Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid: Champions League quarter-final – as it happened

We were nowhere near it and Arsenal were really good. To be honest they could have had way more and we’re lucky to get away with 3-0. There’s a second leg and that’s what we’re holding on. But we’ll need something unbelievably special – something crazy really. But if there’s one place where crazy things can happen, it’s at our house. There’s loads of time left.

In these games you need to create more. Very rarely do you come to a place like this and have only one chance, take it and go through. We got to the final third loads of times but we didn’t do enough with the ball to threaten.

We’ve still got 90 minutes left. Anything can happen at the Bernabeu. Anything.

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Beautiful. I’m so happy, so proud of the team. The atmosphere was incredible. I’ve never seen the stadium like this.

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[Beaming as he talks about Declan Rice’s goals] That’s the fantastic thing about whoever invented this sport. He has by no means scored a free-kick, we haven’t scored one since September 2021; tonight we scored two in 12 minutes. What he’s achieved is unimaginable. Dec strikes the ball so cleanly however then it’s a must to do it on the highest stage in opposition to among the finest keepers on the earth. Superb.

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At half-time we instructed the gamers to simplify the sport. We have been doing issues very effectively however on the finish we have been missing the ultimate connection, the simplicity to seek out the following move. We managed to do this within the second half.

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[On Bukayo Saka] He raises the extent of the crew. There’s a worry issue each time he’s on the ball and he generates more room for the remainder of the crew. He got here off however he’s high-quality – it was only a kick.

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Here’s some reaction from Arsenal’s goalscorers.

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Declan Rice

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The message from the manager was that we had to be super-convinced we could win this game, and we were.

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[On his free-kicks] It’s been within the locker! It’s hit the wall too many instances or gone over the bar. Initially we have been gonna cross it however I noticed the wall and the goalkeeper’s place so I simply went for it. Then with the second I simply had the boldness. Look, there’s one other leg to go – I’m excited, I’m glad, I’m over the moon; I don’t wish to be all cliched. I feel in a number of years’ time it’ll hit me that what I’ve achieved tonight is admittedly particular.

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[On Bukayo Saka] He’s unreal. He’s the highest man. Look, we should be prepared for subsequent week. We all know how laborious it’s to play on the Bernabeu.

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Mikel Merino

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At half-time we talked about holding the tempo excessive, particularly with the group on our facet. The second half was superb.

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This man [Rice] has among the finest capturing skills I’ve seen in my profession. I’m not stunned, possibly you might be, however hopefully extra will come sooner or later.

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NFT.

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90+4 min Camavinga kicks the ball away in frustration and is given a second yellow card. I suppose he was going to miss the second leg anyway.

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What the hell is happening here?

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Pick that effer out!

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All square at the Emirates. Both teams will feel they could be ahead: Arsenal created more openings, with Bukayo Saka superb, but Real had the clearest chance when Kylian Mbappe shot too close to David Raya.

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See you in 10 minutes. For all the promise of the first half, Arsenal surely have to win tonight.

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Arsenal Timber, Rice, Martinelli

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Real Madrid Rudiger, Modric, Camavinga, Vinicius Jr, Endrick, Lucas Vazquez (and Carlo Ancelotti)

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Bukayo Saka starts for the first time in 2025. That’s the big news, in part because both teams are largely as expected. Jakub Kiwior, who played at well at Everton on Saturday, is Mikel Arteta’s preferred replacement for the injured Gabriel Magalhaes. Mikel Merino will start up front.

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Real Madrid have a couple of changes from the second leg of their win over Atletico in the last 16. David Alaba replaces the injured Ferland Mendy at left-back; Eduardo Camavinga comes in for the suspended Aurelien Tchouameni.

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Arsenal (4-3-3ish) Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Saka, Merino, Martinelli.
Substitutes: Neto, Setford, Tierney, White, Zinchenko, Trossard, Jorginho, Butler-Oyedeji, Gower, Nwaneri.

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Real Madrid (4-3-3ish) Courtois; Valverde, Asensio, Rudiger, Alaba; Modric, Camavinga, Bellingham; Rodrygo, Mbappe, Vinicius Jr.
Substitutes: Fran Gonzalez, Sergio Mestre, Arda Guler, Endrick, Lucas Vazquez, Vallejo, Fran Garcia, Brahim, Gonzalo, Jacobo, Chema, Lorenzo.

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Referee Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

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Hello and welcome to live coverage of Arsenal v Real Madrid at the Emirates. It’s the first leg of a mouthmoistening quarter-final between the best team never to win the European Cup (probably) and the team that has won it the most (definitely).

