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🏆 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, Quarterfinals - 1st Leg
FULLTIME’: Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid
Arsenal scorers: ⚽ Declan Rice - 58’, 70’, ⚽ Mikel Merino - 75
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Match Information
🗺️ Location: London, England
🏟️ Stadium: Emirates Stadium
📅 Date: Tuesday 8 April
⏰ Kick-off Time: 20:00 BST / 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT
📢 Referee: 🇧🇦 Irfan Peljto
🖥️ VAR: 🇩🇪 Bastian Dankert
📺 Where to Watch
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| Team | Player | Position | Matches | Goals/Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Scorers | ||||
| Arsenal | K Havertz | Forward | 8 | 4 Goals |
| B Saka | Forward | 5 | 4 Goals | |
| M Ødegaard | Midfielder | 7 | 3 Goals | |
| Real Madrid | K Mbappé | Forward | 12 | 7 Goals |
| Vinícius Júnior | Forward | 10 | 7 Goals | |
| Rodrygo | Forward | 10 | 5 Goals | |
| Most Assists | ||||
| Arsenal | L Trossard | Forward | 10 | 2 Assists |
| D Rice | Midfielder | 9 | 2 Assists | |
| R Sterling | Forward | 6 | 2 Assists | |
| Real Madrid | F Valverde | Midfielder | 12 | 3 Assists |
| L Modric | Midfielder | 12 | 3 Assists | |
| J Bellingham | Midfielder | 11 | 3 Assists |
| Team Stats | Arsenal | Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Total Goals | 25 | 28 |
| Goal Difference | 19 | 11 |
| Assists | 15 | 20 |
| Goals Against | 6 | 17 |
Head To Head Record (last 5 matches)
| Date | Home Team | Result | Away Team | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2019 | Real Madrid | 2 - 2 | Arsenal | International Champions Cup |
| Mar 8, 2006 | Arsenal | 0 - 0 | Real Madrid | UEFA Champions League |
| Feb 21, 2006 | Real Madrid | 0 - 1 | Arsenal | UEFA Champions League |
Arsenal: 1 wins
Real Madrid: 0 wins
Draws: 2
- Last meeting: Arsenal 0-0 Real Madrid (8 March 2025) - Champions League
📝 LINEUPS
Arsenal | 4-3-3
Starting XI: David Raya, Jakub Kiwior, William Saliba, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Jurriën Timber, Thomas Partey, Declan Rice, Martin Ødegaard, Mikel Merino, Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka
Subs: Neto, Nathan Butler-Oyedeji, Jimi Gower, Ethan Nwaneri, Leandro Trossard, Jorginho, Tommy Setford, Ben White, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kieran Tierney
Coach: 🇪🇸 Mikel Arteta
Real Madrid | 4-4-2
Starting XI: Thibaut Courtois, Antonio Rüdiger, Raúl Asencio, David Alaba, Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga, Luka Modric, Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo, Vinícius Júnior, Kylian Mbappé
Subs: Chema Andrés, Lucas Vázquez, Fran González, Arda Güler, Endrick, Brahim Díaz, Gonzalo García, Fran García, Jesús Vallejo, Lorenzo Aguado, Sergio Mestre, Jacobo Ramón
Coach: 🇮🇹 Carlo Ancelotti
🗒️ Match Events
- 1st Half Begins
| Time | Event | Links |
|---|---|---|
| 1’ | Mbappe kicks the game off for Real Madrid, and this Champions League quarter-final is up and running in north London! | |
| 1’ | SAVED!!! An early sight of goal for the visitors!! Kiwior misjudges a long throw-in and the ball falls kindly for Mbappe, who lets fly from 30 yards with a low strike which is straight down Raya’s throat! | |
| 4’ | BLOCKED!!! A crucial intervention by Saliba!! From Odegaard’s cleared free-kick, Saka gifts possession to Vinicius and the Brazilian sprints into open pasture for Real Madrid. He drives into the box and looks to square for Mbappe at the far post, but Saliba sticks out a leg to block his cross and steer it back into Raya’s gloves! | |
| 13’ | SAVED!!! A flurry of chances for Arsenal!! Martinelli drives down the byline and cuts the ball back for Merino, who tees up Partey on the edge of the box. The Ghanaian’s first-time shot is parried by Courtois, but the loose ball bounces back off Asencio and into the Real Madrid goalkeeper’s gloves! | |
| 21’ | WIDE!!! Camavinga dispossesses both Merino and Odegaard to release Rudiger of all people on the counter for Real Madrid, and he drives forward before finding Rodrygo. He and Mbappe link up to release Vinicius on the left, and the Brazilian cuts inside before sending a curling strike just wide of Raya’s left-hand post! | |
| 24’ | CHANCE!! A loose Arsenal pass isn’t dealt with by Saliba as Vinicius releases Mbappe in behind, but the Frenchman can only blaze over the top from 18 yards before the offside flag is raised! | |
| 31’ | SAVED!!! Mbappe blows the biggest chance of the game so far!! Bellingham wins possession on halfway and threads a pass in behind for the Frenchman, who bears down on goal but can only side-foot into the chest of Raya from close range! | |
| 38’ | CHANCE!!! Saka beats Bellingham around the outside and fires a superb pass across the face of goal, but Rice can’t get on the end of it and the chance goes begging for the Gunners! | |
| 44’ | SAVED!!! A double-stop from Courtois keeps Arsenal at bay!! The Gunners build nicely as Timber’s swings a cross into the box, which Rice meets with a bullet header that the Belgian somehow claws out of the bottom corner, before parrying Martinelli’s follow-up shot away from danger! | |
| 45’ | We’ll play two additional minutes before half-time with both of these sides in hot pursuit of the opening goal. |
- 1st Half Ends!
