Arsenal and Porto had a very interesting match in the city of London, where the Portuguese team arrived with the minimum advantage on the scoreboard, after having won 1-0 in the first leg three weeks ago.
Now the panorama was different, since they faced each other at Arsenal’s home, Emirates Stadium, where Mikel Arteta’s team had won all their home Champions League games, while Porto only managed two wins and one loss away from home.
The match began evenly for Arsenal and Porto, where Mikel Arteta’s team showed its offensive power on the field, with players like Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz, against a Portuguese team that proposed to obtain possession of the ball and be defensively safe.
However, the idea of being strong defensively for Porto would last until the 41st minute of the match, after Arsenal took the lead on the scoreboard. The scorer of the goal was the Belgian attacker, Leando Trossard, who received a phenomenal pass from Martin Odegaard, and tied the score on aggregate.
The first goal was not enough for those led by Mikel Arteta, and it would lead to the second score of the game by Martin Odegaard. However, the play was completely annulled after prior to the action there was a foul by Kai Havertz on the central defender Pepe, which the match referee ended up invalidating.
In this way, both Arsenal and Porto did not hurt each other anymore after 180 minutes played, and the series ended like this, being forced to play 30 more minutes of extra time.
However, there was not so much excitement on the part of Arsenal and Porto, who finally escaped qualification through penalties. Luck was for those led by Mikel Arteta, who found the goalkeeper, David Raya, as their greatest savior after having stopped 2 charges.