Arsenal put in another strong display to comfortably see off Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League at the Emirates.
Striker Eddie Nketiah reacted first to poke in the opener after Kieran Tierney’s powerful effort came back off the post.
Fabio Vieira sent in a crossing for Rob Holding to head in a second before the Portuguese made it 3-0 late on.
Mikel Arteta’s side have now won four successive matches in all competitions and top their Europa League group, as well as leading the Premier League.
They looked like a team playing full of confidence in the first half despite Arteta making eight changes from the side that beat rivals Tottenham in the weekend’s north London derby.
Meanwhile, Manchester United came from behind to snatch a crucial 3-2 away win against Cypriot outfit Omonia in the Europa League on Thursday thanks to a second-half brace by Marcus Rashford.
Anthony Martial also scored while Karim Ansarifard and Nikolas Panagiotou netted for the home side as United claimed a narrow win on their first ever trip to play a Cypriot team.
On a balmy night at Nicosia’s 23,000 capacity GSP Stadium, United went a goal down in the first half but fought back for a morale-boosting victory after being demolished 6-3 by cross-town rivals Manchester City at the weekend.
Erik ten Hag named a strong line-up with Cristiano Ronaldo, starting just his fourth match of the season, leading the attack and Brazilian Casemiro anchoring the midfield, but it was the substitutes who saved the day.
“All the subs had a really good impact”, with (Luke) Shaw and Rashford strengthening the left side,” Dutch coach ten Hag told reporters afterwards.
Substitute Gianluca Scamacca scored the winner against Anderlecht as West Ham recorded a third straight victory in the Europa Conference League.
Scamacca guided it into the bottom corner with a first-time strike on the turn, late in the second half.
West Ham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola was forced to make an excellent save to block Anderlecht striker Fabio Silva’s header shortly afterwards.
Unai Emery’s Villarreal scored five unreplied goals against Austria Vienna with Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze pulling the strings.
