ARSENAL fans reckon they have an “easy” route to the Champions League final following the culmination of the first leg of the quarter-finals.
The put one foot into the semis of Europe‘s elite club competition on Tuesday night with a .
Arsenal put one foot in the Champions League semi finals with a 1-0 win over Sporting Lisbon on TuesdayCredit: SHUTTERSTOCK
Several of the Emirates faithful reckon Mikel Arteta’s troops have an easy route to the finalCredit: Shutterstock Editorial
The Emirates faithful were on could nine when super-sub struck in the 91st minute to seal victory.
But they were even more over the moon on Wednesday night after the first leg of the all Spanish tie between and .
Atleti ran out 2-0 winners over last season’s semi-finalists thanks to a thunderous first-half free kick from Julian Alvarez and a second-half strike from Alexander Sorloth.
Barca face an incredibly difficult task to overturn the deficit at the Metropolitano Stadium next Tuesday.
And Gunners fans around the world are now anticipating an easy win over Diego Simeone’s troops in the semis.
One wrote on X: ” Why is no one talking about the fact that we now have a free route to the final?
“Sporting 0-1 – Barcelona 0-2 Atleti. Smashed em up 5-0 last time. Gyok better turn up.”
Another wrote: “Arsenal free route to the final. Nice, man.”
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ARSENAL finally stopped the rot and got their season back on track after a gruelling Champions League quarter-final win against Sporting Lisbon.
It was another far from vintage performance from Mikel Arteta‘s side, despite being bolstered by returns from a number of players who missed the FA Cup defeat to Southampton at the weekend.
The Gunners survived an early scare in Lisbon when Maximiliano Araújo crashed a shot against the bar inside six minutes.
David Raya then needed to make a number of fine saves to deny the hosts an opener before Kai Havertz climbed off the bench to snatch an injury-time winner.
The German was teed up with a superb pass by fellow sub Gabriel Martinelli, with a composed touch with his right foot setting him up perfectly before slotting home the winner with his left to bring a crucial 1-0 lead back to the Emirates for the second leg.
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Atletico Madrid ran out 2-0 winners in the first leg of their quarter-final tie against BarcelonaCredit: Getty
And another wrote: “Arsenal free run to Champs final.”
Footie fans around the world appeared to agree with Arsenal fans’ assessment of their route to May’s final in Budapest.
One said: “Arsenal literally gonna get a Europa route to a CL final. Never seen anything like this luck.”
Another said: “Arsenal are going to have Atletico in the semi after beating Sporting in the quarters.
“That has to be the easiest route to a CL final ever.”
And another said: “Barca have given Arsenal a free route to the final.”
Gunners boss was delighted by his troops’ smash-and-grab win in the Portuguese capital but insists they must finish the job at the Emirates this coming Wednesday.
He said: “One hundred per cent, they know that [the tie isn’t over].
“They know how tough it’s going to be now at Emirates Stadium, and we’ll be fully ready for that.”
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