the current European campaign. In the next matchday, Atlético will host Union St. Gilloise while Arsenal will visit Slavia Prague.

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