Porto hurts Arsenal

Published: February 21, 2024

By: Manu Tournoux

FC Porto got the better of Arsenal this Wednesday in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League. At the last second (1-0).

Having never appeared in the quarter-finals of the Champions League since 2010, Arsenal still has a way to go to defeat the Indian sign this season. This Wednesday, in fact, the Gunners lost their eighth first leg of C1 on the Porto pitch (1-0). A real curse.

Miraculous on a crazy action from the Dragons, at close range, in the first period, the Londoners still gave in in this meeting, surprised in added time by a masterful curling strike signed Galeno, the Brazilian scorer for the Portuans (90^e+4).

A hell of a cold shower for Arsenal, who certainly had possession of the ball in this part (up to 62%) but for sterile use, without any shots on target. Mikel Arteta’s men will have to do much better, in three weeks at the Emirates, to turn things around.

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Manu Tournoux

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