Arsenal’s challenge for the Premier League title may be showing some signs of wobbling but there are no such problems in the Champions League. An eighth successive victory – all by a margin of at least two goals – means Mikel Arteta’s side have become the first team to end the league phase with a 100% record since it was introduced last season.

Whether that can translate into silverware in a competition that Arsenal have infamously never won and in which they only reached one final – way back in 2006 under Arsène Wenger – remains to be seen. But even with a second-string side that once again showed the strength in depth at Arteta’s disposal, completing the job against the bottom side was never in doubt even when Kairat equalised after an early goal from Viktor Gyökeres.

The £64m striker endured another frustrating evening as he somehow failed to add to his tally after that despite numerous opportunities that came his way. It was a different story for Kai Havertz, who sparkled on his first start for almost a year owing to injuries. He scored the second either side of setting up Gyökeres and Gabriel Martinelli to help...