Mikel Arteta’s men march on in the UEFA Champions League. Look back on a comfortable win with the best facts and Opta data in our Arsenal vs Bayer Leverkusen stats page.
Arsenal can continue dreaming of a historic quadruple after they swept aside Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals with a 3-1 aggregate success.
A late Kai Havertz penalty rescued a draw in last week’s first leg, though there rarely looked to be any danger of requiring such a dramatic intervention in north London this time around.
Arsenal gave Bayer Leverkusen’s goalkeeper plenty to do in the first half and were good value for their lead, as earned by Eberechi Eze’s gorgeous long-range strike.
Declan Rice then put the tie beyond Leverkusen with just over an hour gone, as the Gunners reached the last eight of the Champions League for the third season in a row.
As such, Arsenal remain in the hunt for four trophies, with Premier League glory within touching distance, the EFL Cup final to come at the weekend and an FA Cup quarter-final to look forward to.
Fuelled by expectation, Arsenal were comfortably the more threatening of the two sides in the first half as they managed 12 attempts and got seven on target.
Their seven shots on target was Arsenal’s joint-most in the first half of a Champions League game on record (since 2003-04), as they kept Leverkusen goalkeeper Janis Blaswich busy.
For the most part, Blaswich coped with what Arsenal threw at him – and then Eze stepped up in the 36th minute.
The ball sat up kindly for Eze on the bounce as he let it run past him, and after turning with it to face the goal, he lashed a stunning 25-yard strike into the top-left corner.
In finding the net, Eze became just the second English player to score for Arsenal in the Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League in the same season, after Theo Walcott in 2012-13.
Arsenal fans likely wanted more, though but on the pitch Leverkusen were granted a little more control after the break, having 67.4% of the ball between half-time and the hour.
The Gunners looked bright on the counter, however.
Viktor Gyökeres was presented with two decent opportunities, and a vital Jarell Quansah intervention denied Leandro Trossard a tap-in.
But Rice effectively put the tie to bed in the 63rd minute, pouncing on a clearance and charging forwards before picking out the bottom-right corner from just outside the box.
Christian Kofane did draw a brilliant late save from David Raya, but otherwise Arsenal went on to seal a largely routine win, something not to be taken for granted at this stage of the Champions League.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Arsenal vs Bayer Leverkusen stats from their Champions League meeting at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
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