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Manchester City To Face Real Madrid In UEFA Champions League quarter-Finals, Arsenal Take On Bayern Munich | Football News

Holders Manchester City will come up against record 14-time winners Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals after being paired together in Friday's draw, meaning the sides will meet in a third consecutive season in the competition. Arsenal will face Harry Kane's Bayern Munich, while Paris Saint-Germain meet Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will take on Borussia Dortmund in the other ties. Pep Guardiola's City will travel to the Spanish capital for the first leg on April 6 or 7, with the return in Manchester a week later. City beat Madrid in the semi-finals last season on the way to winning the Champions League for the first time, following a 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu with a stunning 4-0 victory at home in the second leg.Real came out on top when the teams met in the last...
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UEFA Champions League Quarter-Finals Draw Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch Telecast? | Football News

The UEFA Champions League enters an intriguing stage, with only 8 teams left in the tournament. The likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal, PSG and Atletico Madrid are eager to find out which teams they will face in the quarter-finals of the tournament. Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Arsenal have arguably been the most dominant sides in the competition while German giants Bayern Munich redeemed themselves after going 1-0 down to Lazio in the first leg of their Round of 16 match.Barcelona, PSG, Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid would also be looking for an improved show in the last 8 stage of the competition.It also has to be noted that there will be no restrictions as far as match-ups are concerned at this stage, unlike the Rou...
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David Raya Is Shootout Hero As Arsenal Reach Champions League Quarterfinals | Football News

David Raya was the hero as Arsenal beat Porto 4-2 on penalties on Tuesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2010. The teams were locked at 1-1 on aggregate after an absorbing second leg at the Emirates but Raya saved twice in the shootout to break the hearts of the two-time champions. The goalkeeper dived full stretch to deny Wendell and repeated the feat against Galeno, while the home side converted all four of their penalties as the decibel count soared. It is the first time a Champions League match has been decided by penalties since the 2016 final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid."You are very nervous, you are hoping for the best but you know that it (the shootout) is a bit of a lottery," Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told TNT Sports."So hap...
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Liverpool, Manchester City Draw 1-1 To Leave Arsenal Top Of Premier League | Football News

Liverpool and Manchester City shared a pulsating 1-1 draw in their title showdown to leave Arsenal on top of the Premier League, while Tottenham routed Aston Villa 4-0 to reignite their bid for a top four finish on Sunday. City took the lead through John Stones' first-half strike, but Alexis Mac Allister equalised with a penalty soon after the interval at Anfield. The result was exactly what Arsenal wanted as the Gunners retained first place, a position they earned when Kai Havertz's late header clinched a dramatic 2-1 win against Brentford on Saturday. Arsenal are above second-placed Liverpool on goal difference, with a +7 advantage, while champions City are one point adrift of the top two, with all three teams having 10 games left.In a title race for the ages, Arsenal will travel to C...
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Kai Havertz Spares Aaron Ramsdale’s Blushes As Arsenal Go Top In Dramatic Style | Football News

Arsenal moved to the top of the Premier League in dramatic fashion as Kai Havertz spared Aaron Ramsdale's blushes with a crucial late strike in Saturday's 2-1 win against Brentford. Mikel Arteta's side were just minutes away from a damaging draw after Gunners keeper Ramsdale gifted an equaliser to Yoane Wissa. Declan Rice put Arsenal ahead early in the first half, but Ramsdale waited too long to clear just before the interval and Wissa took advantage to block the ball into the net. Havertz ensured Arsenal would not miss their chance to climb into first place with a bullet header four minutes from the final whistle at a jubilant Emirates Stadium.The north Londoners' eighth successive league victory lifted them one point clear of previous leaders Liverpool.Arsenal will stay top on goal di...
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Premier League: Manchester United Sink Everton To Boost Top Four Bid | Football News

Manchester United kept alive their faint hopes of finishing in the Premier League's top four with a 2-0 win against Everton, while Arsenal prepared for their chance to seize top spot later on Saturday. United stars Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford sealed the points with first half penalties at Old Trafford. Erik ten Hag's team are now eight points adrift of fourth placed Aston Villa and three behind fifth placed Tottenham in the race to qualify for next season's Champions League. Everton sit four points above the relegation zone as their winless league run extended to 11 games.Back-to-back defeats to Fulham and Manchester City had put a huge dent in United's top four ambitions.With Villa and Tottenham facing off on Sunday, they made the most of Everton's mistakes to close on their ri...
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Arsenal Hit Sheff Utd For Six, Make Premier League History | Football News

Arsenal entered the record books as a 6-0 demolition of Sheffield United on Monday kept the Gunners on Liverpool and Manchester City's tails in the Premier League title race. Martin Odegaard, Jayden Bogle's own goal, Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Declan Rice put the visitors 5-0 at half-time before Ben White rounded off the scoring. Mikel Arteta's men become the first side to ever win three consecutive away games in the English top-flight by five or more goals."When we had the ball, we were in a good mood today," said Arsenal captain Odegaard."Created a lot, scored the goals early on - a nice performance."By contrast, Sheffield United also set a new record by becoming the first English top-flight side to concede five or more goals in three straight home matches."It's a painful sea...
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Arsenal Hammer Newcastle To Keep Title Pressure On Liverpool, Manchester City | Football News

Arsenal's free-scoring Premier League form continued as Newcastle were blown away 4-1 at the Emirates on Saturday to move back within two points of leaders Liverpool. Mikel Arteta's men stumbled to a 1-0 Champions League defeat at Porto in midweek, but were quickly back on the horse domestically to take their tally to 25 goals in six consecutive Premier League wins. Arsenal's prowess from set-pieces forced an own goal from Sven Botman before Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Jakub Kiwior from another corner killed off Newcastle. "We continued in the same way, we maintained our rhythm and it ...
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Mikel Arteta Urges Arsenal To Master The Dark Arts | Football News

Mikel Arteta has urged his Arsenal stars to use football's dark arts to their advantage because he fears it is not in their "DNA" to be nasty. Arteta wants his players to harness the ability to be more streetwise on the pitch and is training them to manipulate clashes in their favour. Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice admitted after Wednesday's 1-0 defeat at Porto in the Champions League last 16 first leg that his team need to be more "savvy". Porto slowed the game down at the Estadio do Dragao, with 36 fouls committed by both teams combined in a Champions League record for this season. Ne...
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Manchester City, Arsenal Look To Close Title Gap, Manchester United Start Jim Ratcliffe Era | Football News

With Liverpool in League Cup final action against Chelsea on Sunday, the chasing pack have a chance to close the gap on the Premier League leaders. Manchester City can move within one point of Jurgen Klopp's team if they win their game in hand at Bournemouth, while Arsenal must beat Newcastle to stay in touch with the title pacesetters. AFP Sport looks at three talking points ahead of this weekend's action: Arsenal cannot afford hangoverDeclan Rice has urged Arsenal to use the frustration from their surprise Champions League last-16 first-leg loss at Porto to fuel their bid for Premier ...