It took 30 minutes and four rounds of penalty kicks longer than they would have wanted, but Arsenal are through to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2010 after beating Porto on penalty kicks on Tuesday.
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Arsenal vs Porto, final score: 1-0 (1-1 agg. 4-2 PKs)
Goalscorers: Leandro Trossard (41′)
Arsenal penalty kick takers
Made (4): Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice
Missed (0): None
Porto penalty kick takers
Made (2): Pepe, Marko Grujic
Missed (2): Wendell, Wenderson Galeno
41st minute – GOAL – Leandro Trossard puts Arsenal in front, level on aggregate
67th minte – NO GOAL – Arsenal goal ruled out for Kai Havertz foul
Foul or no foul?
Arsenal have the ball in the back of the net but the referee gives a free kick to Porto instead ❌ pic.twitter.com/rHWqMQ6HdH
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How to watch Arsenal vs Porto live, stream link and start time
Kick off: 4pm ET, Tuesday (March 12)
How to watch: Paramount+ and TUDN USA
Arsenal starting lineup
Raya — White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior — Jorginho, Rice, Odegaard — Sake, Trossard, Havertz
Porto starting lineup
Costa — Mario, Pepe, Otavio, Wendell — Varela, Gonzalez — Conceicao, Pepe, Galeno, Evanilson
Arsenal team news, focus
The main injury concern for Arsenal is Gabriel Martinelli who suffered a nasty cut to his foot in the win at Sheffield United last week. Martinelli missed the win against Brentford on Saturday and is a doubt for this game so Trossard could start out wide but Gabriel Jesus and Thomas Partey are both available and getting up to speed and could come in to the starting lineup for Trossard and Jorginho respectively. Takehiro Tomiyasu could return, while Jurrien Timber is the only Arsenal player who remains out injured. Arsenal’s defense is very settled and David Raya will start after not being able to play against his parent club Brentford at the weekend.
Porto team news, focus
Evanilson and Galeno will be key for Porto on the counter, while they need Portugal internationals Diogo Costa and Pepe to stand tall in goal and central defense. Midfielder Alan Varela was excellent in the first leg and will look to lock down Rice and Odegaard. Young defender Otavio has been excellent after coming into the team, while Wendell has stepped in admirably for the injured Zaidu Sansusi at left back. Not having the experience of Mehdi Taremi in the first keg was a blow but Porto showed enough in the first leg to suggest that will make this a tight, tense game for as long as possible and have enough quality in attack to finish off any half chances they get.