Real Madrid knockout holders City in shootouts, Arsenal crash

Holders Manchester City were knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid after a 4-3 penalty shootout defeat in their quarter-final second leg at Etihad Stadium.

Regulation and extra time deadlocked aggregate 4-4 before the lottery of shootouts. 

Rodrygo  started the night perfectly for the visitors, but Kevin de Bruyne pulled one back before the end of the 90 minutes to take the game to extra-time. From there, it was a battle of attrition which ended with Antonio Rüdiger scoring the decisive spot-kick following Andriy Lunin’s heroics to deny Bernardo Silva and Mateo Kovacic.

In the other quarter final game of the night, Arsenal made a bitterly disappointing exit from the Champions League as they were beaten 1-0 (3-2 aggregate)  by Bayern Munich in a euphoric atmosphere at Allianz Arena.

Joshua Kimmich’s powerful 63rd-minute header from Raphael Guerreiro’s cross was enough to send the Germans through to the semi-finals 3-2 on aggregate after the two teams had drawn 2-2 in London in the first leg.

Despite being held at Emirates Stadium, Arsenal were confident of advancing against a Bayern Munich side who had endured a poor domestic season and were without key players Serge Gnabry and Kingsley Coman because of injury.

In a tight and cagey second leg, Gabriel Martinelli had Arsenal’s best chance of the first half but shot straight at Manuel Neuer after Jamal Musiala had forced David Raya into a full-stretch save at the other end.

RESULTS 

B’Munich 1-0 Arsenal 

(B’Munich 3-2 agg.)

Man City 1-1 R’Madrid 

(Madrid 4-4 , 4-3 pen)

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