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Eberechi Eze scored a belter tonight, and present he is talking to TNT Sports. “I don’t deliberation I could dream of scoring a extremity for illustration that … thankful to God that’s worked coming … it’s a typical extremity … for judge I will retrieve it a agelong clip … hopefully nan first of galore successful nan Champions League … we’re successful nan last shape of each these competitions truthful we’ll support pushing, support moving … God willing, it comes through!”
He besides confirms that, contempt going down conscionable earlier coming off, he’s sewage nary wounded issue. Pretty overmuch a cleanable nighttime for Arsenal each round.
Tonight’s Champions League round-of-16 results. Two Premier League clubs are cashiered from nan competition, but England’s convention leaders easiness through.
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Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 3-1)
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Chelsea 0-3 Paris Saint-Germain (agg 2-8)
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Manchester City 1-2 Real Madrid (agg 1-5)
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Sporting 5-0 Bodø/Glimt (aet, 3-0 aft 90 mins, agg 5-3)
FULL TIME: Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 3-1)
It was ne'er successful doubt. Two absolute crackers, and Arsenal will play Sporting Clube de Portugal successful nan quarter-finals. All eyes connected Viktor Gyökeres!
FULL TIME: Chelsea 0-3 PSG (agg 2-8)
The referee doesn’t fuss adding connected immoderate further time, and nan whistle goes to extremity Chelsea’s misery. PSG observe while a fewer Chelsea fans boo. But astir of them are already connected nan measurement to nan tube. PSG will play either Liverpool aliases Galatasaray successful nan quarters.
Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 3-1). A shot trim backmost from nan correct byline by Aleix García. Christian Kofane steers a first-time effort towards nan apical left. It looks for illustration it’s in, each nan way, but David Raya someway extends an limb and each of his digit to extremity away. That’s a prevention arsenic bully arsenic nan goals Arsenal person scored.
Chelsea 0-3 PSG (agg 2-8). Trevoh Chalobah is down and successful immoderate pain. Not judge what’s happened, nan TV cameras aren’t being intrusive. On comes nan stretcher. Chelsea will beryllium down to 10 for nan remainder of nan game, having utilized each of their subs, but that’s nan slightest of their worries pinch Chalobah injured. God velocity young man.
Chelsea 0-3 PSG (agg 2-8). PSG changeable it astir while watching nan clock. If everyone could vanish down nan passageway now, they would. “PSG haven’t been anyplace adjacent nan heights they deed past season,” suggests Kári Tulinius. “They mislaid to Monaco successful nan convention recently, and were dismal. However, against Chelsea they’ve looked formidable again, but pinch nan caveat that Chelsea person seemed terrible. I honestly can’t show if PSG make them look bad aliases they’ve gone to pot.”
Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 3-1). A mates of decent crosses into nan Arsenal container from nan correct by Aleix García. The first is met by Jarell Quansah, who flashes a header wide left. The 2nd is good cleared by Gabriel, pinch Patrik Schick lurking. Arsenal now 10 minutes positive stoppages distant from a quarter-final necktie pinch Sporting.
Chelsea 0-3 PSG (agg 2-8). Chelsea look for nan mother of each consolations. Alejandro Garnacho cuts successful from nan near and shoots, but consecutive astatine nan keeper. A batch of quiet seats astir Stamford Bridge now. The PSG fans successful good voice.
Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 3-1). Malik Tillman sends a area successful from nan right. David Raya comes disconnected his statement and flaps. The shot clanks disconnected William Saliba and could spell anywhere. Over alternatively than in. A fortunate break. From nan adjacent corner, Arsenal motorboat a counter, but Cristhian Mosquera ends up gifting nan shot to Janis Blaswich, pinch team-mates queuing up to score.
Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 3-1). Leandro Trossard crosses from nan left. Bukayo Saka heads backmost crossed nan look of goal. From adjacent range, Kai Havertz puts nan shot into nan nett against his aged club. But it’s not going to stand, because it pinged disconnected his hand, which was besides afloat of Malik Tillman’s garment astatine nan time. A double whammy.
Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 3-1). Eberechi Eze, his activity done, goes disconnected for a beryllium down. On that subject, here’s Palace instrumentality MS: “Eze needs to nonstop a thank-you statement to Jared Bowen for his Arsenal transfer. Had Bowen accepted Palace’s position backmost successful 2020, they would not person bought Eze. Some comedian nine would person picked Eze up and utterly screwed his profession by overplaying him, aliases trying to power him. Only Hodgson and Glasner, pinch a small Vieira mixed in, could person created nan existent type that thrills nan Emirates. Oh, yeah, playing a while pinch Michael Olise astir apt was bully for some of their careers, eh? You’re freakin welcome, Arsenal (and Bayern). But up nan Palace!”
Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 3-1). That extremity came conscionable arsenic Leverkusen were opening to airs immoderate threat. Arsenal pinch 2 crackers. And there’s astir a third, arsenic Eberechi Eze turns into abstraction and slaloms his measurement down nan middle. His changeable is blocked. He had nan action to provender Bukayo Saka to his right, but was entitled to person a spell himself having done truthful overmuch work.
GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen (Rice 63); agg 3-1
Declan Rice successful a pouch of abstraction conscionable extracurricular nan Leverkusen D. He creams a debased thrust towards nan bottommost correct … curling extracurricular nan station past backmost in. Janis Blaswich rooted to nan spot, and Arsenal are truthful adjacent to nan quarters now!
GOAL! Chelsea 0-3 PSG (Mayulu 62): agg 2-8
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia advances down nan right. His debased transverse isn’t cleared, and drops to Senny Mayulu, who whips a changeable into nan apical right. Robert Sánchez had nary chance. Fans move done nan exit gates.
Arsenal 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 2-1). This crippled is opening up. Viktor Gyökeres barrels down nan correct and crosses low. Jarell Quansah hooks clear conscionable arsenic Piero Hincapié prepares to pat home.
Arsenal 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 2-1). Leverkusen are enjoying a productive fewer minutes. The shot comes into nan Arsenal container from nan left. Christian Kofane is penalised for fouling Gabriel, who goes complete absurdly easily. Gabriel was trusting nan ref to autumn for that one, and it’s conscionable arsenic good he did, because Jarell Quansah was onto nan loose shot and preparing to shoot.
Arsenal 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 2-1). A uncommon onslaught for Leverkusen, Ibrahim Maza sashaying down nan mediate and seeing his changeable blocked by Gabriel. “I thought you mightiness for illustration to cognize that nan guardant slash / is much pretentiously known arsenic solidus,” originates Artie Prendergast-Smith promisingly. “This opens up nan imaginable for countless hilarious/stupid jokes of nan ‘Bodø/Glimt weren’t very solidus astatine nan backmost coming ha ha’ variety. Of course, possibly you already knew this and chose not to stoop to this level of humour. I person nary specified scruples.” You do yourself down. Zinger of nan twelvemonth successful my book. Mid-March and it’s already successful nan bag.
Chelsea 0-2 PSG (agg 2-7). A quiet commencement to nan 2nd half astatine nan Bridge. The visitors person brought connected Senny Mayulu, who put nan cherry connected nan icing connected nan barroom for PSG successful past season’s last rout of Inter. Chelsea aren’t nan first squad PSG person taken to school, and they won’t beryllium nan last.
Arsenal 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 2-1). Leandro Trossard has been lively tonight, and present he is, sending a powerfulness curler towards nan apical correct from 25 yards. Only conscionable wide. Janis Blaswich wasn’t getting there. Somewhere successful nan multiverse, Trossard is now celebrating a hat-trick. The mini margins.
Arsenal 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 2-1). Exequiel Palacios is booked for a precocious lunge connected an in-flight Eberechi Eze. Viktor Gyökeres stops to hold for nan whistle and nan free kick, erstwhile he could person raced disconnected towards nan Bayer box. This not compute pinch TNT’s Ally McCoist (405 goals successful 777 profession appearances).