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That imbalance gives this game a slightly strange feel – part Clash of the Titans, part David vs Goliath. Madrid are strongish favourites to win the tie but Arsenal have more than enough ability to make life uncomfortable for them, particularly in front of a feral Emirates crowd tonight.

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Arsenal surely need to take a lead to Madrid, ideally two goals or more. They can’t afford a repeat of last year’s quarter-final first leg, when a 2-2 draw at home to Bayern Munich set up a largely miserable night at the Allianz Arena.

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Had Arsenal gone through they would have faced Real Madrid in the semis. If you want to win this trophy – their trophy – chances are you’ll have to beat them en route.

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This is the ultimate test for Arsenal, one that elicits fear but also excitement and a powerful sense of opportunity. If Arsenal can get past Madrid, they’ll fancy their chances against anybody.

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Kick off 8pm.

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Key occasions

That’s all for tonight. Thanks in your firm – see you quickly.

Jude Bellingham’s verdict

We have been nowhere close to it and Arsenal have been actually good. To be trustworthy they might have had far more and we’re fortunate to get away with 3-0. There’s a second leg and that’s what we’re holding on. However we’ll want one thing unbelievably particular – one thing loopy actually. But when there’s one place the place loopy issues can occur, it’s at our home. There’s a great deal of time left.

In these video games you must create extra. Very not often do you come to a spot like this and have just one likelihood, take it and undergo. We obtained to the ultimate third a great deal of instances however we didn’t do sufficient with the ball to threaten.

We’ve nonetheless obtained 90 minutes left. Something can occur on the Bernabeu. Something.

Mikel Arteta’s response

Lovely. I’m so glad, so happy with the crew. The environment was unimaginable. I’ve by no means seen the stadium like this.

[Beaming as he talks about Declan Rice’s goals] That’s the fantastic thing about whoever invented this sport. He has by no means scored a free-kick, we haven’t scored one since September 2021; tonight we scored two in 12 minutes. What he’s achieved is unimaginable. Dec strikes the ball so cleanly however then it’s a must to do it on the highest stage in opposition to among the finest keepers on the earth. Superb.

At half-time we instructed the gamers to simplify the sport. We have been doing issues very effectively however on the finish we have been missing the ultimate connection, the simplicity to seek out the following move. We managed to do this within the second half.

[On Bukayo Saka] He raises the extent of the crew. There’s a worry issue each time he’s on the ball and he generates more room for the remainder of the crew. He got here off however he’s high-quality – it was only a kick.

A bit extra from Declan Rice, who’s presently occupying cloud No9

[On the second goal] I’ve not seen this but, everybody’s saying it’s higher. [‘By far’ interjects Clarence Seedorf.]

[Rice watches the replay] It seems far out… You don’t even realise. At first I used to be gonna go over the wall however I apply going to the keeper’s facet lots and I simply went with it. After the primary one I simply had the boldness: if it goes over the bar, it goes over the bar.

We wish to win this competitors, in fact. We now have one other leg to go on this spherical and we’ve to take it one sport at a time. I gained’t be wanting too far forward.

[Seedorf: ‘One bit of advice, do look ahead. Visualise it.’]

All my profession I’ve had folks telling me to shoot extra and that I must create extra stuff. There was one within the first half – I finished my run and if I saved going I’d have had a tap-in. It’s these little issues, having the mindset of wanting to attain objectives. Generally I’m on the sting of the field and I’m getting pressed and I really feel like I can’t fairly shift it shortly sufficient to get a shot off. I do have the power to do it. It’s a confidence factor, you already know. I must maintain reminding myself that I can do it.

I do know I can rating extra objectives. It’s about demanding extra of myself and having the braveness to maintain doing it.

[On Bukayo Saka] He’s labored his socks off for 3 months. He obtained again actually quick, he’s unimaginable.

Extra from Declan Rice, the Alan Suddick des nos jours

[Beaming from ear to ear] I don’t know if this can ever sink in to be trustworthy. I’ve simply turned my cellphone on, it’s gone loopy! As you’ll be able to see I’m a bit speechless, I’m simply so glad. It was a giant evening for us.

The supervisor simply mentioned to us: despite the fact that we’re 3-0 up, the person high quality they’ve is horrifying. And the Bernabeu’s the Bernabeu: on Champions League nights, particular issues occur for them. We’re not going there to defend, we wish to assault, we wish to be within the Champions League semi-final. We’re wanting ahead to it already.

[Any of those messages from David Beckham?] I’m not fortunate sufficient to have his quantity!

