A 3-0 victory allowed Arteta to surpass Guardiola! Arsenal set 3 major records and their championship appearance was impressive.

Arsenal's performance this season is really getting better and better, and the young coach seems to be destroying his reputation as the second best player in a thousand years! In the fourth round of the Champions League group stage this season, Arsenal challenged Slavia Prague away from home. In this campaign, although the Gunners are full of injured soldiers, the substitute lineup under Arteta's account is also quite impressive. I don't know how many levels higher than the home team. This is the foundation of a super wealthy team. It is not a big problem to retire intact.

Arsenal started this season as if they were equipped with a Ferrari engine. Before the game, they had won nine consecutive victories in all competitions and kept clean sheets in seven consecutive games. They won the first three games of the Champions League and conceded zero goals. Together with Inter Milan, they became the "only clean sheet combination" in the Champions League this season. In addition, Arsenal only conceded 3 goals in 16 official games this season! Conceding 3 goals in the Premier League (against Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle) and keeping clean sheets in all 6 cup games, Arteta's first Gunners career title looks promising.

From the beginning of the game, the powerful Arsenal did not have too many tests. They immediately took the initiative to launch a general attack. The offensive wave became higher and higher. The home team Slavia Prague could only retreat to defend and look for opportunities to counterattack. In the 20th minute, Saka suddenly kicked off after cutting inside, almost breaking the deadlock.

In the 32nd minute, the deadlock was broken: Provod sent a handball in the penalty area, Saka hit the penalty, and Arsenal led 1-0. Saka became the first player to score in four consecutive away games after Arsenal's Champions League reform.

Change sides and fight again. Only 35 seconds into the game, Trossard easily broke away from the left and sent a cross. Merino, who was inserted in the middle, was unmarked and easily pushed into the net facing the goalkeeper. Arsenal expanded the score to 2-0, which made Arteta happy on the sidelines. This is not only the fastest goal scored by Arsenal this season, but also the fastest goal scored in the second half in the team's Champions League history.

In the 68th minute, Slavia goalkeeper Markovic made a low-level error and the ball was directly intercepted by Merino. The latter pushed the shot into the empty goal and Arsenal led 3-0; Merino Mei After the second kick, the Gunners basically sealed the victory, and the final score was fixed here. The Gunners' winner in this game set several major records:

First, they won all the first four games of the Champions League and had zero shutouts. They were only the second team in the history of England. The last time an English team did this, it was Leeds United in the 1969-70 season. 55 years later, Arsenal became the first Premier League team after the restructuring of the Champions League. Arteta's coach Guardiola had never done this.

Second, Merino's 35-second blitz rewrote the Champions League record in team history. His goal set a new record for Arsenal's fastest goal in the second half in the Champions League.

Thirdly, the defense is ridiculously strong, with no shutouts in 6 cup games. The Gunners have kept 8 shutouts in a row and won 10 consecutive games. The defense is as solid as iron wall. They only conceded 3 goals in the first 16 official games. This data is abnormal in Europe. Even Bayern's 16-game winning streak cannot be compared.