On a night when Arsenal ended the game with four left-backs on the pitch, this may not have been the biggest stage of Raheem Sterling’s illustrious career. But after a dismal loan spell from Chelsea during which the former England forward failed to live up to his reputation, he will be relieved to have finally made a contribution as Mikel Arteta’s side eased into the quarter-finals.
He provided two assists in the first half as goals from Oleksandr Zinchenko and Declan Rice ensured that Arsenal were never in danger of surrendering their record-breaking 7-1 advantage from the first leg. This time PSV Eindhoven proved more of a challenge and deserved to come away with a draw on the night thanks to equalisers from Ivan Perisic and then a sublime chip from Couhaib Driouech that denied Arteta’s side a place in the history books for the biggest aggregate victory in the knockout stages.
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