Champions League: Relieved Arsene Wenger praises Lucas Perez as Arsenal top group

The Swiss may well suit and tie, if “Ludogorets” PSG lose.

Arsenal and PSG have qualified from the group, while third placed Ludogorets will have another crack at the continental competition, in the second-rung Europa League.

Robert Lewandowski scored a brilliant free kick to give Bayern Munich a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid in their last Champions League Group D outing to end the Spanish club’s 100 per cent record. Arsenal won the game 4-1.

Group B to provide some actual drama.

Napoli, with 11 points, topped the group while Benfica (8).

The lone year that they won the group, in 2011-12, they had bad luck and got Milan in the next round – a team that had failed to win its group only because it had Barcelona in it.

Arsene Wenger named a strong side despite making 6 changes, and finally started Granit Xhaka in midfield with Aaron Ramsey-a move that paid off immensely.

Celtic to get their first win.

Aside from breaking their run of second-placed group finishes, the Gunners have also gone through a group stage unbeaten for the first time since they reached the final in 2005-06.

Atletico Madrid to maintain their ideal record.

“I think recently we had lost a little bit of the quality from our game and we started a little bit to miss the results”.

Arsenal went into the final match day nearly certain of advancing to the round of 16 as runners-up for the fourth straight season – knowing even victory in Switzerland would not be enough if PSG picked up an expected win.

Oh, what a catastrophe this has been for Tottenham. Defeats at home to Monaco and Bayer Leverkusen have seen to that, and while the north London side did record an impressive win in Russian Federation against CSKA Moscow, it hasn’t been enough.

Basel’s recent form has been indifferent of late but after the 3-1 defeat to Young Boys in their last league encounter, they will be looking for a reaction against the English Premier League side.

Another option is either Real Madrid or Borussia Dortmund, which play Wednesday in Spain with the leadership of Group F at stake.

“The first two looked like quite easy goals, and were what we call tap-ins in England, but they were created by the team and you have to be there to finish”.

And on information that PSG were trailing 1-0 at half time against Ludogorets, Iwobi: “We saw the scores at half-time when we were walking into the dressing room”.

Iwobi’s close-range goal was his first in Europe.

Lucas’s only goals since joining Arsenal were a brace in a League Cup win over Nottingham Forest in September, since when he has rarely featured because of an ankle injury.