Manager Mikel Arteta called the win “very significant” but admitted it was only a stepping stone and not the final destination for his side — a point which was driven home by another lackluster performance in a 1-1 draw with a terribly poor Manchester United side on Sunday.

Borussia Dortmund have just beaten Lille to book their Champions League quarter-final place alongside Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Inter. Oleksandr Zinchenko was at the heart of Arsenal’s title charge in 2022-23 and twice that year he won Arsenal’s Player of the Month award.