No Miracle At The Bernabeu As Arsenal Defeat Real Madrid To Qualify For Champions League Semi-Final

Arsenal recorded a stunning 2-1 win over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-finals clash to book a place in the semi-final of the competition.

The Gunners qualified for the last four of the competition at the expense of the defending champions after a dominant 3-0 win at the Emirates Stadium last week to make it 5-1 on aggregate.

The visitors were handed an early opportunity to take the lead when Asencio was penalised for pulling down Merino in the 18-yard box in the 12th minute.

Unfortunately, Bukayo Saka’s penalty was saved by Thibaut Courtois.

In the 23rd minute, Real Madrid thought they had been given their own opportunity to score from 12-yards after the referee pointed to the spot when Declan Rice fouled Kylian Mbappe.

After a long review, the penalty was overturned as the first half ended 0-0.

Bukayo Saka gave Arsenal the lead in the 65th minute with a sublime finish following a flowing move from the visitors.

Two minutes later, Vinicius restored parity for Real Madrid after taking advantage of Saliba’s mistake to make it 1-1.

Gabriel Martinelli became the hero for the Gunners with the winning goal in the 93rd minute after finishing off Merino’s assist with a composed goal to lead Arsenal to the Champions League semi-finals.

The Gunners will now take on PSG in the last four of the competition.

Inter Milan and Bayern Munich played out a 2-2 draw in Italy with the Italian team advancing on a 4-3 aggregate win.

Barcelona will take on Inter Milan in the second semi-final on April 29.

No Miracle At The Bernabeu As Arsenal Defeat Real Madrid To Qualify For Champions League Semi-Final is first published on The Whistler Newspaper