Zurich 1-9 Arsenal: Crushing win gives Gunners top spot in Champions League group

Frida Maanum made it 7 goals successful her past 13 games successful each competitions arsenic Arsenal cruised to apical spot successful their Champions League group

Frida Maanum's hat-trick helped Arsenal assertion apical spot successful Women's Champions League Group C with a rout of bottommost broadside Zurich.

Arsenal volition beryllium seeded successful the quarter-finals gully and play the 2nd limb astatine location aft winning the radical successful style.

Stina Blackstenius besides netted doubly to extremity her seven-game goalless run.

Needing a triumph to warrant archetypal spot pursuing their defeat astatine location to Lyon, Arsenal instantly attacked the hosts and were rewarded by Maanum's classy free-kick opener from the borderline of the punishment area.

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Caitlin Foord past swept successful Blackstenius' cross, earlier she turned supplier for Maanum to clip successful a second.

The Norway planetary acceptable up Blackstenius to people from adjacent scope earlier the interval arsenic Arsenal showed swagger successful their ascendant display.

Maanum drilled successful her 3rd from region six minutes into the 2nd half, matched by a sumptuous curling effort from Blackstenius 3 minutes later.

Fabienne Humm pulled 1 backmost for Zurich with a punishment pursuing a mistake by Leah Williamson, lone for Foord to capitalise connected a misplaced backmost walk to marque it seven.

Kim Little converted from the spot and Mana Iwabuchi slotted successful clinically with 7 minutes remaining.

Second-placed Lyon's goalless gully astatine location to Juventus meant Jonas Eidevall's broadside finished apical by 2 points.

The Women's Super League contenders volition observe their opponents successful the last 8 erstwhile the gully is made connected February 10.