On 4 November, Arsenal travelled to Prague to face Slavia Prague in their fourth Champions League group-stage match.
A minor reshuffle in the line-up did not prevent the Gunners from dominating the first half and scoring two excellent goals. Gyökeres was at the heart of the action on both occasions. First, he played the ball through to Madueke, who found himself one-on-one with the Slavia goalkeeper and calmly slotted it home. The second goal was scored by the Swede himself. After a neat one-two with Madueke, Viktor produced a finish worthy of a classic number 14, firing powerfully into the far corner.
For some reason, Arsenal stopped playing in the second half and switched their focus to defending. The Gunners managed to deal with most of the attacks (with a little luck along the way), but right at the end of the match, the hosts finally managed to beat Raya.
A narrow victory and another three points in the bag.
Arsenal (4-3-3):
Raya – White, Konsa, Gabriel, Hincapié – Zubimendi, Merino, Rice – Madueke, Gyökeres, Eze.
Substitutes: Arrizabalaga, Meslier, Mosquera, Saliba, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Timber, Ødegaard, Guimarães, Dowman, Tzolis, Havertz.
Goals: Madueke, 9 – 0-1; Gyökeres, 38 – 0-2; Novak, 90 – 1-2.
Bookings: Moses – Konsa.
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany).
VAR: Sören Storks (Germany).