HALFTIME’: Arsenal 0-0 Real Madrid
| Match Stats | ARS | RMA |
|---|---|---|
| POSSESSION | 54.7% | 45.3% |
| Shots on Goal | 4 | 2 |
| Shot Attempts | 5 | 6 |
| Fouls | 4 | 3 |
| Yellow Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Corner Kicks | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 3 | 3 |
- 2nd Half Begins
| Time | Event | Links |
|---|---|---|
| 45’ | The Gunners will be looking to press home that slender advantage as the game gets back underway, with Odegaard kicking off. | |
| 54’ | 🟨 Thomas Partey (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card | |
| 58’ | ⚽ Goal! Arsenal [1], Real Madrid 0. Declan Rice (Arsenal). | Highlight |
- GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!! An absolute CURLERRRRRRRRRR puts Arsenal 1-0 up in this Champions League quarter-final!! Saka is felled 30 yards from goal by Alaba and Rice steps up to take the Arsenal free-kick, sending a superb effort curling around the wall, past Courtois and into the top corner to send the Emirates into raptures!
| 66’ | CHANCE!!! Partey goes within inches of putting Rice in behind the defence with a well-weighted throughball, but young Asencio is there again to cut out the pass and dispossess the Gunners’ goalscorer. | |
| 67’ | SAVED!!! Three sensational stops in a row from Courtois!! Lewis-Skelly slips Martinelli in behind, but his strike across the face is parried by the Belgian. Merino follows in from close-range, and then again on the half-volley, but both are kept out by Courtois as Real Madrid survive once more! | |
| 68’ | OFF THE LINE!!! In comes another Arsenal corner which is punched half-clear by Courtois, and Rice’s follow-up shot is blocked on the line by Bellingham after slipping through the goalkeeper! | |
| 68’ | 🟨 Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card | |
| 70’ | ⚽ Goal! Arsenal [2], Real Madrid 0. Declan Rice (Arsenal) | HIGHLIGHT |
- GOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!! RICE DOES IT AGAIN!!! Another free-kick, and another goal for the Arsenal midfielder to put them 2-0 up and in complete charge of this quarter-final!!! This set-piece comes from the left, but Rice’s effort is even better than the first, curling an unsaleable striker right into the top-right corner, leaving Courtois with no chance and doubling the Gunners’ lead at the Emirates!
| 71’ | 🔄 Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Luka Modric | |
| 72’ | Delay in match because of an injury Bukayo Saka (Arsenal). | |
| 74’ | 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Bukayo Saka because of an injury. | |
| 75’ | ⚽ Goal! Arsenal [3], Real Madrid 0. Mikel Merino (Arsenal) | Highlight |
- GOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!! A quick-fire third for the Gunners!!! Rice again sparks it with a long drive forward from midfield, and after Trossard links up with Lewis-Skelly down the flank, the teenager squares for Merino to sweep a first-time, left-footed finish beyond Courtois and into the bottom corner to make it 3-0 to Arsenal against the 15-time European champions!
| 79’ | 🔄Substitution, Real Madrid. Fran García replaces David Alaba. | |
| 80’ | 🔄Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Tierney replaces Declan Rice because of an injury. | |
| 85’ | 🔄 Substitution, Real Madrid. Brahim Díaz replaces Rodrygo. | |
| 90’+1’ | 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Ben White replaces Jurriën Timber because of an injury. | |
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