Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus scores their second objective. Picture: REUTERS
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Arsenal maintained their good run within the Champions League with a 3-1 win over Inter Milan on the San Siro on Tuesday, the place Gabriel Jesus scored a first-half double and Viktor Gyokeres wrapped up the victory late on.
A seventh win from seven ensures Arsenal a top-two end within the league part which implies dwelling benefit within the second leg right through to the semi-finals. They sit high of the standings on 21 factors, six forward of Bayern Munich who host Union Saint-Gilloise on Wednesday.
Jesus completed off a scuffed effort by Jurrien Timber to present Arsenal a Tenth-minute lead. Petar Sucic levelled eight minutes later just for Jesus to place the guests again in entrance with a header from a nook 14 minutes earlier than the break.
Substitute Gyokeres wrapped up the win with a surprising end from outdoors the world six minutes from time and Inter dropped to ninth within the desk on 12 factors.
Tottenham thrash Dortmund
Tottenham Hotspur shrugged off their home gloom with a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund that took the warmth off head coach Thomas Frank and put them inside touching distance of the Champions League knockout levels on Tuesday.
First-half targets by captain Cristian Romero and Dominic Solanke gave Tottenham management towards a desperately disappointing Dortmund facet who performed three-quarters of the match with 10 males after Daniel Svensson’s pink card.
Tottenham have received simply twice in 11 Premier League matches at their dwelling stadium this season — a run that has left Frank preventing for his job. However in Europe they’ve been impeccable in north London, profitable all 4 of their Champions League video games.
The newest one lifted them into provisional fourth place within the desk forward of Wednesday’s video games, which means one other win away to Eintracht Frankfurt subsequent week ought to seal a top-eight spot and a spot within the final 16.
Dortmund, who started the night time degree on 11 factors with Tottenham however forward on objective distinction, face Inter Milan of their final recreation and are actually prone to must take their probabilities within the playoffs.
