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Champions League: Arsenal become fifth English side with this streak

By Parth Dhall

Dec 11, 2025

07:45 pm

What's the story

Arsenal maintained their winning streak in the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League with a 3-0 victory over Club Brugge. Noni Madueke scored a brace to help Arsenal nearly seal their qualification for the knockouts. According to ESPN, Arsenal became the fifth English side to win each of their first six European Cup matches, joining Manchester United, Leeds United, Liverpool, and Manchester City.

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Arsenal join these sides

As mentioned, Arsenal are the fifth English side to win each of their first six European Cup matches, joining Manchester United, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester City. While United (1965-66) and Leeds (1969-70) achieved this feat in the European Cup era, Liverpool (2021-22 and 2024-25) and Manchester City (2023-24) did so after the tournament was rebranded as the Champions League.

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Madueke enters record books

As per Opta, Madueke became the first player to score each of their first three goals for Arsenal in the European Cup/Champions League. He scored in the 25th and 47th minutes of the match.

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Scoring in five successive matches

While Madueke scored the first two goals for Arsenal, Gabriel Martinelli extended the cushion after halftime. Notably, Martinelli became the first Arsenal player to score in five successive appearances in the Champions League. He is also the first player with this record in any UEFA competition since Thierry Henry in the UEFA Cup in 2000 (6).

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Debut for teenager Marli Salmon

Marli Salmon, the 16-year-old Englishman, made his debut in the dying minutes for Arsenal. According to ESPN, Salmon became one of only three Under-16 players to appear in the Champions League, joining Jack Wilshere and Max Dowman.

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Arsenal top the Champions League standings

After 6 matchweeks, Arsenal are top of the 36-team Champions League standings. They own 18 points from six games. They have scored 17 goals and conceded just one. The 3-0 win over Club Brugge was their 5th clean sheet.