Arsenal v Lens LIVE: Gunners hit Lens for six in UEFA Champions League

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Arsenal secured qualification to the UEFA Champions League knockout stage in some style as they hit Lens for six in a sublime performance at the Emirates Stadium.

Five goals came in a remarkable first half that saw Mikel Arteta’s side produce some of their very best attacking football to rip Lens apart time and again.

Kai Havertz opened the scoring as he turned a Gabriel Jesus flick-on home after 13 minutes, and it was the Brazilian who made it 2-0 eight minutes later with a lovely finish after cutting onto his right foot on the edge of the box.

Three goals came on a six-minute flurry as the ball bounced in off Bukayo Saka from close range to make it 3-0, before Gabriel Martinelli scored the pick of the bunch with a beautiful strike – cutting in from the left and curling a shot into the far bottom corner.

Martin Ødegaard made the game safe as Arsenal continued to play breathtaking football, and a late Jorginho penalty added further gloss to a scoreline that secured the Gunners top spot in Group B with a game to spare, allowing Arteta to turn his attention back toward the Premier League going into a busy December.

Gabriel Jesus had an excellent night and spoke to TNT Sports moments after the final whistle:

“From the start we were amazing, everyone. We go full gas.

“We’ve qualified in first, it’s important – congratulations to the whole team, we did the job.

“The Champions League I’ve watched many times, sometimes at home. I’ve already won the Premier League, I want to win it here too, and I want to win the Champions League as well.”

The whistle goes and Arsenal are through to the knockout stages of the Champions League as group winners with a game to spare after this 6-0 hammering of Lens.

It’s been majestic from Arsenal tonight and they are seconds away from sealing top spot in Group B.

Gabriel makes a good block and roars in celebration at protecting the clean sheet.

The board reads three minutes as a few fans head for an early tube.

Jorginho steps up and sends the keeper the wrong way in trademark fashion. It’s a sixth for Arsenal and that caps an extraordinary night.

The decisions is made and Arsenal have a penalty. It looked at first as if Khusanov had fouled Martinelli in the box, but the decision was actually made that he handled the ball as it dropped, which he did. It’s a penalty and Arsenal could make it six…

The officials think they’ve spotted a penalty and the referee is called across to the monitor.

Gabriel Jesus has run himself into the ground and is taken off to a standing ovation.

Ben White rises high in the box but sends his header marginally over the bar.

White finds Martinelli as Arsenal break. It’s a dangerous situation, with Jesus bursting forward in space to the edge of the box, but Martinelli can’t quite squeeze his pass through and has to settle for a corner.

Ben White drifts down the right side and gets to the byline. It’s a lovely run, but his chipped cross at the end of it is slightly too close to the keeper.

It’s a deserved rest for Rice, who is replaced by Jorginho. Lens make a change at the same time.

Arsenal are going through to the knockout stages and you can watch all of their campaign on TNT Sports.

TNT Sports will broadcast every UEFA Champions League match from the group stage to the final live over the course of the 2023-24 season.

discovery+ is the streaming home of TNT Sports, the only place to watch the UEFA Champions League live.

You can also watch TNT Sports through BT, EE, Sky, and Virgin Media.

The Arsenal keeper comes out and claims a high ball to continue what has been a calm night for the summer signing. There will be bigger tests to come in this competition.

Havertz darts outside his man and squares a ball into the box. It almost breaks for Jesus to finish, but the whistle goes for a foul as the striker pushes around in search of a shooting opportunity.

Saka’s evening comes to an end and his efforts are understandably recognised with a standing ovation.

Declan Rice marauds forward with a trademark driving run, carrying the ball deep into the Lens half. He’s been excellent tonight.