[On the first goal] Initially I used to be gonna reverse-cross it however the line was too excessive. It didn’t make sense to cross it. I noticed they’d a four-man wall and there was a spot. Bukayo mentioned, ‘In case you really feel it, go for it…’ and I assumed, ‘You recognize what…’

Then I simply hit it!

As quickly because it went in… it’s a kind of moments. You’ll be able to’t clarify it, it’s the most effective feeling on the earth whenever you rating.

Mikel Merino’s objective was the worst of the evening. And it was bloody very good. I didn’t do justice to the standard of the end, the best way he hit it with simply sufficient spin to take it contained in the close to put up. Apparently he has now scored extra objectives in opposition to Actual (4) than some other membership.

Right here’s David Hytner’s report

‘In a number of years I will realise what I’ve achieved’

Right here’s some response from Arsenal’s goalscorers.

Declan Rice

The message from the supervisor was that we needed to be super-convinced we may win this sport, and we have been.

[On his free-kicks] It’s been within the locker! It’s hit the wall too many instances or gone over the bar. Initially we have been gonna cross it however I noticed the wall and the goalkeeper’s place so I simply went for it. Then with the second I simply had the boldness. Look, there’s one other leg to go – I’m excited, I’m glad, I’m over the moon; I don’t wish to be all cliched. I feel in a number of years’ time it’ll hit me that what I’ve achieved tonight is admittedly particular.

[On Bukayo Saka] He’s unreal. He’s the highest man. Look, we should be prepared for subsequent week. We all know how laborious it’s to play on the Bernabeu.

Mikel Merino

At half-time we talked about holding the tempo excessive, particularly with the group on our facet. The second half was superb.

This man [Rice] has among the finest capturing skills I’ve seen in my profession. I’m not stunned, possibly you might be, however hopefully extra will come sooner or later.

“All that and no Mick Quinn,” says Kári Tulinius. “If Arsenal play like that in opposition to each opponent, they could simply get to Munich in Might. That mentioned, you’ll be able to’t rely on Declan Rice to attain two worldies, the final time he tried that second free kick he crashed it into Enzo Fernandez’ posterior.”

Speaking of Munich, they’ve had a nasty one.

Arsenal are favourites to achieve the semi-final after a flabbergasting victory on the Emirates. After a tense first half, they blew Actual Madrid away within the second. Declan Rice scored an impressive free-kick, the primary of his 400-game profession – then added a good higher one 12 minutes later. Mikel Merino’s very good end made it three, and a shell-shocked Actual by no means actually regarded like pulling one again.

Its not a achieved deal, not when the second leg is on the Bernabeu, however this result’s past Arsenal’s wildest ones. Two-nil, possibly. Three-nil? Yeah, good one.

Full time: Arsenal 3-0 Actual Madrid

NFT.

What an evening for Arsenal! {Photograph}: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Camavinga despatched off!

90+4 min Camavinga kicks the ball away in frustration and is given a second yellow card. I suppose he was going to overlook the second leg anyway.

Eduardo Camavinga trudges to the dressing room after being despatched off. {Photograph}: Frank Augstein/AP

90+4 min Actual look frantic and determined; they simply haven’t recovered from that beautiful three-goal burst.

90+1 min Stephen Bradfield obtained there earlier than me. “One wouldn’t want to put a damper on this Rob however a few of us of a sure age can keep in mind Derby County thrashing Actual – who included Netzer and Breitner – 4-1 in October 1975 solely to lose second leg 5-1.”

Gunter Netzer you say?

Gunter Netzer, certainly one the most effective German gamers of the 1970’s. Magnificent hair, additionally. {Photograph}: Keystone/Getty Pictures

90 min: Arsenal substitution Ben White comes on for Jurrien Timber, who has cramp. There shall be 4 minutes of added time.

89 min “As an Arsenal fan I really feel I ought to stress {that a} crew getting back from dropping a Champions League away leg 3-0 could be very a lot precedented,” says Mark Harrison. “This doesn’t really feel prefer it’s over but!”

Haha. You’re proper – I’d forgotten that they beat Derby 5-1 after dropping the primary leg 4-1.

88 min Actual had a terrific spell across the 35-minute mark. Since then they’ve had no sustained strain and proper now Arsenal look snug. Carlo Ancelotti’s left eyebrow is elevated much more than ordinary, not less than a 40-degree angle I reckon.

Don Carlo’s crew are being walloped on the Emirates. {Photograph}: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

86 min Arsenal have had larger European nights – the finals of 1970 and 1994, the win in Juventus in 1980 – however that is certainly their greatest in north London, definitely on the Emirates.

