Arsenal beat Bayer Leverkusen to succeed in the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday night time.
Arsenal are into the Champions League quarter-finals (Picture: Getty)
Arsenal’s path to Champions League triumph has develop into clearer after their victory over Bayer Leverkusen. Earlier than full-time on the Emirates Stadium, Sporting defeated Bodo/Glimt to safe their spot towards both the Gunners or Leverkusen. Following a 1-1 attract Germany final week, Arsenal beat Leverkusen 2-0 courtesy of Eberechi Eze and Declan Rice’s gorgeous strikes.
And because of Bodo/Glimt’s collapse, the Premier League leaders now know they’ll face Sporting – Viktor Gyokeres’ former crew – subsequent up. The Portuguese aspect accomplished an impressive comeback in Lisbon on Tuesday night. They had been down 3-0 from the primary leg in Norway, however strikes from Goncalo Inacio, Pedro Goncalves and Luis Suarez levelled the tie, forcing extra-time on the Jose Alvalade Stadium.
Maxi Araujo then accomplished the outstanding turnaround to make it 4-3 on mixture, earlier than they netted a fifth proper on the dying by Rafael Nel to safe their spot within the quarter-finals.
Ought to Arsenal get previous Sporting within the final eight, they’d encounter one in all Barcelona, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur or Atletico Madrid within the semi-finals.
Barca are presently tied 1-1 from the primary leg at St James’ Park. The second leg in Catalonia is scheduled for Wednesday with Barca the favourites to progress on residence turf (5.45pm GMT).
Tottenham, alternatively, path Atletico 5-2 from the primary leg in Madrid. The second leg of that fixture will even be performed on Wednesday (8pm GMT) and a Spurs comeback seems extremely unlikely given their kind in 2026.
The Gunners, in contrast, will likely be optimistic a couple of extended European marketing campaign this season, having been positioned within the extra beneficial half of the draw – steering away from holders Paris Saint-Germain, European powerhouses Actual Madrid and German champions Bayern Munich.
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PSG, who eradicated Arsenal from final yr’s competitors on the semi-final stage, held a 5-2 benefit from the primary leg in Paris and received the return tie 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. They’re poised to face both Liverpool or Galatasaray within the quarter-finals. The Reds are trailing 1-0 from the primary leg in Turkey.
The victor of that quarter-final would meet both Actual Madrid, who beat Manchester Metropolis 5-1 on mixture on Tuesday night time, or Bayern who boast a dominant 6-1 benefit over Atalanta.
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