India, March 5 -- Struggling for goals, Arsenal found seven on Tuesday to register a Champions League record. Sterner tests await but if Arsenal had gone to PSV Eindhoven looking beleaguered, they left radiating brilliance.

Never before have Mikel Arteta's Arsenal scored so many on his watch. Never before have any team done that in a Champions League away knockout tie. Eindhoven was hosting a carnival and Arsenal lived it up at the rectangular Philips Stadion with a 7-1 win in the first leg of this round of 16 tie.

Three goals came in 13 first-half minutes from Jurrien Timber, Ethan Nwaneri and Mikel Merino. Arsenal began the second with two within 99 seconds of each other through Martin Odegaard and Leandro Trossard. Odegaard scored ag...