Arsenal continue their flawless performance in the league stage of the Champions League. Mikel Arteta’s men won 3-1 on the pitch at Inter Milan to pick up their 7th success in 7 days.
The shock of this 7th day kept all its promises at San Siro. And this from the start, the Gunners sending a first shot towards the goal of the former goalkeeper of the Swiss team Yann Sommer after less than 30 seconds of play. Their pressing also posed insoluble problems for the Nerazzurri, who suffered their 3rd defeat in a row in C1 and left the Top-8.
Inter, who also fielded Manuel Akanji, certainly knew how to react to the opener from Gabriel Jesus (10th). Petar Sucic tied the two teams in the 18th. Irresistible, Arsenal however took control in the 31st, Gabriel Jesus scoring a double by taking advantage of the apathy of the Milan defense on a corner. Gyökeres ended Inter’s hopes in the 84th.
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Philipp Köhn had an even more difficult evening in the Monaco cage, where Geneva midfielder Denis Zakaria also started. The Swiss international goalkeeper suffered the wrath of Real Madrid, who won 6-1 for the baptism of fire in the Champions League of their new coach Alvaro Arbeloa thanks in particular to a double from Kylian Mbappé (5th 1-0, 26th 2-0).
The Madrilenians find themselves provisionally in 3rd place, tied with Bayern Munich (2nd) who will play on Wednesday, and six lengths behind Arsenal. Tottenham moved up to 4th position after their victory (2-0) against Gregor Kobel’s Borussia Dortmund. A BVB which will absolutely have to beat Inter next week to hope to qualify directly for the round of 16 (Top-8).
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