Arsenal produced an outstanding performance to claim a dominant 4–0 victory over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League this evening at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal Display Ruthless Attacking Form
Maintaining top form in the Champions League requires consistency, and Arsenal demonstrated precisely that, proving that their recent record of success against Spanish opposition was no coincidence. Having triumphed in their previous six encounters with Spanish sides, the Gunners entered the match eager to reinforce their reputation on the European stage.
From the outset, Arsenal asserted control of possession, pressing high and moving the ball with precision. Atletico Madrid, renowned for their defensive solidity and disciplined organisation, initially managed to resist the pressure. Despite Arsenal’s early dominance, the Spanish side stood firm, ensuring that the first half concluded without conceding.
The resilience of Atletico Madrid highlighted their trademark defensive structure, yet Arsenal’s patience was evident. Rather than forcing the play, they methodically probed for gaps in the back line, waiting for the right opportunity to strike.
Second-Half Brilliance Seals the Victory
Whatever Mikel Arteta communicated to his players at half-time had an immediate effect. The team returned to the pitch with renewed energy and intent, quickly increasing the tempo and intensity of their play. Gabriel broke the deadlock with a composed finish, giving Arsenal the breakthrough they had been working for.
That opening goal sparked a remarkable spell of attacking football. Within seven minutes, Gabriel Martinelli doubled the lead with an assured strike, showcasing his trademark pace and precision. Shortly afterwards, Viktor Gyokeres delivered a rapid brace, completing an impressive four-goal surge in just thirteen minutes.
Atletico Madrid, usually so disciplined, appeared unusually open during this period, allowing Arsenal to exploit space and dictate the rhythm of the match. The unexpected ease with which the Gunners found their goals may even have surprised Arteta himself.
With the result secure, the Arsenal manager took the opportunity to rotate his squad, resting key players ahead of upcoming fixtures. Despite the changes, the team maintained their composure and defensive structure, ensuring a clean sheet to cap off an emphatic and thoroughly professional European victory.
Gabriel is well and truly the king of Brazil.
Brilliant second half. Magalhaes should’ve become the MOTM with one goal, one assist and at least one crucial block
Eze didn’t work really well on the right side of the midfield and in the CAM position though. He’d probably return to the left wing once Odegaard becomes fit again or if Nwaneri steps up
Hopefully Gyokeres will improve his confidence and strength after scoring a brace
@,Gai I also think MLS should be giving some credit, what a run from the back to lay the pass for Matinelli. I think Matinelli has the esque of a CF in him that’s HThierry like goal.
I must also say Rice is becoming one of the best in quality deliveries of Setpiece ball.
Brilliant
That was amazing run. He is wasted at left back.
Agreed. Thierry Henry was also amazed by Martinelli’s ability to run and finish like a top striker, even comparing it to Gyokeres’ when the Swedish fumbled his chances to do a solo run
Obviously a very satisfying and good result in the end. Has the penny dropped? We will see. Its great to see Big G score two goals because the rest of his game was really powerful. He brings players into the game and works his butt off beating up defenders. Mostly all plusses today, the one minus for me was Eze. He looked lost and needs to step up more. Great result and lets hope flood gates open.
Yeah Eze seemed a bit absent today for most of the game. Seemed to be lacking pace too. Hopefully he picks it up if he’s in the middle in future CL games, Bayern will absolutely test us.
EZE is not lost. He is actually learning Arteta ball.
A reason why Arteta finds it hard to drop Odegard no matter his form. Odegard already knows it, despite his form, he keeps doing those “specifics” as Arteta calls them.
There things that Arteta demand from an attacking midfielder that is different from the norm.
EZE will definitely adjust!
I might be sounding like a broken record, and I hope Eze and Arteta reading this, but for me in last two games, Eze is getting too ahead of play, standing back to goal in congested area edge of or in box where pass to him isn’t really on nor he has space {offside line} to make run. Get Eze on ball, if he is sitting a bit deeper facing goal he is in better place to take someone on or slip killer pass, both would be the line breaking moment of difference.
If you want Ode comparison, Ode celebrated performance versus Greeks was not ode Standing back to goal on edge or in box.
Thanks 👍 obieze. Exactly my tot. Well said.
What penny is that Reggie?
That you have to try and win a game, instead of not lose it.
