Arsenal beat Olympiacos 2-0 to stay unbeaten in CL group stage

Arsenal beat Olympiacos 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday as Gabriel Martinelli opened the scoring and Bukayo Saka sealed the victory deep into stoppage time, keeping the Gunners unbeaten in this season's Champions League group stage. Martinelli struck after 12 minutes when Viktor Gyokeres' shot deflected off the post and the Brazilian finished from close range, while captain Martin Odegaard set up Saka for a late second after a sustained period in which Arsenal struggled to convert their dominance into goals.

Mikel Arteta's side controlled large parts of the match, producing 16 shots and an expected goals total of about 2.7 compared with Olympiacos' 10 attempts and roughly 0.5 xG, but they had to weather several scares and remarkable saves. Goalkeeper David Raya kept Arsenal in front with a reflex stop from Daniel Podence, and Olympiacos keeper Konstantinos Tzolakis produced a fine late save to deny Odegaard before the Norwegian delivered the decisive through ball to Saka.

Martinelli, who started after recent substitute appearances, added to a strong individual start to the season and has four goal contributions across competitions so far. He praised team-mate Gyokeres...