UEFA Champions League, League Stage 2ArsenalARS 3 0 Full Time LilleLIL Venue Emirates Stadium Referee Felix ZwayerJurrin Timber 64Eberechi Eze 67Bukayo Saka 71 Two goals in three second-half minutes kicked Arsenal into life as they eventually cruised to a 3-0 Champions League win over Lille. The Gunners reached the final last season but were flat and devoid of ideas until midway through the second half.Jurrien Timber and Eberechi Eze then found the net in quick succession as the Gunners proved far too strong for a disappointing French side.Not for the first time already this season, Arsenals massive strength in depth off the bench proved decisive. with Bukayo Saka helping himself to the third.Viktor Gyokeres was handed a start in attack as Mikel Arteta rotated his squad, with David Raya moving level with David Seaman for most European Cup/Champions League games played for Arsenal in goal (38).Lille boss Davide Ancelotti son of Carlo, who has won the Champions League a record five times as a manager sent out his side to frustrate the hosts and it worked for a long period against a one-paced Arsenal team.Their first real attack saw Timber cut a fine ball back but Bruno Guimaraes somehow put it wide from close range.Mikel Merino mistimed a free header and planted it straight at Berke Ozer before Lille had the ball in the net when Ayase Ueda swept in.The goal was chalked off for offside, and Arsenal laboured until Ozer reacted brilliantly to claw away a dipping shot from Guimaraes just before the break.The start to the second half was just as poor but just as Arteta was readying a triple change Timber gave them the lead in style.He collected Noni Maduekes pass inside the area, drove away from a defender and then clipped in across goal to score a fabulous opener.Arteta then did send on Kai Havertz, captain Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka, with Saka instantly finding Eze to drive in the second. Arsenal Lille 3 Goals 0 1.86 xG 0.4 58% Possession 42% 16 Total Shots 4 8 Shots on Target 0 3 Shots off Target 1 7 Corners 0 13 Fouls 9 4 Offsides 3 2 Yellow Cards 1 0 Saves 5 543 Passes 404 489 Passes Completed 343 90% Pass Accuracy 85% Home Away Saka smashed in a third as Arsenal really found their feet, with Havertz getting in behind and cutting back a lovely pass.Lille forward Olivier Giroud got on to face his former club at the age of 40 and got a heros reception but the game was long done.Arsenal move into fourth place in the early table, while Lille are pointless down in 32nd.The UEFA Champions League Table UEFA Champions League 2026 World #TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAGDPtsLast 2 1 Sporting CP22005146 W W 2 Paris Saint Germain11006153 W 3 Bayern Mnchen11005053 D 4 Barcelona11005143 W 5 Manchester United11004043 L 6 Como11004133 W 7 VfB Stuttgart11003123 W 8 Manchester City11002023 W 9 Aston Villa11003213 W 10 Real Betis11003213 W 11 Borussia Dortmund11003213 W 12 Liverpool11002113 W 13 Real Madrid11002113 W 14 Arsenal11001013 W 15 AEK Athens FC11001013 W 16 Lens210134-13 L W 17 Sabah FA210124-23 W L 18 AS Roma10101101 D 19 Shakhtar Donetsk10101101 D 20 PSV Eindhoven10101101 L 21 Fenerbahe10101101 D 22 Villarreal100123-10 W 23 Lille100123-10 L 24 Club Brugge KV100123-10 W 25 Inter100112-10 L 26 Atletico Madrid100112-10 W 27 Napoli100101-10 L 28 Lask Linz100101-10 L 29 Viking100113-20 D 30 Galatasaray100113-20 L 31 FC Porto100102-20 L 32 Slavia Praha200225-30 L L 33 RB Leipzig100114-30 W 34 Feyenoord100115-40 L 35 Slovan Bratislava100116-50 L 36 Bodo/Glimt100105-50 L Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/8-finals) Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/16-finals) Upcoming fixtures for Arsenal and Lille Upcoming Fixtures : Arsenal Premier League Nottingham Forest NOT 16:30 2026-10-18 Arsenal ARS UEFA Champions League Bayern Mnchen BAY 20:00 2026-10-21 Arsenal ARS Premier League Arsenal ARS 15:00 2026-10-24 Everton EVE Premier League Liverpool LIV 16:30 2026-11-01 Arsenal ARS UEFA Champions League Slavia Praha SLA 20:00 2026-11-04 Arsenal ARS Upcoming Fixtures : Lille UEFA Champions League Lille LIL 17:45 2026-10-21 Galatasaray GAL UEFA Champions League Bodo/Glimt BOD 20:00 2026-11-03 Lille LIL UEFA Champions League Lille LIL 20:00 2026-11-25 Bayern Mnchen BAY UEFA Champions League VfB Stuttgart STU 20:00 2026-12-09 Lille LIL UEFA Champions League Lille LIL 20:00 2027-01-19 Slovan Bratislava SLO Topics Arsenal F.C. 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