LONDON—Arsenal cruised into the Champions League quarterfinals with a 2–0 victory at home to Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday night which was ignited by Eberechi Eze’s outrageous opening goal.
The reaction of Eze’s teammates said everything about the quality of his strike. Viktor Gyökeres was frozen, slightly hunched over, arms outstretched as though he was hugging a ghost. Ben White and Gabriel were too busy scratching their heads to join in the celebrations while William Saliba wandered across joyously aghast.
