Arsenal produced a professional display to beat a youthful Paris Saint-Germain side 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium and claim their first Champions League win of the season.
The Gunners opened the scoring in the first half when Kai Havertz ghosted between two defenders to beat Gianluigi Donnarumma to Leandro Trossard’s teasing cross with a towering header.
Arsenal demonstrated their set-piece prowess for the second goal, with Bukayo Saka, normally the provider, this time the scorer as his near-post delivery from wide on the right bounced through a crowd of bodies to outfox Donnarumma and fly straight in.
Arsenal had chances to add to their lead, with Trossard denied by Donnarumma from close range soon after the second goal, and Gabriel Martinelli twice shooting too close to the PSG goalkeeper following the break.
Luis Enrique’s new-look side, shorn of the departed Kylian Mbappe and with an average age of 23, created openings too, with Nuno Mendes clipping the post from distance in the first half and Joao Neves later striking the bar from a corner.
But Arsenal withstood their pressure in the second period, during which Mikel Arteta handed a debut to fit-again summer signing Mikel Merino from the bench, the only concern being the half-time withdrawal of Jurrien Timber for Jakub Kiwior.
Following a goalless draw away to Atalanta in their opening Champions League game, the win takes Arsenal up into the top eight spots in the league phase table, with PSG slipping to 18th.
