Soccer-Arsenal crush Lens 6-0 to reach Champions League last 16

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group B - Arsenal v RC Lens - Emirates Stadium, London, Britain - November 29, 2023 Arsenal's Takehiro Tomiyasu in action with RC Lens' Massadio Haidara Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs

LONDON (Reuters) -Arsenal blasted their way into the last 16 of the Champions League on a freezing night at The Emirates on Wednesday, crushing RC Lens 6-0 with goals from six different players and ensuring that they qualify top of Group B.

The home side, back in European football's biggest club competition for the first time in seven years, needed one point to secure themselves a place in the knockout stages of the competition. Instead, they swept Lens off the park to secure all three.