Arsenal 1-0 Porto (agg 1-1, 4-2 on pens): Raya the hero as Gunners into UCL QFs

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Arsenal reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2010 after beating Porto in a penalty shootout following a night of tension at Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners went into this last-16 second leg 1-0 down but drew level when Leandro Trossard put them ahead on the night four minutes before the interval with a smooth finish following brilliant work by captain Martin Odegaard.

A scrappy, fractious encounter failed to yield a winner even after extra time and it was Arsenal who held their nerve to go through to the last eight.

Odegaard, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice were all on target for Arsenal as David Raya saved from Wendell and Galeno to seal victory for Mikel Arteta's side amid scenes of wild

Match Events

3' CHANCE! Ben White's header over the bar

13' CLOSE! Ødegaard’s shot wide out

15' CLOSE! Evanilson’s shot wide out

39' Yellow Card! William Saliba booked

41' GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Porto (Trossard)

73' Yellow Card! Pepe booked

82' Jesus' shot saved by goalkeeper

109' What a pity!

116' Yellow Card! Havertz booked

Line-ups

Arsenal XI: Trossard, Jorginho, David Raya, Martin Ødegaard, Rice, Gabriel, Havertz, Ben White, William Saliba, Saka, Jakub Kiwior

Subs: Cedric, M.Elneny, Partey, Zinchenko, Jesus, Tomiyasu, Nelson, Ramsdale, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Karl Hein, Fábio Vieira

Porto XI: Pepe, Wendell, Diogo Costa, Galeno, Pepê, Evanilson, João Mário, Nico González, Francisco Conceição, Otávio Ataíde, Alan Varela

Subs: Cláudio Ramos, M. Taremi, Fábio Cardoso, Grujic, A.Martínez, Stephen Eustaquio, Zé Pedro, Jorge Sánchez, Danny Namaso, Romário Baró, Iván Jaime, Gonçalo Borges

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