It don’t get much better than this. Awesome win Ladz. With a clean sheet to top it off…💥💥💥💥
In the interview after the game, Diego Simmone said, Arsenal is the best team he has competed against this season, they run and run all over the pitch they have quality
Lewis Skelly assist was a midfielder play, how can you not give a player like the young Englishman more playing time from now on.
And when you think of Hincapié in the wings waiting, Europe will take note.
That was EPIC.
Gabriel had to be MOTM for me. What a player.
I don’t trust the process anymore, we should have replaced Arteta before he made Arsenal a class act 😂 What are the muppets going to complain about today. It’s coming home ➡️🏆 🔴⚪️
@Didrik Plehn
No need to stoke. Let’s all just bask in the win. ✌🏾
I enjoy every moment mate, and we are going to get better 😉
They are very quite Didrik, that’s the answer 😂
Arsenal fans mostly embracing the set piece fc nonsense makes me so proud. Fanbase is growing with the team. Ole Ole ole. What a result!
GYOKKK. What a team!
so just yesterday was an article about Arteta being sacked for Caraboa Cup = what planet are you on trolls
Really confident performance and how wonderful to be able to rotate the players and still have no obvious drop off. Calafiori didn’t even get on the pitch.
With Palace playing on Thursday night they will have less recovery time than us.
A game at time suep, what a time to be a gooner. I am actually starting to enjoy every time we have a set piece! . And how mean we are! With no drop off even when we ring the changes. We really need to and maybe deserve winning a major trophy.
This Arsenal team is very difficult to score against. The team also looks like they will definitely win a major trophy this season but needs to improve in two areas: increase the pace of their passes and improve in conversation of their open play chances.
The depth of this squad is so amazing. It might just make the difference at the end if there are no high amount of injuries going further.
A great win tonight. Now unto Crystal Palace on Sunday. COYG!!
Great result
Hopefully this will boost the lads belief
Happy Gyokeres scored
COYG
I saw fourth goal clearly from my seat, it did not come off either leg, head or chest, Gyok gave it a pelvic thrust!
Cocky sort of finish. Almost like saying balls to you doubters.
You are a bad child 🤣
COYG
@Moon Girl
It’s known as the “Elvis the Pelvis” tap in…
I like that. 🤣 Obviously for virul slang it’s shortened to Elvis.
I knew it. I knew Gyokeres goals will definitely come sooner than later. This is just a dress rehearsal of what to expect in the weekend.
Great win, happy for White, Skelly, Norgaard play and what a bench Trossard, Calafiori, Hincapie,…. they not play.
Nwaneri, Mosquera play to 👍
Nwaneri, Mosquera also play, sorry my English is not good
Nathalie your heartfelt joy is infectious. Congrats! COYG!
Thank you very much!
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We are so difficult to score against now. Long may it continue.
12 games, 3 goals conceded. 1 worldie free kick against Liverpool, 1 avoidable mistake from Mosquera and Gabriel against Newcastle, and a breakaway goal from the in form Haaland against Man City.
We just need to improve on our scoring and we might just go far and cross the finish line this time if all things keep on going well.
Europe don’t come to do low bloc against us. In Prem everyone does, including Man City and Liverpool too scared to go toe to toe against us. Early in second half looking down on half way line Atletic had 4 players pressing us as we knocked ball about, and that’s exactly where we want teams as we play straight threw them.
Definitely 14 minutes to kick start my morning here in Australia. Thought Timber along with Rice were out best players but so happy to see Skelly demonstrate that his future is in midfield and also serious professionalism from Martinelli to leave the the knockers behind.
Almost every great Arsenal team have had a worldclass defence, say no more..🔴⚪️
It was just a few weeks ago that this Atleti team demolished consecutively Real Madrid and Frankfurt each by 5 goals. UNSTOPPABLE HISTORIC ARSENAL IN THE MAKING!!!! COYG!!!!
Great night, and ooooh yes, call us set piece fc, or kings! Who cares onward and upwards we rock and roll🤘😜🤘
Excellent win against a historically strong Atletico Madrid side, demonstrating solid defence, high pressing and powerful strong running all over the field. Arsenal now has the depth for Arteta to compete on all fronts, with no fear.
Gyokeres’ strength and positioning finally brought reward; however it is difficult to find criticism of any player; even Eze is harshly judged by some.
