For those in search of omens is Munich. The German city has become a recurring theme for Arsenal in the Champions League, although it must rarely mention with a positive result.
Mikel Arteta's European campaign ended there in the quarterfinals, last season, when they beat Bayern as they had been in their previous incursion in the competition, the phrase of 10 goals in the last 16-17.
If they are going to arrive in Munich this season, they will be in the final of the Champions League on May. And perhaps that would be an acceptable comfort to lose contact with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League.
Great yes. There is still much to do. Next, there is an appointment in Madrid, but one night when progress was never in doubt after scoring 7-1 on PSV allowed the minds to roam.
The Arsenal ransacked seven goals of eight shots in the target in Eindhoven and continued in the same line when Oleksandr Zinchenko found the network with the first effort of the second stage, a goal with goalkeeper Walter Benitez of 25 yards.
Zinchenko, who played a dozen games for PSV in Manchester City loan, made a big problem by not celebrating his first goal from Arsenal for almost 500 days, although those who were at the end were barely seemed to realize.
Declan Rice scored his second goal in a week to put Arsenal ahead just before the break
Oleksandr Zinchenko opened the scoring after only six minutes against the team he represented during the 2016-17 season
The former extreme of Tottenham, Ivan Perisic, matched visitors, who were determined to get out of the competition in a high
They were too busy making sure they had a good time, having been reimbursed by the money of their ticket for the apology for the Dutch champions for the beating of the first leg.
Following 8-1 together, there were ironic cheers when Johan Bakayok whistled a shot, but they stopped to celebrate when Ivan Perisic found the upper corner, a final skilled of the former end of the 36-year-old Tottenham, playing as a central striker.
Perisic ran to recover the ball as if there were a road back to the tie. Then, Couhaib Driouech drew an excellent salvation from David Raya, which served to improve what was a very surreal atmosphere within the Emirates.
There were many empty seats, especially at the upper level with many arsenal supporters who clearly opted for a partial reimbursement through the exchange of club tickets in the midst of continuous discontent over ticket prices.
Then, the emphatic nature of the victory in Eindhoven has probably ended up costing the income of the club in the form of ticket sales.
Arteta to his credit sent an experienced team, with a first beginning from an injury to Ben White, and a mentality to obtain more objectives.
Myles Lewis-Skelly reached a position before Declan Rice scored his second at night, a header from a Raheem Sterling cross, after he passed two defenders in the right wing.
Sterling, without a goal since a draw in the Carabao Cup against Bolton in September, was clean in the goal before part time, released by Zinchenko but could not find a way to overcome goalkeeper Benítez.
Couhaib Driouech was leveled for the second time at night, with a delicious chip beyond David Raya
Mikel Arteta's team progressed to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, where they will face Real or Atlético de Madrid
There was another possibility near the end, he deviated from par and his night ended with a wild Tackle that earned him a yellow card that will rule it out of the first leg of the final room.
PSV enjoyed a spell at the top to the beginning of the second half, denied by saves and careless stripes before Driouech was leveled for the second time at night, with a delicious chip, the goal of the night.
Arteta had briefly committed to a personal challenge to squeeze as many left side in the field as possible. After having started with four, Zinchersko, Lewis-Skellly, Jakub Kiwior and Kieran Tierney, also sent Riccardo Calafiori.
Calafiori entered and played on the left and almost scored, forcing Benítez to another rescue, before the Arsenal chief crossed the changes, his mind perhaps drifting Chelsea on Sunday and not Munich in May.