Noni Madueke scored twice as Arsenal maintained their perfect Champions League record with a comfortable 3-0 win over Club Brugge on Wednesday.
The electric winger scored a sensational opener at the Jan Breydel Stadium halfway through the first half and headed in an easy second just after half-time.
Gabriel Martinelli then got into the action with an astonishing goal of his own as Arsenal sealed off direct access to the last 16 by making it six wins from six in the league stage.
Dani van den Heuvel had already parried Martin Odegaard’s sharp move and Piero Hincapie hit the base of the right post by the time Madueke opened the scoring in stunning fashion.
The England winger drove forward and unleashed an unstoppable effort from 25 yards into the top right corner, before Ben White’s thumping header and another curling effort from Madueke got the best of Van den Heuvel.
It took just two minutes into the second half for Martin Zubimendi’s deep left cross to be nodded in by Madueke, before Martinelli curled a sublime bending effort into the top right corner to effectively end the match as a contest.
There was almost a heart-warming moment for Gabriel Jesus, back after 332 days out with injury, who smashed one against the crossbar after coming on as a substitute, while Ethan Nwaneri drew two stops from Van den Heuvel in stoppage time.
A brace in Bruges pic.twitter.com/2dSttx5Auo
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) December 10, 2025
Data Debrief: Madueke shines, while Martinelli breaks new ground
Arsenal saw their lead at the top of the Premier League cut to two points after losing 2-1 at Aston Villa last time out, but returned to victory here under Madueke’s guidance.
The winger finished with a team-high four shots, three of which were on target, from an xG of 1.01.
All three of Madueke’s Arsenal goals have now come in the Champions League as he scored in consecutive European games for the first time.
Martinelli, meanwhile, has scored in all five of his Champions League appearances this season, becoming the first Gunners player to score in five consecutive games in Europe’s premier competition.
The victory here also means that Arsenal have won six games in a row and thus started a single edition of the European Cup/Champions League for the first time. This makes Arsenal only the fifth English team to do this (after Manchester United, Leeds United, Liverpool and Manchester City).
#Club #Brugge #Arsenal #Great #Madueke #Artetas #men #perfect #Football #News