Arsenal reached a new European record after trashing RC Lens in the Emirates

Arsenal surprised the media and the fans in the last few hours, as the team coached by the Spanish manager Mikel Arteta achieved an historical 6-0 victory against the RC Lens in the Emirates Stadium on the fifth day of the 2023/20234 Champions League group stage, which allowed the Gunners to certify their classification for the next phase of the competition.

The game, where the locals were totally dominant over their rival, presented an Arsenal that showed the strength of their squad, and allowed Mikel Arteta recovering great performances from several of the players in his team, as some of the members in the squad struggling to show their quality in the last few games, could showed their best level in front of the team’s fans.

That was the case of the midfielders Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz, who scored in the trashing against the French club and got their confidence boosted for the next few Premier League games, where the Gunners have to defend the English league’s leadership in their race for the title with Manchester City and Liverpool.

Arsenal players joined the club’s history in the Champions League

In addition, the team could reach an European record, as for the first time in the club’s history, six different players from the Gunners scored in a same game for the UEFA Champions League (Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Jorginho).