Report as Bukayo Saka starts first-half Arsenal rout with eighth-minute strike; Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Jesus add second and third goals as hosts dominate PSV; Martin Odegaard fires home fourth from the edge of the box to mark perfect Champions League return

Arsenal marked their Champions League return in style by hammering PSV Eindhoven 4-0 at the Emirates Stadium.

Mikel Arteta’s side delivered a perfect performance after six years away from Europe’s premier cup competition to head into the North London Derby against Tottenham this Sunday, live on Sky Sports, in fine form.

Bukayo Saka put the hosts ahead in just the eighth minute with a close-range tap-in and then Leandro Trossard fired home from the edge of the area.

Gabriel Jesus missed several first-half chances but finally added the third before the break and then Martin Odegaard wrapped up a superb display with an unstoppable drive from the edge of the box during the second half.

How Arsenal blew away PSV

Image:Leandro Trossard is congratulated after scoring Arsenal’s second

Saka began the first-half rout when Odegaard’s shot from just inside the area was parried into the path of the winger, who made no mistake from close range.

Jesus should have had his first moments later, failing to connect with a low cross from inside the six-yard box, but he played a key role in the second. The striker burst through the middle of the pitch before passing to Saka, who squared for Trossard to fire into the bottom right corner from the edge of the box.

Tim Sherwood reacts as Gabriel Jesus puts the Gunners three up against PSV at the Emirates

Arsenal were purring and saw Kai Havertz fire off target, Walter Benitez save twice from two Jesus efforts and Gabriel head wide at a corner all in the space of four minutes.

PSV did pose an attacking threat with winger Johan Bakayoko firing wide from the edge of the box but it was Arsenal and Jesus who found the net again. Trossard crossed for the Brazil international and he ruthlessly blasted the ball into the top left corner.

Image:Martin Odegaard celebrates adding a fourth for Arsenal

Emile Smith Rowe made his first appearance of the season as a second-half substitute which lifted the Arsenal crowd once more and within two minutes, he was involved as Odegaard fired hard and low into the bottom left corner from 25 yards.