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Goals

Arsenal: Declan Rice (58', 70'), Mikel Merino (75')

Real Madrid:


Competition: UEFA Champions League

Kickoff: 19:00+UTC

Venue: Emirates Stadium - London England

Head referee: Irfan Peljto


Arsenal form [old → recent]: ➖️➖️✅️✅️➖️

Real Madrid form [old → recent]: ✅️✅️✅️❌️❌️

Head to head [recent → old]: (ARS-RMA): 2-2, 0-0, 1-0


Lineups

Arsenal 4-3-3:

David Raya(22) - Jakub Kiwior(15) - William Saliba(2) - Myles Lewis-Skelly(49) - ~~Jurriën Timber(12)~~ ⇆ Ben White(4) - Thomas Partey(5)🟨 - ~~Declan Rice(41)⚽️⚽️~~ ⇆ Kieran Tierney(3) - Martin Ødegaard(8) - Mikel Merino(23)⚽️ - Gabriel Martinelli(11) - ~~Bukayo Saka(7)~~ ⇆ Leandro Trossard(19)

Bench: Neto - Nathan Butler-Oyedeji - Jimi Gower - Ethan Nwaneri - Jorginho - Tommy Setford - Oleksandr Zinchenko - ~~Leandro Trossard~~ - ~~Ben White~~ - ~~Kieran Tierney~~

Real Madrid 4-4-2:

Thibaut Courtois(1) - Antonio Rüdiger(22) - Raúl Asencio(35) - ~~David Alaba(4)~~ ⇆ Fran García(20) - Federico Valverde(8) - Eduardo Camavinga(6)🟨🟥 - ~~Luka Modric(10)~~ ⇆ Lucas Vázquez(17) - Jude Bellingham(5) - ~~Rodrygo (11)~~ ⇆ Brahim Díaz(21) - Vinícius Júnior (7) - Kylian Mbappé(9)

Bench: Chema Andrés - Fran González - Arda Güler - Endrick - Gonzalo García - Jesús Vallejo - Lorenzo Aguado - Sergio Mestre - Jacobo Ramón - ~~Lucas Vázquez~~ - ~~Brahim Díaz~~ - ~~Fran García~~


Match Stats

Possession: 53%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴47%

Shots On Goal: 11 - 3

Shots Attempted: 12 - 9

Fouls: 8 - 9

Yellow Cards: 1 - 0

Red Cards: 0 - 1

Corners: 5 - 3

Saves: 4 - 5


Match Events

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

First Half begins.

1' - Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

2' - Foul by Rodrygo (Real Madrid).

2' - Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

3' - Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.

3' - Foul by Luka Modric (Real Madrid).

6' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Eduardo Camavinga.

7' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.

7' - Attempt blocked. Thomas Partey (Arsenal) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.

9' - Attempt missed. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is just a bit too high. Assisted by David Alaba.

13' - Attempt blocked. Declan Rice (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Martinelli.

13' - Attempt saved. Thomas Partey (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mikel Merino.

13' - Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Jurriën Timber.

18' - Foul by Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal).

18' - Luka Modric (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

19' - Foul by Declan Rice (Arsenal).

19' - Luka Modric (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

21' - Attempt missed. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.

24' - Offside, Real Madrid. Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.

24' - Delay in match because of an injury Jurriën Timber (Arsenal).

25' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

31' - Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jude Bellingham with a through ball.

32' - Attempt blocked. Rodrygo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.

32' - Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Myles Lewis-Skelly.

34' - Foul by Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid).

34' - Mikel Merino (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

36' - Foul by Jurriën Timber (Arsenal).

36' - Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

41' - Foul by Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal).

41' - Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

44' - Attempt saved. Declan Rice (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jurriën Timber with a cross.

44' - Attempt saved. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner.

45' - Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.

45'+2' - Attempt missed. Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Federico Valverde.

45'+2' - First Half ends, Arsenal 0, Real Madrid 0.

45' - Second Half begins Arsenal 0, Real Madrid 0.

51' - Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jude Bellingham.

53' - Offside, Real Madrid. David Alaba is caught offside.

54' - 🟨 Thomas Partey (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

57' - Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

57' - Foul by David Alaba (Real Madrid).

