Mikel Arteta celebrated an 'incredible' record -like night – and then challenged his Arsenal players to write more history in the Champions League.
Arsenal produced a club record Way and became the first team to score seven away from home in a knockout draw, because they almost guaranteed themselves in the quarterfinals.
Jurrien Timber, Ethan Nwaneri, Mikel Merino, Martin Odegaard (twice), Leandro Trossard and Riccardo Calafiori were all on goal to help Arsenal forget that they do not have a fit fighter.
Gunners -Baas Arteta said: “The way we did it, the way we played, the goals we scored. Thank you because it was a special evening. It clearly gave us a lot of joy and trust and conviction. We have to enjoy tonight because it was a very impressive performance and an incredible score. We earn that and I will take it and keep improving it as a team.
“It's very important, but it's just to bring yourself into a really strong position to continue to the next round. That's it; That is the reality. To place orientation points, we really have to reach a completely different level.
“But it is clear that this team has done a lot that was not done in many, many years or in the history of the club. That means a lot, but that is not what we want.
“Certainly, it is something that has not been done to break records tonight, it is so great to be part of it. But as a team we want to achieve many other things that are much more important than that.
“The happiest thing I am is because we are in a very strong position to go to the next round where we want to be. But there is still a task to do in London in a week.
“That is the great thing about it, nobody in this room, if I give you an envelope and say, you can predict what will happen tomorrow and who will score, that is the beauty of football.
“In football, and you are doing very well today, put your head down, be humble, analyze how you can improve. Because the next game will be completely different from this one, and nobody can write the script, unfortunately, even if we wanted to. “
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