{"id":23926,"date":"2024-03-12T19:39:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T23:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/arsenal-1-0-fc-porto\/12\/03\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T19:39:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T23:39:04","slug":"arsenal-1-0-fc-porto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/arsenal-1-0-fc-porto\/12\/03\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal 1 – 0 FC Porto"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Raya was the hero, saving two spot-kicks as Arsenal beat Porto 4-2 on penalties to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals after their last-16 tie ended 1-1 on aggregate.<\/p>\n
Leandro Trossard, in for the injured Gabriel Martinelli on the left-hand side of Arsenal’s attack, levelled the tie up after the scoring four minutes before half-time with a low finish into the far corner after being found by Martin Odegaard’s delicious, disguised pass.<\/p>\n
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However, after Odegaard saw an effort controversially ruled out by referee Clement Turpin midway through the second half, the game went into extra-time and then to penalties.<\/p>\n
And it was Raya who proved the home side’s match winner after saving two Porto penalties, while the hosts were perfect from the spot to advance to the last eight of Europe’s premier club competition for the first time since 2010.<\/p>\n
How Arsenal made Champions League quarter-finals in dramatic fashion<\/h3>\n
Arsenal headed into the return leg needing to overturn a first-leg deficit after a 1-0 defeat in Porto three weeks ago, a feat they last managed in the Champions League 14 years ago against the same opponents. That was also the last occasion the north London side reached the last eight of the competition.<\/p>\n
And with Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta having asked the home fans to bring the noise at the Emirates, the Gunners began the second leg fast in search of a nerve-reducing opener to level the tie on aggregate.<\/p>\n
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Team news<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
Arsenal made only one change from the 2-1 win over Brentford as David Raya returns in place of Aaron Ramsdale in goal.\n<\/p>\n
Gabriel Martinelli was absent again through injury, meaning Leandro Trossard keeps his place in the attack along with Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka, with the returning Gabriel Jesus only on the bench.\n<\/p>\n
Jorginho started having been on the bench in the first leg, meaning Declan Rice should have licence to get forward along with Martin Odegaard.\n<\/p>\n
Jesus was joined on the bench by Takehiro Tomiyasu for the first time since his injury, and also by Thomas Partey, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Fabio Vieira.\n<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, Porto head coach Sergio Conceicao named the same starting lineup that edged Arsenal 1-0 in the first leg at the Dragao last month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
That did not come, though, and as half-time approached, the hosts were huffing and puffing in search of a breakthrough, which finally came on 41 minutes after a lovely passing move down the left, with the skipper inevitably involved.<\/p>\n
It was Odegaard’s brilliant defence-splitting pass that opened up the visitors’ defence, although Trossard still had a lot of work to do to beat Diogo Costa from an acute angle.<\/p>\n
The strike settled home nerves, but the decisive second goal never came as the Portuguese side managed to frustrate their hosts, although Arsenal will point to a contentious call from the French referee midway through the second half which denied them the aggregate lead.<\/p>\n
Kai Havertz and Pepe battled for a ball over the top, and as Costa came out to clear the ball then broke kindly to the unmarked Odegaard, who simply chipped home into an unguarded net from the edge of the area, only for Havertz to be penalised for an earlier shirt pull on Pepe.<\/p>\n
Thereafter, the atmosphere got hotter and hotter, with both coaches booked for touchline rants as the game moved into extra-time, which provided little goalmouth action other than a half-chance for substitute Gabriel Jesus.<\/p>\n
That meant penalties to decide a winner, with Raya proving the difference between the two teams by saving first from Wendell and then Wenderson Galeno, both outstanding full-length stops, while Arsenal were perfect as Odegaard, Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice all found the back of the net.<\/p>\n
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