Arsenal sealed their qualification to the Champions League semi-finals with a 2-1 win towards Actual Madrid, on the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday. The win noticed them full a 5-1 combination victory after thrashing Madrid 3-0 at house. The second leg had its fair proportion of drama and controversy, with winger Bukayo Saka caught in the midst of it.
Bukayo Saka had a tunnel bust-up with Dani Carvajal.(Twitter)
The Arsenal talisman had a heated tunnel bust-up with Actual Madrid’s Dani Carvajal at half-time as tempers boiled over between either side.
The Englishman, who missed a penalty within the first half, when he tried a Panenka, was on his technique to the tunnel, when Carvajal grabbed him by the neck, after which raised his hand in direction of him. The duo then had a heated altercation, and have been surrounded by their respective teammates. Carvajal, who’s sidelined as a result of an ACL harm, was pushed away by Saka, with Ben White backing up his Arsenal teammate.
Right here is the complete video of Saka’s heated tunnel bust-up with Carvajal:
Saka made amends within the second-half as he opened the scoring within the second-half. After receiving a flick-on from Mikel Merino, he handed it to Martin Odegaard. The Arsenal skipper had a neat change with Declan Rice after which Merino, after which the latter slipped it to Saka within the space, who clipped it over Thibaut Courtois in fashion. Vinicius Jr. equalised for Madrid two minutes later within the 67th-minute, making it 1-1.
With scores stage at 1-1 till the Ninetieth-minute, it grew to become apparent that Madrid wouldn’t qualify, and Arsenal had a 4-1 combination lead. Horror struck for Madrid once more as Merino made it 2-1 within the third minute of stoppage time, changing an beautiful throughball from Gabriel Martinelli.
Talking after the match, Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta mentioned, “I think it shows the capacity of the team, that against any opponent, when we are at our best, we can perform. Especially with adversity and a lot of players that are not even involved here. The way we are doing it, I think it’s special.”
“Now we have to go to the semi-final against a team that we know very well, that we’ve already faced before. It’s going to be a beautiful one.”
Within the Champions League semi-finals, Arsenal are set to face PSG, who beat Aston Villa 5-4 on combination. The primary leg is scheduled for April 30. In the meantime, Barcelona will tackle Inter Milan within the different semi-finals, and their first leg is about to happen on Might 1.