Sun Sport – Arsenal 1-0 Porto: Raya light
The back page of the Sun newspaper reports on Arsenal’s win over Porto to take them into the last eight of the Champions League. Arsenal goalkeeper Raya saved two penalties to secure the victory in the shootout. It marks Arsneal’s first last-8 appearance in the Champions League since the 2009-10 season.
Arsenal 1 Porto 0 (agg 1-1, 4-2 on pens): Gunners finally break last-16 curse as they scrape through on penalties
THEY had waited 14 long, wilderness years for a night like this.
For a Champions League knock-out victory.
For a return to the land of the giants and the super-rich, alongside Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich and the rest.
And on a slow-burning, high-stakes night of suffocating tension, as the big hand on the Clock End headed towards 11pm, their wish was finally granted.
When David Raya saved spot-kicks from the Porto duo of Wendell and Galeno, Mikel Arteta’s men were transported into dreamland.
Remarkably, this was the first penalty shoot-out in any Champions League tie for eight years – and Raya was the undoubted hero.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/26643174/arsenal-porto-david-raya-last-16-curse-penalties/
Fuming Porto manager accuses Arteta of insulting his FAMILY after clashing on pitch as he slams Arsenal win as ‘unjust’
MIKEL ARTETA was accused of insulting Porto manager Sergio Conceicao’s family as Arsenal’s Champions League triumph turned ugly at full-time.
The Gunners had lost their last SEVEN last-16 ties on the spin since beating Porto in 2010 – but ended that 14-year hoodoo with a penalty shoot-out victory to reach the quarter finals.
David Raya saved two spot-kicks from Wendall and Galeno, while Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice all scored from 12 yards.
Leandro Trossard had initially levelled the tie with a goal in the first half, only for the contest to turn into a slog-fest as Odegaard had a second half strike ruled out for a foul in the build-up.
Arsenal celebrated the shoot-out deliriously, and the dramatic victory sparked an on-field spat between Arteta and Conceicao.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/26650669/arsenal-porto-mikel-arteta-sergio-conceicao-insult-claim/
