Arsenal leave it late in Lisbon and Bayern win at Bernabéu – Football Weekly
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Hello and welcome to the Guardian Football Weekly. Delete the bottle gifts, cancel the crying, laughing emojis. An absolutely crucial win for Arsenal in the Champions League. Not a classic and the gunners weren't great, but in injury time Martinelli drew the defence. Kai Havertz stood still as the sporting defence parted and the Germans slotted home. Mikel Arteta won't rest David Raya again. He was excellent. A much better game at the Bernabeu. Bayern could have put this tie to bed. Huge chances before Luis Diaz put them ahead. Carey Kane made it two immediately after the break, but Real rallied. Trent's perfect ball from Mbappe and the tie is alive. There's a big Easter of EFL to look back on after bigging up Millwall on Thursday.
They lost to Norwich, helping it switch into the top two. In League One, Lincoln are promoted and the mighty U's can see two last-minute equalisers in a row.
How did Arsenal secure a last‑minute win against Sporting in Lisbon?
Not now, lads. We'll do that, salute Aaron Ramsey, do a bit of Serie A in the Bundesliga. What were you doing when the world ended? You were listening to the Guardian Football Weekly.
On the panel today, Barry Glendening, welcome.
Hello, Max.
Hello, Archie Mintut.
Isn't there a ceasefire, Max?
Okay, I'll delay that for two weeks. Thank you so much. Hello, Nikki Bandini. Morning, Max. Let's start then in Lisbon. As Chris says, if you can't let the hand break off on the last night of civilisation, when can you? But look, I mean, not the best game, Nikki. And Arsenal weren't brilliant, but sporting is not an easy place to go. They had a 17-game unbeaten run there. And Arsenal just needed a win to go in off their backside. And maybe that's a bit disingenuous. They were probably better than that. But what a massive moment for you.
God, I don't want to be flippant about world news. It's far more important. But you have made me think now if that was the last game of football you ever saw.
Yeah, I know.
Not much of a game of football, I have to say. But listen, people say it doesn't matter how many times people who don't enjoy seeing Arsenal win point it out. Arsenal fans don't care. The team's not interesting if they win. And they did win. And in the end, this was a really, really good result. Sporting had won 17 games in a row at home. And I know it's easy to roll eyes at that and go, oh, well, they're just dominant domestically or whatever. But no, that includes Champions League games. That includes beating PSG here in a game where they in fact that game I think they had 25% possession they still won 2-1 so they are a very effective team that know how to get results they obviously in the last round turned over that 3-0 difference against Bordeaux and smashed them 5-0 they're a good team and it really was quite painful viewing I was obviously main screening this with the Bayern Real Madrid game on a
a nearby smaller screen and you kept wanting to watch the Bayern-Real Madrid game because there just wasn't much happening. But, Nicolás Tetebon care, Arsenal fans don't care. They got a really good win away from home and now they control the tie going into the return leg in London.
Yeah, and Baz, that Havertz goal is, I think it's interesting, he's such a graceful player and he becomes more graceful because he's sort of vying for a spot with Jokeres in a way and Jokeres doesn't control and finish like that and Havertz did.
Yeah, it was a great pass from Martinelli to Havertz near the penalty spot. His first touch was just wonderful. Killed the ball stone dead and then slipped it past Rui Silva. Lovely touch, lovely finish. Got a much needed win for Arsenal. Any win after two straight high-profile defeats is a good one. Any win away from home against a team that's so good at home and has turned the stadium into a fortress is good. And I suppose they're the positives you take out of this. It was a bad game of football. I really wish Arsenal would... Play a match. There's absolutely no harm in going away from home in the quarterfinal of a Champions League winning 1-0. That's brilliant. It's a great result.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:55
2
How did Arsenal secure a last‑minute win against Sporting in Lisbon?
0:55–28:34
3
Why was David Raya's presence so influential for Arsenal's defensive calm?
28:34–39:46
4
What does Arsenal's late‑goal pattern tell us about their season and squad depth?
39:46–53:20
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