Arsenal produced knowledgeable show to beat a youthful Paris Saint-Germain aspect 2-0 on the Emirates Stadium and declare their first Champions League win of the season.
The Gunners opened the scoring within the first half when Kai Havertz ghosted between two defenders to beat Gianluigi Donnarumma to Leandro Trossard’s teasing cross with a towering header.
Arsenal demonstrated their set-piece prowess for the second objective, with Bukayo Saka, usually the supplier, this time the scorer as his near-post supply from extensive on the suitable bounced by way of a crowd of our bodies to outfox Donnarumma and fly straight in.
Arsenal had possibilities so as to add to their lead, with Trossard denied by Donnarumma from shut vary quickly after the second objective, and Gabriel Martinelli twice capturing too near the PSG goalkeeper following the break.
Luis Enrique’s new-look aspect, shorn of the departed Kylian Mbappe and with a mean age of 23, created openings too, with Nuno Mendes clipping the submit from distance within the first half and Joao Neves later putting the bar from a nook.
However Arsenal withstood their strain within the second interval, throughout which Mikel Arteta handed a debut to fit-again summer time signing Mikel Merino from the bench, the one concern being the half-time withdrawal of Jurrien Timber for Jakub Kiwior.
Following a goalless draw away to Atalanta of their opening Champions League recreation, the win takes Arsenal up into the highest eight spots within the league section desk, with PSG slipping to 18th.
