Noni Madueke scored twice as Arsenal maintained their perfect record in the Champions League with a comfortable 3-0 win at Club Brugge on Wednesday.
The electric winger scored a sensational opener midway through the first half at Jan Breydel Stadium and headed in an easy second just after the break.
Gabriel Martinelli then got in on the act with a stupendous goal of his own as Arsenal closed on direct entry to the last 16 by making it six wins from six in the league phase.
Dani van den Heuvel had already parried Martin Odegaard’s stinging drive and Piero Hincapie struck the base of the right-post by the time Madueke opened the scoring in stunning fashion.
The England winger drove forward and unleashed an unstoppable effort into the top-right corner from 25 yards, before Ben White’s thumping header and another curling effort from Madueke brought the best out of Van den Heuvel.
It took just two second-half minutes for Martin Zubimendi’s deep left-wing cross to be nodded home by Madueke, and Martinelli then bent a sublime bending effort into the top-right corner to essentially end the game as a contest.
There was almost a heart-warming moment for Gabriel Jesus, back after 332 days out with injury, who smacked one against the crossbar after entering the fray as a substitute, while Ethan Nwaneri drew two stops from Van den Heuvel in injury time.