Half-time/full-time† Postbag. “So that’s it for Bodø/Glimt then, schooled by a amended team, erstwhile their ain attackers fell into nan aforesaid trap arsenic nan Sporting strikers did successful Bodø and nan pressing up beforehand fell apart. Question is, do I fuss enduring Liverpool 1 Galatasaray 3 tomorrow, aliases do I conscionable cancel my applicable TV subscription correct distant tonight?” – Jan Egil Romestrand
“The partisanship of immoderate of nan English commentators connected nan Chelsea v PSG crippled is utterly ludicrous. Barcola sewage perfectly nary in installments for a beautiful decorativeness pinch each nan attraction being connected really bad Chelsea’s defending was. I mean, it was bad but surely a spot of appreciation is owed to a awesome shot team” – Stephen McCrossan
“What a stunner from Eze! An fantabulous acquisition by Arsenal who are perchance connected their measurement to an unprecedented double. The only drawback is that advancement successful nan Champions League mightiness hamper their Premier League aspirations. But nan vibe is positive, augmented by nan detonation of nan teenage sensation Dowman” – Colum Fordham
“The Arsenal–Leverkusen crippled seems to beryllium processing successful ways pleasing to nan location fans. The substance overmuch nan aforesaid arsenic before, pinch nan prize of Saka looking a spot much lively and moreover taking connected his man down nan broadside erstwhile aliases twice. You tin ideate Miles Lewis Skelly looking connected alternatively glumly arsenic Piero Hincapie continues to transmission beloved aged Ashley Cole astatine nan back. Generally coagulated successful each different departments. More, please, successful nan 2nd half” – Charles Antaki
“I’m happy for Sporting’s Luis Suarez. Think astir really galore times nan man has had to say: ‘Not nan 1 that bites people’ ” – Zach Neeley
†: Forward slash successful today’s Postbag heading courtesy of / a homage to ill-fated heroes Bodø/Glimt
HALF TIME: Chelsea 0-2 PSG (agg 2-7)
Chelsea depart to boos. This huddle doesn’t look to beryllium moving out, does it?
HALF TIME: Arsenal 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 2-1)
Eberechi Eze nan difference-maker pinch an absolute pearler. Leverkusen person shown very small successful attack, and unless they get a wriggle connected successful nan 2nd half, Arsenal are sauntering stylishly into nan quarter-finals, wherever they’re slated to meet Sporting Club of Lisbon.
Chelsea 0-2 PSG (agg 2-7). Chelsea are pressing for thing earlier nan break. Jorrel Hato’s header is clawed retired by Matvei Safonov for a area … from which PSG astir score. Bradley Barcola races up nan correct helping connected nan counter, enters nan box, and tries to flick into nan bottommost right. Robert Sanchez spreads himself to block, and thing comes of nan resulting corner. That would person put nan tin lid connected Chelsea’s nightmare first half.
Arsenal 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 2-1). Gyokeres is skittled to nan correct of nan Bayer D. The free kick’s worked correct to left, but Rice can’t find Gyokeres pinch his cross. Arsenal good connected top.
Arsenal 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 2-1). Trossard gave Eze nan walk down nan transmission there. He’s been superb tonight, too. But what astir Eze? Shades of Thierry Henry astir nan move and whipped finish, nan cleanable operation of precision, poise and power. You’ll beryllium seeing that extremity again, erstwhile aliases twice.
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen (Eze 36); agg 2-1
Janis Blaswich has made immoderate astonishing saves, but he’s not stopping this one! A shot down nan inside-left channel. Eze, facing nan incorrect way, spins to his right, swivels, and launches a screamer into nan apical near from 25 yards! That’s an outrageously bully measurement to unfastened your Champions League extremity account!
Chelsea 0-2 PSG (agg 2-7). Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has nan shot successful nan bottom-right area of nan Chelsea extremity again … but nan one-two that group up nan changeable was pinch an offside Bradley Barcola. The brace bask a joke contempt it all. Or because of it, depending connected which measurement you look astatine it.
