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Arsene Wenger made 11 changes to the team that were beaten by Manchester United at the weekend, but the Frenchman's second string put in promising displays to give him a 700th win as Arsenal manager.
After injury-plagued Mathieu Debuchy started the rout in the 11th minute by drilling home his first goal for 1,082 days and Theo Walcott tapped in, two minutes before the break Wilshere ended his Arsenal goal drought that dated back to the final day of the 2014-15 Premier League season.
A Denis Polyakov own goal made it four early in the second period, before Olivier Giroud scored his sixth goal this term from the penalty spot and Mohamed Elneny completed the rout with 16 minutes left.
"It's a bit of a relief [that I scored]. It's one of those games — it didn't mean anything because we had topped the group," Wilshere told BT Sport. "It's one of those games you need to be in the right mind — we enjoyed it. We're happy to go into the next round. All we can do when we get our opportunity is give the manager a headache."
French side Marseille sealed their spot in Monday's draw with a 0-0 draw against Salzburg to join the Austrians in progressing from Group I.
Rudi Garcia's Ligue 1 team moved into the last 32 for the second straight season.
Everton made it two wins from two under new manager Sam Allardyce by cruising to a 3-0 victory over Apollon Limassol in Cyprus, although the former England boss did not travel with the squad due to a medical appointment.
Forward Ademola Lookman, 20, scored a double with close-season signing Nikola Vlasic adding a late third to salvage some pride for Everton as they avoided finishing bottom of the group.
"It's been good [under Sam Allardyce]. Different training, different tactics. I'm enjoying it," Lookman told BT Sport.
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