PSV Eindhoven

This game took place at Eindhoven, on Wednesday 25th September at 7:45pm. Attendance was 24,000.

Final result was 4-0. Arsenal's goalscorers were Gilberto (1'), Ljungberg (66') & Henry (81' & 90').

Here's the Arsenal.com report: "Arsenal have stormed clear in Champions League group A after a fabulous 4-0 victory at PSV Eindhoven. Gilberto gave us the perfect start with the quickest goal ever in the history of the competition (eclipsing Alessandro Del Piero's previous record by five hundredths of a second!) before Freddie Ljungberg and a brace from Thierry Henry completed our first win on foreign soil since February 13, 2001. Before kick off, Arsène Wenger made two changes from Saturday's side. Patrick Vieira returned from suspension to replace Ray Parlour, who had not travelled because of an inflamed hamstring. Dennis Bergkamp began up front in place of Kanu. We were ahead within 21 seconds of the start. Freddie Ljungberg intercepted a pass in the centre circle and quickly spread the ball to Thierry Henry, who had taken a clever position on the left. The French striker skipped past his marker, burst into the box and crossed for Gilberto to slot home at the far post. PSV responded well. They had the ball in the net a little after a minute after Gilberto's goal, but the referee rightly adjudged that Arnold Bruggink had used his arm to control the ball before thumping home from close range. Soon afterwards, the dangerous Dennis Rommedahl whipped in a cross from the right and Mateja Kezman sent a diving header whistling just wide. Arsène Wenger had to re-jig his defence soon afterwards when Martin Keown limped off. He was replaced by Pascal Cygan. Kezman continued to look dangerous, shooting against David Seaman's legs in the ninth minute and flicking a diving header across the face of the goal just before the break. We began the second period on the offensive and nearly doubled our advantage within the opening five minutes. Vieira strode through the midfield to feed Sylvain Wiltord, whose shot was parried by Ronald Waterreus. Soon afterwards Henry outfoxed two defenders before forcing a fine near post save from the PSV keeper. The all-important second came on 56 minutes when Ljungberg latched on to Lauren's through ball and curled home from an acute angle. Henry, Gilberto and Bergkamp all missed simple opportunities as we turned the screw but Kezman was unluckily flagged off-side when he reduced the arrears late on. Henry killed off the contest with nine minutes left then added an identical fourth, with the final kick of the match."