LONDON: Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze opened his Champions League account with a stunning goal as his team outclassed Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 at home to reach the quarter-finals with a 3-1 aggregate victory on Tuesday. Leverkusen somehow weathered a barrage of Arsenal pressure in the opening half an hour with keeper Janis Blaswich outstanding until Eze’s screamer from outside the area in the 37th minute put them in control of an awkward last-16 tie.

Eberechi Eze lashed home Arsenal’s first and Declan Rice made it 2-0 in the second half as they beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 on aggregate

Mikel Arteta’s side are 16 games from the quadruple, helped by the forward’s devastating strike in this last-16 second leg

LONDON: Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze opened his Champions League account with a stunning goal as his team outclassed Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 at home to reach the…