Arsenal v Porto LIVE: Champions League result and final score as Gunners win penalty shootout
Arsenal 1-0 Porto (Arsenal win 4-2 on penalties): David Raya was the hero as the Gunners reached their first Champions League final in 14 years
Arsenal survived a penalty shoot-out against Porto to reach their first Champions League quarter-final in 14 years on a dramatic night at the Emirates.
Leandro Trossard’s first-half goal cancelled out Porto’s first-leg lead but Arsenal were frustrated by their opponents and taken to extra time after a second from Martin Odegaard was disallowed.
There would be no winner in extra time: with Odegaard and Kai Havertz converting Arsenal’s first two penalties, before David Raya produced a stunning fingertip save to nudge Wendell’s kick onto the post.
Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice also scored, before Raya saved again from Galeno to send Arsenal through to their first quarter-final since 2010.
Follow the reaction below.
Arsenal 1-0 Porto (1-1 agg)
45 min: A short break in play while Eduardo Pepe is treated for a knock. There is only supposed be one minute added on, although this means there might be another couple.
Arsenal 1-0 Porto (1-1 agg)
43 min: A reminder that there are no away goals in the Champions League knockout stages, so a Porto goal will not mean Arsenal suddenly need two more, like the old days.
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Porto (Trossard 41 min, 1-1 agg)
There it is! Brilliant from Martin Odegaard, who shimmies on the edge of the box to send two Porto defenders spinning, then picks a perfect little pass behind right-back Joao Mario for Leandro Trossard to collect in the box. Trossard still needs to add a sharp finish but he does exactly that, drilling the ball into the far corner.
Arsenal 0-0 Porto (0-1 agg)
37 min: The first booking of the game goes to Saliba, who hauls down Galeno when the Porto winger otherwise would have been rushing into the Arsenal half starting a promising counterattack.
Arsenal 0-0 Porto (0-1 agg)
34 min: Porto survive the latest wave of Arsenal pressure and there’s a little lull in the game, which suits the visitors.
Arsenal 0-0 Porto (0-1 agg)
31 min: Saka takes another whack, this time from Nico Gonzalez, and Arsenal fans scream for a yellow card which doesn’t come. Odegaard whips in the free-kick which is unconvincingly cleared by keeper Costa’s punch, and Arsenal have another corner. They are gradually increasing the pressure.
Arsenal 0-0 Porto (0-1 agg)
29 min: Rice whips in an in-swinging corner from the left which almost finds Saliba’s forehead, but it whistles past and Porto manage to clear their lines.
Arsenal 0-0 Porto (0-1 agg)
26 min: Magical feet on the legt wing by Trossard, who skips away from his man and drives into the box. He digs out a cross which finds the head of Declan Rice, but Rice can’t steer it on target under pressure from Pepe. Rice walks away holding his nose, having taken a clobber from the 41-year-old defender, but he’s OK.
Barcelona 2-0 Napoli (3-1 agg)
In the other game tonight, Barcelona are cruising and have one foot in the quarter-finals.
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