We made a perfect start to our UEFA Women’s Champions League campaign on Wednesday with a dominant 4-0 victory over FC Okzheptes in Moscow.
Four Gunners made their debuts for the club, with two finding the back of the net, while Jonas Eidevall took to the touchline for the first time in a competitive fixture.
As strong favourites, we were expected to dominate possession with the Kazakhstani side sitting deep in a low block - and from the first whistle to the last, that’s exactly how things played out.
But after a number of free-flowing moves, debutant Mana Iwabuchi opened the scoring, combining with Vivianne Miedema on the edge of the area before firing into the bottom corner.