A great, great result, but a couple of minuses: losing Zubimendi for the Slavia Prague game, and Eze not stepping up in Ødegaard’s absence.
…but, we’ve got two left-backs who can rip it up in midfield.
On another day Eze could have had a goal and an assist at least. He seemed a bit off with his positioning and didn’t quite stamp his authority on the game the way we have become accustomed to seeing Odengard do, but I’m not worried. Very good game from the boys. Settled by moments of individual quality. If we ever work out how to prise defenses open with quick combination plays and one touch football consistently, we’ll be unstoppable.
Nobody mentioning how good Zubimendi was.
Controlled the game and frees Declan up to pile forward
This was a very good performance and excellent result against AM who remain a tricky team to play against. It’s difficult to properly assess AM as their performances are very up and down. They are quite formidable at home but their away performances haven’t been very good.
Arsenal remain a solid team all round and clearly one of the best coached teams in the world. If players keep producing these types of top level performances Arsenal will take some stopping.
Eze, must pull up his socks, I pray that the manager don’t lose hope on Eze. He is passing opposing players in two games, he tries to dribble and got into trouble. He is the only player who is under performing.
Just watched the highlights ,good win lads
Onwards and onwards .
Excellent result from the boys. Although I don’t want us to become known as set piece kings, I will say that we’re particularly good at them. And the way opposing fans get rattled by it makes me laugh.
They berate Arsenal for scoring their fair share of goals that way, but it’s not a new invention. It’s been a part of football from time. Arsenal are just very good at them, Simples!.
That said I would like to see more goals from open play, being to reliant on them can become a problem if we’re not careful.
As for the game itself well, 4 goals in 13 minutes. That was very unlucky for AM wasn’t it.😂
It was nice to see Gyokeres get a couple, they wasn’t the prettiest of goals. But it doesn’t matter how they go in, and hopefully it will give him a confidence boost. Hopefully he can go on a run now, here’s hoping.🤞
And we may have had a glance into the future regards Skelly’s run from midfield to assist Martinelli’s goal. A good finish by the way.
So overall a good team performance, and looking on the bench and seeing it look stronger than it has for a long time is nice to see.
Let’s hope we can keep this train ride going, and stick to the rails. And hopefully this will be the season, that we finally get to celebrate a trophy or two by the end of it. 👍
Skells is worth two mainoo and at least one and a half Elliot and England manager a dunce for not seeing it.
If Messi or Ronaldo or Mbappe in their primes scored that Martinelli’s goal they would all rave about it as only from the worlds best, no one else.
MG, I take it you are refusing to answer my question about where the plebs are at the Emirates Stadium ?
She herself doesn’t know where the plebs are at the Emirates except is a coined word she just formed for herself.
I am guessing she was just tipsy and overexcited the day she typed it.
Not more Plebgate!
You answer proper football talk first for once and I answer it. I”m sure of this point, what do you make of it
“for me in last two games, Eze is getting too ahead of play, standing back to goal in congested area edge of or in box where pass to him isn’t really on nor he has space {offside line} to make run. Get Eze on ball, if he is sitting a bit deeper facing goal he is in better place to take someone on or slip killer pass, both would be the line breaking moment of difference.”
You answer my question first and then I’ll answer yours. That’s how it works !!
As you don’t seem to know much proper history, plebs were in Ancient Rome as the ones who weren’t the patition ones ruling the country. In the caulisseum plebs are at the bottom or behind the goals or where they can’t see it unfolding as in tales properly, whilst rulers were in the Gods or boxes or upper circle.
So it’s clearly not about money, though those of us in the luxury padded seats we got lots of it and don’t have to live like common people or drive a common person car, it’s actually about culture and class, in that I like sophisticated comedy’s Like Murders In The Building on Disney and Mythic Quest on Apple, and I sometimes watch films on Channel 4 that have subtitles, because people in them can’t speak English. And I acted in a play at college as a solider fighting communists, and understood it all. Whilst other people are a cultural wasteland. That’s the difference. Does that answer it finally? Even with money you can drive the wrong car or watch wrong thing on telly makes you a pleb. Really we all should just try to get along without you stoking divisions in every blog thread.
They were not called “partition ones”, but patricians, whch is a higher order collective that you seem to aspire to.
