Arsenal have qualified for the quarter finals of the Champions league
Arsenal have qualified for the quarter finals of the Champions league with an aggregate score of 9-3. They had almost won the tie in the 1st leg when they planted 7 past PSV in the 1st leg and now have set up the quarter final clash with the reigning champions, Real Madrid.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The Gunners drew the game against PSV 2-2 in the Emirates as Declan Rice and Zinchenko scored.
Perisic and Driouech scored for PSV Eindhoven to equalise on the night. Perisic was missed dearly by PSV Eindhoven during the first leg as the Croatian maestro is still a handful at 36.
Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid on penalties to qualify for the quarters.
Although Arsenal scored 9 goals against PSV, they will be praying that their forwards get back from injuries as they are facing a crisis up on the pitch.
Mikel Merino, has played the last few matches as the makeshift striker and apart from ripping apart Eindhoven’s defence they have been lacking the same attacking threats in the Premier League as they have not won any of the last three matches in the league.
Famous 2005/06 campaign where Arsenal scored the only goal of the tie through Thierry Henry
Historically these teams have met on only 2 occasions and that was the 2 legs of the famous 2005/06 campaign where the Gunners scored the only goal of the tie through Thierry Henry. Since then the teams were never drawn with each other but now the time has come when they will battle it out for the coveted Champions League trophy.
The first leg will be played at The Emirates on 8th of April. The Gunners, who have never been crowned European champions, will play 15-time winners Real Madrid in the last eight of the competition. This matchup will breathe a new rivalry in the competition as the last time they played against each other was almost 20 years ago.
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