Football: Arsenal have scraped through the round of 16 in the Champions League after beating Porto in a penalty shootout at the Emirates stadium.
GUNNERS ADVANCE... JUST - ALL PENALTIES | 01:39Arsenal are into the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2010 after beating Porto 4-2 on penalties at the Emirates.
It is the first Champions League match to go to penalties since the 2016 final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Evanilson whipped a shot at goal from distance that bounced wide and minutes later struck a rising strike that Raya palmed away. Arsenal thought they had doubled their lead midway through the second half when Odegaard dinked the ball into an empty net but the goal was ruled out for a foul by Havertz on Pepe.Moments later Porto streamed forward and Raya blocked Francisco Conceicao’s shot from the edge of the penalty area.
Arteta brought on Eddie Nketiah and Oleksandr Zinchenko for the second period of extra time but neither side could find a winner and it went to penaltiesBarcelona survived a nervy second half to beat Napoli 3-1 on Tuesday and reach the Champions League quarter-finals 4-2 on aggregate.
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