Arsenal's win over Sevilla has just got even better as Champions League points target is set

Make no mistake about it, Arsenal's 2-1 win over Sevilla on Tuesday night was huge and memorable at the same time. Gabriel Martinelli marked his Champions League debut with a goal and Gabriel Jesus served a timely reminder of why he deserves to lead the line.

But perhaps the biggest takeaway from picking up all three points at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium and a first away win in the competition since December 2016 is the Gunners are in a fantastic position to qualify for the knockout phase even with three games remaining.

Let's not forget that Mikel Arteta's side were under a little bit of pressure heading into matchday three of this season's group phase. This was on the back of a 2-1 loss against RC Lens earlier in the month as another defeat would have made qualification a lot more difficult to achieve.

A draw in Spain would not have been the worst result in the world for Arsenal either, but to come away with a victory makes Group B look even better this morning and Arteta acknowledges how big of a result it could turn out to be after admitting his side were in a difficult position beforehand.

«Yes but that's the difficulty of winning in the Champions League and it shows how much we have to value that,» the Spaniard said in the post-match press conference. «That result against Lens put us in a difficult position and the team had to react.

»We are coming from the back of very difficult games where the team has to step in and go against adversity as well with some of the injuries that we picked to big players. The team is so willing to at least try their best even if we don't manage to be our best all the time."

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