Arsenal filled up at a 7-1 victory in the first leg against PSV Eindhoven in the last 16 of the Champions League, practically sealing in the quarter-finals of the process.
The Gunners were 3-1 at the break, pretending to be an advance of three goals thanks to the head of Jurrien Timber and strikes by Ethan Nwaneri and Mikel Merino.
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Noa Lang’s sentence threatened to trigger a return from the PSV, but only briefly, while Arsenal came out of the blocks in the second period to put the tie far beyond their Dutch opponents.
The goals of Martin Odegaard and Leandro Trossard put the tie far beyond the hosts within three minutes of restart, before the Arsenal captain obtained a second and put in place Riccardo Calafiori to return to the house a seventh for the ruthless side of Mikel Arteta.
Although it lacks competitiveness, it was a game full of incident, and the most controversial point of discussion came after the third goal of the night, which was subjected to a long Var check.
In the middle of a comic defense of the PSV, Mikel Merino had the opportunity to stretch the arsenal’s advance after the ball broke into the penalty zone, taking it easily.
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But the goal was in doubt for about four minutes, while the Var officials checked a possible offside against the Spanish in the accumulation.
The ball was played in the direction of Merino by Jurrien Timber, but was blocked by the defender PSV Ryan Flamingo before being able to reach Arsenal’s fortune attacker, who was in an offside position when the ball was played.
Despite this, the game continued, and it was Flamingo who offered Merino a free shot to the goal after losing his place in the box.
But the decision to authorize the objective caused some controversy, experts Wayne Rooney and Theo Walcott disagree with the decision.
The former referee of the Premier League, Mark Clattenburg, tried to explain why the objective was given, which went through a subjective call from the Var team.
Speaking on the live cover of Amazon Prime Video, he said: “It is a very subjective call. When the ball is really played, we all know that Merino is in an offside position. Does the defender deliberately play the ball, or does he block the ball?
“I agree with Wayne that he blocks the ball, and therefore, if he blocks the ball, it is not in a controlled way, and therefore, she should have been given as an offside.
“”[The VAR] Think he deliberately played the ball by this slip action to block the ball. He thinks that it is a deliberate game, and therefore that is why they gave the goal, but I do not agree with that. “”
Arsenal Welcome to the PSV at the Emirates stadium on Wednesday March 12 for the return match, with Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid waiting in the quarterfinals.
The holders of the Champions League will take a thin advance at the Metropolitano Stadium, the winner of Brahim Diaz handing Carlo Ancelotti a 2-1 victory to the Santiago Bernabeu.
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