85 min: Actual substitution Brahim Diaz for Rodrygo.

83 min Actual are searching desperately for a objective. You wouldn’t write them off, even at 3-0 down, however they would wish an unprecedented act of escapology.

81 min Earlier than tonight, Declan Rice had by no means scored a direct free-kick in his skilled profession. That’s bonkers.

80 min: Arsenal substitution A weary Declan Rice is changed by Kieran Tierney. He’s capable of stroll off so if there’s an damage it hopefully isn’t too dangerous.

79 min: Actual substitution Fran Garcia comes on for David Alaba, who had a fairly torrid evening in opposition to Saka.

The objective stands! There was a move from Rice to Trossard within the build-up that regarded tight for offside, however the objective has been given.

Arsenal are 3-0 up in opposition to Actual Madrid! Lewis-Skelly zipped infield from the left, as he has all evening, and performed a brief sq. move to Merino on the sting of the realm. He whipped an outstanding shot on the flip that beat Courtois low to his proper. The location was excellent and Merino’s shot had the ingredient of shock as effectively; it’s such a superb end. And it’s the worst objective of the evening!

Cling on, this is likely to be offside.

GOAL! Arsenal 3-0 Actual Madrid (Merino 75)

What the hell is going on right here?

Mikel Merino provides a 3rd for Arsenal. Wow! {Photograph}: Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty Pictures

74 min: Arsenal substitution Leandro Trossard replaces the magnificent Bukayo Saka. He’s limping barely however doesn’t look notably apprehensive; it’s in all probability simply soreness after being fouled all evening.

73 min A phrase too for Bukayo Saka, who was fouled for each objectives. Arsenal’s giants have stood up tonight, after which some.

72 min: Actual substitution Lucas Vazquez on for Luka Modric.

Declan Rice has scored one other monstrous free-kick! This was even higher than the primary. He flashed it over the wall and straight into the highest nook as Courtois dived in useless to his left.

Courtois left a spot on that facet, considering Rice would go to the close to put up, however a 40-man wall wouldn’t have stopped that. Two completely, completely sensible free-kicks. Bend it like Declan.

GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Actual Madrid (Rice 70)

I CANNOT SPAKE!

Oh, Declan Rice! {Photograph}: Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty Pictures

69 min Camavinga was booked for that foul, which implies he’ll miss the second leg. Rice is over the free-kick, which this time is to the left of centre.

68 min Arsenal come once more and Saka is fouled 25 yards from objective by Camavinga. That is pulsating stuff.

68 min: Off the road once more! The ensuing nook is half cleared to Rice, whose snapshot from 15 yards beats the diving Courtois and is kicked off the road by Bellingham!

67 min: Triple likelihood for Arsenal! Lewis-Skelly pokes a brief move by to Martinelli, whose fierce shot throughout objective is crushed away by Courtois. Merino’s adroit follow-up is blocked on the road fantastically by Alaba, then one other Merino effort is punched dramatically over the bar by Courtois.

67 min “Arsenal might have served up a steaming serving to of Rice,” says Peter Oh, “however this solely implies that Actual Madrid will reply with a shocking paella!”

66 min Rice can’t fairly kind his ft out after one other glorious run into the realm. In the meanwhile Arsenal look the likelier scorers.

65 min Actual will nonetheless be favourites to undergo if it ends 1-0, however 2-0 is a special story. Or, to place it one other means, this tie is poised as fantastically as one in all Adebisi’s hats.

63 min Saka’s nook is claimed with decisive authority by Courtois. He’s a category act, which is another excuse Rice’s free-kick was so good. Even Courtois couldn’t lay a glove on it.

62 min Saka – beginning his first sport since mid-December, lest we neglect – runs at Alaba to win one other nook.

61 min Bellingham meets Modric’s nook with a speculative scorpion kick that goes straight into the arms of Raya. I feel it was a scorpion kick anyway; both means it was a snug save.

60 min Vinicius runs at Tim-berrrrrrrrrrrrrr to win a nook. Everybody remains to be taking in that free-kick from Declan Rice; it was nigh-on excellent.

Declan Rice has scored a marvellous free-kick! It was barely to the appropriate of centre, apparently extra suited to the left-footed Saka, however Rice smacked it around the wall with simply sufficient curl to take the ball a few centimetres contained in the close to put up. Courtois flew to his left however couldn’t get close to it. Truthfully, that may be a sensational free-kick.

Courtois has no likelihood. What a free-kick! {Photograph}: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

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