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Atlético Madrid And Arsenal The Spanish capital travel to north London next week to play everyone after a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday.
In a game defined by penalties, Victor Gaikeres He gave Arsenal the lead from the spot in the 44th minute Julian Alvarez responded with a penalty of his own to level the scores 11 minutes into the second half.
Arsenal thought they had a chance to restore the lead late on after being awarded a second penalty when David Hanko brought down Eberechi Eze inside the area. However, after a call by the video assistant referee to consult the pitch-side monitor, referee Danny McKay overruled it.
It was a brilliant battle in Madrid between clubs trying to return to the finals after a long absence and looking to win the European title for the first time.
It was a stark contrast to Tuesday’s semi-final, when defending champions Paris Saint-Germain beat Bayern Munich 5-4 in a thriller in France.
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Arsenal scored the first goal You are Maduek Better get to the byline before finding out Piero Hincapie At the far post, but the defender miscues his volley.
Alvarez called David Raya Into action after 14 minutes with a fine effort from outside the penalty area. And moments later, Gyökeres’ lung-busting gallop along the left-hand touchline and pass Martin Odegaard Arsenal gave the captain a chance to open the scoring, but Johnny Cardoso His strike was blocked.
Arsenal began to take charge, and were awarded a penalty with two minutes left in the first half.
Alvarez heads the ball straight Martin JubimendiWho played a neat one-two with Odegaard and then released Alvarez. Hanko was the wrong side of Geokeres, and sent him into the area in a rush to stop the Arsenal man.
Dutch official McKay pointed to the spot, and despite Diego Simeone’s protests on the touchline, VAR, at least on this occasion, did not intervene.
Gyökeres step by step, and though Jan Oblak Guessing the right way, he had no answer to the strength of the international strike in Sweden.
Atleti started the second half with purpose and after just four minutes Alvarez’s wicked free kick found the side-netting. Alvarez then played Ademola Lookman Before Gabriel Griezmann’s follow-up was blocked who couldn’t find a way past Raya.
When Llorente’s wayward volley hit White’s left hand from just inside the area, an animated Simeone, backed by 70,000 Atleti fans, demanded a spot-kick.
Referee McKay was largely unmoved but VAR urged him to check his pitch-side monitor and he overturned his decision.
Alvarez blasted home and Arsenal were on the ropes. Just after the hour mark, Griezmann’s looped strike rattled the frame of the Rye goal.
A triple substitution by Arteta — with its introduction Bukayo Saka — followed as he tried to regain control.
Arsenal had weathered Atleti’s second-half storm and were celebrating their second penalty of the night when Eze fell to the floor. But VAR had other ideas to finesse the last four tie.
The Associated Press and PA contributed to this report.
