Soccer-Wonderful Wahi helps Lens beat Arsenal 2-1

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group B - RC Lens v Arsenal - Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France - October 3, 2023 RC Lens' Elye Wahi in action REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

LENS, France (Reuters) -RC Lens forward Elye Wahi scored one goal and set up another as his side beat Arsenal 2-1 to top Champions League Group B as they celebrated the return of Europe's premium club competition to their turf in flamboyant style on Tuesday.

The 20-year-old, who joined from Montpellier during the close season, fed Adrien Thomasson for the first-half equaliser after Gabriel Jesus's opener, before netting the winner in the 69th minute to send the Bollaert-Delelis stadium wild.