58' - Goal! Arsenal 1, Real Madrid 0. Declan Rice (Arsenal) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

59' - Foul by Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).

59' - Luka Modric (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

60' - Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Jurriën Timber.

61' - Attempt saved. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luka Modric with a cross.

62' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by David Alaba.

66' - Foul by Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal).

66' - Rodrygo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

67' - Attempt saved. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Myles Lewis-Skelly.

67' - Attempt blocked. Mikel Merino (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

67' - Attempt saved. Mikel Merino (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.

67' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.

68' - Attempt blocked. Declan Rice (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

68' - Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

68' - Foul by Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid).

68' - 🟨 Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

70' - Goal! Arsenal 2, Real Madrid 0. Declan Rice (Arsenal) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.

71' - 🔄 Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Luka Modric.

72' - Delay in match because of an injury Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).

74' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

74' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Bukayo Saka because of an injury.

75' - ⚽️ Goal! Arsenal 3, Real Madrid 0. Mikel Merino (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Myles Lewis-Skelly.

77' - Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid).

77' - Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.

77' - Foul by Leandro Trossard (Arsenal).

77' - Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

78' - Foul by Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid).

78' - Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

79' - Delay in match because of an injury Declan Rice (Arsenal).

79' - 🔄 Substitution, Real Madrid. Fran García replaces David Alaba.

80' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

80' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Tierney replaces Declan Rice because of an injury.

82' - Foul by Rodrygo (Real Madrid).

82' - Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

83' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Fran García.

84' - Foul by Kieran Tierney (Arsenal).

84' - Rodrygo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

85' - 🔄 Substitution, Real Madrid. Brahim Díaz replaces Rodrygo.

90' - Attempt blocked. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fran García.

90' - Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.

90'+1' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Ben White replaces Jurriën Timber because of an injury.

90'+4' - Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).

90'+4' - Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

90'+4' - 🟥 Second yellow card to Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid).

90'+6' - Second Half ends, Arsenal 3, Real Madrid 0.

Match ends, Arsenal 3, Real Madrid 0.


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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Madrid getting absolutely cooked, phenomenal hate watch

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely crazy spin on that thing. Wow.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely, the curve really reminded me of Roberto Carlos's free kick

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Declan has a hell of a right foot. I wish we'd let him take more free kicks. Maybe now we will.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Pretty sure he will take more free kicks after this game, damn

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Arsenal [1] - 0 Real Madrid - D. Rice 58'

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Arsenal [2] - 0 Real Madrid - D. Rice 70'

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

When he was stepping up I was literally saying "Surely he doesn't score another one? Surely?"

What the actual fuck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Same here. That's one of the best free kicks I've ever seen.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Wtf, insane by Rice

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Arsenal [3] - 0 Real Madrid - Mikel Merino 75'

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sheesh, how isn't it 2-0 already

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Game could have ended like 6-1 easily. Courtois conceded three yet was still Madrid's best player IMO.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Please let this be another game where Madrid is saved by Courtios and score a late winner...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Sorry, best we can do is a three-nil win to the Arsenal!

Amazing! I (and basically every other gooner) are in a delighted shock right now. We just beat basically the best team in the world 3-0! Even if this gets turned around in the next leg, it's still a result for the ages.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't think this gets turned around, 3-0 is a tough scoreline even for RM Champions League voodoo and truth is they haven't even been playing that well lately. They've had enough individual quality to get some results but if you guys play like this next to time too you'll take this tie easy.

Asterisk for whether Rice and Saka are hurt badly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I think if the fixtures were reversed and Arsenal were at home for the second leg, or anybody else still in the quarters then yeah completely agree with you. But this will be Real at home in a big game, if anybody can turn it around at home they can. They can also lose 3 0 at home as well, as they just do not have a good defense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We just beat basically the best team in the world 3-0!

Hold on, you won't face Barça unless you reach the final 😝

Even if this gets turned around in the next leg

Honestly, without prime Kroos and Modric, I don't think Madrid has the quality to turn this around unless Arsenal doesn't show up next leg.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I'd never put that past the gunners 😎

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Well, you're getting the first half at least. Some absolute heroics by Courtois just now.