Champions League: Four talking points ahead of the midweek action
Champions League: Four talking points ahead of this week’s last-16 action, with Arsenal and Barcelona among the clubs looking to reach the quarter-finals.
Will Arsenal turn the tie around and end last-16 curse"
Arsenal’s sole blemish on a perfect record this calendar year was a disappointing night in Portugal three weeks ago, when Galeno’s goal deep into stoppage time earned Porto a 1-0 win at The Estádio do Dragão.
Mikel Arteta’s team were stifled in the contest and failed to record a single shot on target, a huge contrast to their free-scoring form shown in the Premier League in recent weeks. Porto are likely to set up to hold on to their narrow advantage in the return and Arsenal must crack the code of a deep-lying defence to progress. History is not on Arsenal’s side when it comes to progressing in the Champions League from first-leg deficits, having exited the competition in nine of the previous 10 occasions the club trailed after the first encounter. The positive, however, is that occasion did come against this week’s opposition, when Arsenal thrashed Porto 5-0 in north London after losing 2-1 in Portugal in 2009/10.
The last time Arsenal faced Porto in the #UCL at the Emirates…
Nicklas Bendtner scored a hat-trick and Emmanuel Eboué got on the scoresheet as the Gunners won 5-0! pic.twitter.com/qvjZoAfrTz
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That was also the last time Arsenal reached the quarter-...
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