Arsenal's Perfect Record After Beating Brugge In The Champions League

Noni Madueke's winger scored a brace when Arsenal won 3-0 over Club Brugge in the Champions League. (X/@Arsenal)

JAKARTA - Arsenal became the only team in the Champions League to set a perfect record after beating Club Brugge 3-0. Arsenal won their sixth victory of the six matches in a duel at Jan Breydel Stadium, Thursday, December 11, 2025 in the morning WIB.

Arsenal's impressive achievement in the Champions League. After losing 2-1 to Aston Villa in the English Premier League, last weekend, Arsenal got up with Brugge's resistance.

The victory made Arsenal stronger at the top of the Champions League standings by pocketing 18 points. The North London club is also one of two teams, along with Bayern Munich, who have already qualified for the knockout round. Bayern himself ranks second with 15 points.

Meanwhile, Brugge only occupies the bottom and finds it difficult to get tickets to the next round through the playoffs. Because Brugge occupies the position 31 by pocketing the fourth point.

Manager Mikel Arteta is satisfied with the team's performance despite losing many pillar players. According to him, it is not easy to win away matches in the Champions League.

"I'm satisfied with the result. The reason is it's not easy to go through away games in the Champions League. Moreover, we lost a lot of players. This makes the burden even more heavy. We have to increase our strength in the match sector. I think we deserve to win this match," Arteta told UEFA.

The team also showed the performance we wanted. "How do we prepare this team, one of which is Christian Norgaard who is able to play very well," he said.

In that match, Norgaard started at the heart of the defense. Meanwhile, striker Viktor Gyokeres has returned to the starting line up for the first time since November 1, 2025.

Arsenal also showed dominance. With the attacking game demonstrated by Martin Odegaard et al, they are just waiting for time to break into Brugge's goal.

Myles Lewis-Skelly has actually had a good chance of receiving a pass from defender Piero Hincapie. It's just that that the opportunity failed to produce a goal because Lewis-Skelly's shot still hit the post.

Not long ago, winger Noni Madueke managed to break the deadlock. Receiving the ball from midfield, Madueke then took it to the Brugge defense area and then fired hard without being reached by goalkeeper Dani van den Hovel.

The goal, which was created in the 25th minute, put the Gunners 1-0 ahead. Brugge tried to get up and put pressure on him. The success of holding Barcelona 3-3 in the previous match made them have high enthusiasm to catch up.

At least, Ivan Leko's team, who replaced coach Nicky Hayen after being dismissed, created an opportunity through Aleksandar Stankovic and Christos Tzolis. It's just that their efforts were fruitless. The score of one goal for Arsenal lasted until the first half was over.

Entering the second half, Arsenal had already put pressure on it. As a result, Arsenal were able to strengthen their advantage when the game had only been running for two minutes.

Madueke successfully scored a brace after his header from close range after receiving a cross from Martin Zubimendi to make Arsenal lead 2-0.

Arsenal was increasingly unstoppable. Not long after, winger Gabriel Martinelli solidified the visitors' advantage. He broke into the home goal in the 56th minute. The 3-0 score lasted until the game was over.