Arsenal 0-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 1-1). Leverkusen are opening to make mistakes, and here’s different from Aleix García, who clanks a elemental walk retired of play for an Arsenal corner. Saka goes short, backmost up nan flank. Eze rolls infield for Trossard, who pearls different changeable done a crowded box. Janis Blaswich parries, and nan rebound disappears into a tangle of legs. Heroic activity by Jarell Quansah, who someway retains possession contempt having fallen over, keeping his limb pressed complete nan ball. Blaswich yet snaffles.
Arsenal 0-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 1-1). Alejandro Grimaldo and Aleix García confuse each different adjacent nan centre circle, allowing Bukayo Saka to beforehand connected nan punishment container and sprout for nan apical right. Janis Blaswich saves. Then Blaswich makes an moreover much outrageous stop, Leandro Trossard creaming a changeable done a crowded container towards nan bottommost right, nan keeper sticking retired a limb to someway deflect nan shot crossed nan look of extremity and retired to nan left. Arsenal good connected apical now, and looking bully for nan opener soon.
Chelsea 0-2 PSG (agg 2-7). Thing is, Chelsea person enjoyed 58 percent of possession truthful far. So overmuch for nan benefits of respecting nan ball.
FULL TIME: Sporting 5-0 Bodø/Glimt (aet; 3-0 aft 90 mins, agg 5-3)
Sporting observe 1 of nan awesome European comebacks! Bodø/Glimt will ever person San Siro.
GOAL! Sporting 5-0 Bodø/Glimt (Nel 120+1); agg: 5-3
Daniel Bragança steals nan shot disconnected a dozing/knackered Patrick Berg, 30 yards out. He feeds Rafael Nel down nan correct channel. Nel enters nan container and perfectly roofs a changeable into nan apical right, earlier disappearing nether a heap of team-mates. Sporting person been magic tonight; mediocre Bodø/Glimt, whose romanticist communicative has ended successful heartbreak.
Arsenal 0-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 1-1). Leandro Trossard tries a curler towards nan apical right. He doesn’t rather drawback it, and Janis Blaswich is capable to claw it retired and away. But that’s a first changeable crossed nan Bayer bow.
GOAL! Chelsea 0-2 PSG (Barcola 14); agg 2-7
Chelsea vessel possession successful nan centre circle. PSG beforehand down nan right, Warren Zaïre-Emery shuttling wide for Achraf Hakimi, who rolls infield for Bradley Barcola. One touch and a snapshot that rises towards nan top-left area and in. This could get disfigured quickly. Chelsea already successful harm limitation, estimation redeeming mode.
Arsenal 0-0 Bayer Leverkusen (agg 1-1). A comparatively quiet commencement astatine nan Emirates, but Arsenal are opening to get connected top. Slowly but surely.
Sporting 4-0 Bodø/Glimt (agg 4-3). Sporting person thing to suffer now, and pinch clip moving out, are sitting back. Inviting pressure. A Bodø/Glimt area comes successful from nan left. Andreas Helmersen loops a header towards nan apical correct but there’s not capable gait connected nan effort to hit Rui Silva, who plucks from nan air. Sporting are 5 minutes positive stoppages distant from nan quarters.
Chelsea 0-1 PSG (agg 2-6). Enzo Fernández advances down nan near and wins a area pinch a deflected shot. The group portion leads to immoderate caput tennis, and past Enzo Fernández nuts goalwards … only for nan shot to clank disconnected nan backmost of keeper Matvei Safonov, who was each complete nan shop, facing nan incorrect way, spinning for illustration a teen connected Special Brew. Then nan whistle goes for a non-existent foul to merchandise nan unit connected nan champions.
GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 PSG (Kvaratskhelia 6); agg 2-6
A speculative agelong walk down nan PSG left. Mamadou Sarr misjudges nan flight, letting nan shot deed his heel. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia zips disconnected pinch it, enters nan box, and flashes a changeable crossed Robert Sánchez and into nan bottommost right. A very difficult task has go almost intolerable for Chelsea, and that didn’t return long.
Sporting 4-0 Bodø/Glimt (agg: 4-3). Nothing overmuch happening successful Lisbon.
Chelsea 0-0 PSG (agg 2-5). The visitors person settled quickly astatine Stamford Bridge, too.
