Arsenal v Porto LIVE: Champions League result and final score as Gunners win penalty shootout
Arsenal 1-0 Porto (Arsenal win 4-2 on penalties): David Raya was the hero as the Gunners reached their first Champions League final in 14 years
Arsenal survived a penalty shoot-out against Porto to reach their first Champions League quarter-final in 14 years on a dramatic night at the Emirates.
Leandro Trossard’s first-half goal cancelled out Porto’s first-leg lead but Arsenal were frustrated by their opponents and taken to extra time after a second from Martin Odegaard was disallowed.
There would be no winner in extra time: with Odegaard and Kai Havertz converting Arsenal’s first two penalties, before David Raya produced a stunning fingertip save to nudge Wendell’s kick onto the post.
Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice also scored, before Raya saved again from Galeno to send Arsenal through to their first quarter-final since 2010.
Follow the reaction below.
David Raya pulls out the stops to end Arsenal’s long wait for a Champions League quarter-final
David Raya pulls out the stops, so Arsenal keep going. They used every drop of energy that Mikel Arteta demanded to squeeze past Porto by single kick and make their first Champions League quarter-final since 2010. That came from the first Champions League shootout since the 2015-16 final, that Raya was so decisive in. He made one brilliant save from Galeno and a relatively lucky one from Wendell, the second more forceful enough and fittingly sending Arsenal through.
Read Miguel Delaney’s full report from the Emirates Stadium:
David Raya pulls out the stops to end Arsenal’s long Champions League wait
Arsenal 1-0 Porto (1-1 agg, 4-2 pens): The Spanish goalkeeper made two full-stretch saves in the penalty shootout to book the Gunners’ place in the last eight for the first time in 14 years
Arsenal were lucky - they must now learn from Porto’s exhibition in gamesmanship
Bring your energy, bring your noise - and bring your best for the penalty shoot-out too please, David Raya. It was heroics from Arsenal’s goalkeeper, rather than the instinctiveness and electricity of their attacking play, that saved Mikel Arteta’s side here. Porto set out to frustrate and they succeeded. A grand, final act from Pepe dragged Porto into extra time and to a shoot-out. But Arsenal survived. On the balance of play, it was the team that probably has a chance of winning the Champions League that scraped through, but Arsenal will have to be a lot better, and more importantly smarter, than this if they are to be contenders.
Arsenal were lucky - they must now learn from Porto’s exhibition in gamesmanship
Arsenal 1-0 Porto (Arsenal win 4-2 on penalties): There was an innocence to Arsenal as this young team reached its first Champions League quarter-final in 14 years, and it almost cost Mikel Arteta’s side following a masterclass from Pepe
Porto manager accuses Mikel Arteta of insulting his family during fiery Champions League clash
Porto manager Sergio Conceicao accused Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta of insulting his family during their Champions League last-16 tie at the Emirates.
Arsenal advanced to the quarter-finals for the first time in 14 years after goalkeeper David Raya saved two penalties in a nervy shoot-out win over the Portuguese side, but Arteta’s celebrations were interrupted as the managers clashed in the middle of the pitch.
Emotions were running high during the contest, with both Arteta and Conceicao booked by the referee Clement Turpin while they were on the touchline. Conceicao was also involved in an incident with Arsenal forward Kai Havertz, who shoved the Portuguese coach when the ball drifted out of play.
The tension then spilled over after the penalty shoot-out and after Raya saved the decisive spot-kick from Porto forward Galeno. Arteta attempted to shake Conceicao’s hand but the Porto manager reacted and the two men had to be pulled apart. Arteta was left shaking his head as he walked away.
Porto manager accuses Mikel Arteta of insulting his family during fiery clash
Both managers were booked during the Champions League clash, as Arsenal advanced to the quarter-finals on penalties
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Barcelona reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in four years after a thrilling 3-1 home win over Napoli in their last-16 second leg gave them a deserved 4-2 aggregate victory.
Robert Lewandowski puts seal on Barcelona’s Champions League win over Napoli
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David Raya speaks after Arsenal reach Champions League quarter-finals
“It went down to penalties and I’m there. We’ve been working a lot on penalties this year because on nights like this we need to be on top of our game, and that hard work with the goalie coach paid off.”
On his two crucial penalty saves, he says: “I should have saved three!”
Arsenal 1-0 Porto (1-1 agg, 4-2 pens)
It all erupts on the halfway line with a bit of a scrap between the two sets of players. Mikel Arteta runs over to drag some of his players away from trouble.
Penalty shootout: Arsenal 4-2 Porto (Raya saves from Galeno)
Another brilliant leap to his left and Raya makes another great save! Arsenal are through to the quarter-finals!
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Penalty shootout: Arsenal 4-2 Porto (Rice scores)
Rice fires home and Porto must score their next...
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Penalty shootout: Arsenal 3-2 Porto (Grujic scores)
Almost another brilliant save by Raya, who leaps and gets his fingers to another penalty, but he can’t keep this one out.
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