Jurriën Timber, Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka all scored in seven scintillating second-half minutes to fire Arsenal to a comfortable 3-0 Champions League win against Lille at the Emirates Stadium.
Newsonspot reports that Jurrien Timber’s deft finish opened the floodgates just after the hour mark at the Emirates Stadium before Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka rounded off the scoring.
Victory takes Arsenal into a share of the lead at the top of the Champions League table alongside Barcelona and Sporting Lisbon.
Mikel Arteta was able to use the wealth of resources at his disposal as he made five changes to the side that beat Leeds 2-1 on Saturday.
The Gunners quickly went through the gears in the second period once Timber dinked the ball over Ozer from Noni Madueke’s pass.
Arteta had left arguably his three most potent attacking weapons on the bench and the introduction of Saka, Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard made an immediate impact.
Olivier Giroud, now 40, made his Emirates comeback in the final dozen minutes. Max Dowman, 24 years the Frenchman’s junior, was also handed a late cameo.
Arsenal will face a sterner examination of their European credentials when they travel to Germany to face Bayern Munich a week on Wednesday.
For now, it is six points from six, without conceding, following an encouraging evening’s work, with Nottingham Forest to follow this weekend.
