Arsenal hosted PSV Eindhoven in their rearranged Europa League game, and booked their place in the knockout stages with a hard-fought victory.
Mikel Arteta's team went into the match knowing a point would be enough to send them through after a victory away to Bodo/Glimt last time out. They made a fast start despite manager Arteta naming a much-changed side, but failed to score a goal inside the opening half-hour after doing so in each of their first three games in Group A.
The Gunners continued to push after the restart, with Gabriel Jesus testing Walter Benitez on more than one occasion. However, it needed the introduction of Martin Odegaard and Thomas Partey to open up the opposition before Granit Xhaka found the breakthrough, and one goal was enough.