👍🏻
Moon Girl,
So being a pleb means you can only get the cheap seats. Is that what your saying, because if so what a sad state of affairs to label people who may not be as well off as you and can’t afford the best seats in the house. But they still come and support the team anyway.
To me their not plebs, but true supporters. And anyone who looks down on them, should take a good long look at themselves. There’s no shame in sitting in the cheap seats, (although what’s cheap in todays modern world of football).
And I don’t know your nationality, and I hope your getting a bit lost in translation. Because calling people plebs, doesn’t paint you in a good light. I hope I’m right and your just not lost in translation.
I’m English! I was born in Wales.
Moon Girl,
Thank you for clarifying your nationality. 👍
I’ve said all along i’m English. Already clarified I think. But I think it’s so perfect many passionate Arsenal fans not English or even Londoners. Makes what we are stronger is choosing your tribe in a second dithyrambic type birth.
I think Moongirl’s made it quite obvious which culture they come from Derek, and no amount of gobbing off about “Daddy” & his wealthy associates will improve her standing.
PS. Didn’t you do Classical Era history at school?
Moon Girl:
“plebeian”;
“patrician”;
“Colosseum” – the one in Rome, the largest ever known constructed, is officially known as “the Flavian Amphitheatre”.
Ozziegunner..and pretend patricians are conspicuously plebian in their upgrading attempts.
“Big games at the Flavian” you say? Is that where Stadium sponsorship first began?
I know quite a bit about Ancient Roman World a because I read more than a book about it and used it as my project at school. Flavians were a powerful pratition dynasty who made their money providing fish ingredients for fish soup. Everyone in Roman Empire spoke Greek so the first Latin speaking Popes was actually the African ones. Romans called England and Wales Albion, which means white, because all England and wales is made out of white stuff. it was a great project, everyone amazed by many many facts.
And where’s Herr, they now must answer proper football the question!
Why use your nickname when Lunella Lafayette sounds more exciting?
So Moon Girl is a super genius in her own right
Moon Girl, construction was commenced by Emperor Vespasian in circa AD70-72 and completed after his death by his son Emperor Titus circa 80AD. You still have problems spelling “patrician”. From your studies you would be aware that it was not known as the “Flavian Amphitheatre” in antiquity, but a name applied later to recognize the emperor father and son constructor’s dynasty.
It’s not easy scoring from set pieces. If it’s that easy, other teams will be doing It too
What a game!
VG goals were not exactly convincing but what it will do for him going forward is going to be immense!
Martinelli’s finish (along with MLS run), ah I can watch that all day long!
Kia, convincing or not, VG was in the right spot at the right time as a CF to score both goals; still the same score on the score sheet.
We are not set piece king, we are just very good at it😄, same way we need to be dangerous on other attacking fonts. I believe when ode and his brethren are back from injury then we can play eze in LW since Jose arteta will not use nwaneri. And then we’ll be even more dangerous in all fonts.
But till then kudos to arteta and the boys, I’m really really impressed.
COYG
Great result in the end. The way the second half started I thought that AM would seek a 1-0 win, but the lads stood firm and got the win they deserved.
Starting MLS was a good idea by Mikel. It meant that AM had to stay narrow in midfield, thus allowing Saka and Martinelli more space on the wings.
Pleased to see VG get a couple of goals. It doesn’t matter what part of the body scores, a goal is a goal.
What can one say about our king of Brazil. Outstanding in defence and at our corners.
The shackles are off. ARSENAL are flying non stop!!!!
True Gooners don’t get entrapped by set piece goals rhetoric. These are from Anti Arteta ultras and other club fans who don’t want Arteta succeed at Arsenal. Their ulterior agenda is to derail Arsenal from the current winning rhythm and momentum. Real Madrid won multiple UCL trophies through Ramos and Pepe headers. Also Chelsea by Terry Cahill. Also City by Kompany. Utd Vidic. The famous book the Art of War simply directs us to capitalize on the weaknesses of opponents.
What a second half performance! That’s revenge for when they knocked us out of the Europa league in 2018, at half-time I thought it would stay 0-0 but once we went ahead Atleti just crumbled, they couldn’t handle the pressure we put on them from set pieces, Martinelli and Gyokeres might be better suited to playing in Europe rather than domestic football, they won’t get that sort of space and time the European sides give them.
Dave, do you honestly believe that Atletico Madrid provide more space than EPL teams and would not be very competitive in the EPL?