Sporting v Arsenal LIVE: Result and final score as Gunners rip through hosts in Champions League

The Gunners have now won three of their five games so far in this season’s Champions League

Kai Havertz celebrates after scoring Arsenal’s second goal (Reuters)

Arsenal delivered the statement Champions League win Mikel Arteta had demanded as they swept aside Sporting 5-1.

Arteta wanted his team to prove their European credentials following some underwhelming displays away from home, and the Gunners manager got exactly what he asked for.

Goals from Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Magalhaes, Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard got their continental campaign back on track in style following the 1-0 defeat at Inter Milan last time out.

Sporting v Arsenal - Champions League live

• Arsenal XI: Raya; Timber, Gabriel, Saliba, Calafiori; Rice, Odegaard, Partey; Saka, Havertz, Martinelli
• GOAL! Sporting 0-1 Arsenal (Martinelli, 7 min)
• GOAL! Sporting 0-2 Arsenal (Havertz, 22 min)
• GOAL! Sporting 0-3 Arsenal (Gabriel, 45+1 min)
• GOAL! Sporting 1-3 Arsenal (Inacio, 47 min)
• GOAL! Sporting 1-4 Arsenal (Saka pen, 65 min)
• GOAL! Sporting 1-5 Arsenal (Trossard, 82 min)

[26 November 2024 20:39 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Sporting 0-2 Arsenal

40 min: Edwards dribbles purposefully towards the box but he’s eased off the ball by Saliba, and Sporting’s brief bit of momentum ends abruptly.

[26 November 2024 20:38 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Sporting 0-2 Arsenal

38 min: Another good chance for Arsenal as Odegaard feeds Saka on the right side. Saka cuts inside and shoots from about 15 yards but it’s blocked, and when the ball falls to Rice in the box he smashes his shot well wide from a tight angle.

[26 November 2024 20:37 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Sporting 0-2 Arsenal

35 min: Sporting keep giving the ball away in their own half, and it’s making it easy for Arsenal to dominate right now. Over on TNT Sports, Steve McManaman is getting high-pitched irate with the Sporting players.

[26 November 2024 20:34 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Sporting 0-2 Arsenal

32 min: Saka scoops a smart pass into Havertz behind the Sporting defence, but the German dithers and lets it bounce, and allows Israel to come out to smother the chance.

[26 November 2024 20:31 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Sporting 0-2 Arsenal

29 min: Saka cuts inside from the right side and fires off a well-struck shot, which Israel gets down low to his left to claim.

[26 November 2024 20:30 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Sporting 0-2 Arsenal

27 min: Calafiori fouls Trincao on Sporting’s right wing and they have a free-kick, but it’s overhit and David Raya can claim it.

[26 November 2024 20:23 · Lawrence Ostlere]

GOAL! Sporting 0-2 Arsenal (Havertz, 22 min)

Partey chips a lovely pass into the path of Saka’s arcing run into the box from the right wing, who slips the ball across for Kai Havertz to tap home from close range. Two similar goals, slicing Sporting’s left flank open.

[26 November 2024 20:21 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Sporting 0-1 Arsenal

20 min: The ball bounces out invitingly to Thomas Partey on the edge of the box, but the midfielder’s shot bounces straight into the gloves of Israel.

[26 November 2024 20:20 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Sporting 0-1 Arsenal

18 min: Morita is so slick on the ball for Sporting in central midfield, and the Japanese international turns neatly before spraying a pass out to the left wing. Arsenal win it back though and head up the other end, where Martinelli’s blocked cross earns a corner.

[26 November 2024 20:18 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Sporting 0-1 Arsenal

15 min: Arsenal defend a couple of corners in succession as Sporting try to push for the equaliser, but they visitors are proving hard to break down.