Bukayo Saka still had plenty to do. But this was another night when you knew that he would do it. The Arsenal winger was gliding up the right, his team 1-0 up, 64 minutes on the clock and, when he sliced inside, the sudden shift was so explosive that he appeared to slip.
Yet almost in the same movement, he caught himself and simply eased away from the Sevilla defender, Adrià Pedrosa. The shot was steered home with the minimum of fuss and Arsenal planted one foot in the last 16 of the Champions League. With the minimum of fuss.
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