ALL GUNNS BLAZING!

Six-goal Arsenal seal their place in knockout stage with a demolition job against French

- MIKE WALTERS

REMEMBER, there are no easy games in Europe well, apart from Lens at home.

As Arsenal romped into the Champions League knockout stage, they unfurled their tribute to a classic punk album.

Against a club who play at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, the Gunners produced their own cover version - Never Mind the Bollaerts, Here's the Six Pistols. Mikel Arteta's men are already No.1 in the Premier League charts and they only needed a point here to reach the last 16 - or a victory to progress in Europe as top guns in Group B.

And when it came to planting their standard at the summit in Europe, they made no mistake.

Skipper Martin Odegaard, who has suffered a rough month hampered by a hip injury, concussion and sickness, observed in his matchday programme notes: "I don't feel like we've found our best form yet this season.

"That's a great sign - being top of the table in November and still feeling like we haven't really been at our very best yet."

Bang on cue, Arsenal hit top gear and better teams than Lens would have struggled to live with them.

Kai Havertz had already shaved the post with a soaring header from full-back Takehiro Tomiyasu's cross when he bundled in his third goal of the season two minutes later.