Arsenal gamers rejoice their Champions League victory over Actual Madrid (Photograph by David Ramos/Getty Photographs)
Arsenal will likely be enjoying within the Champions League semi-finals after seeing off Actual Madrid in emphatic vogue within the quarter-final tie. Mikel Arteta’s aspect adopted up final week’s 3-0 victory on the Emirates with one other memorable win on the Santiago Bernabeu – this time by a 2-1 scoreline.
Actual Madrid did a number of speaking within the media previous to the second leg, however Arsenal did their speaking on the pitch. They earned many plaudits for his or her 180-minute efficiency towards the defending champions, and rightly so.
Collymore believes Arsenal can win the Champions League
In his unique CaughtOffside column, Collymore spoke of being very impressed by Arsenal’s show on the Bernabeu. He additionally gave his verdict on whether or not they can win the Champions League for the primary time.
“Arsenal had been glorious final evening towards Actual Madrid. The harm was carried out within the first leg with a really aggressive show, and I believe that was the distinction the 2 groups. Arsenal weren’t intimidated, and for them, that could be a massive step that exhibits their development – not solely in the direction of successful the Champions League, but in addition the Premier League. That development has been missing at instances underneath Mikel Arteta.
“It was a greater good two-legged demolition of Actual Madrid, who’re a workforce of people. It stays to be seen whether or not they can try this towards PSG, however they need to be assured as I believe that they’d not present as a lot naivety as Aston Villa did throughout key moments of their tie. And they need to have extra high quality too with guys like Bukayo Saka.
“For my part, there may be nothing stopping Arsenal from successful the Champions League, as there may be little or no between the 4 groups left within the competitors. PSG and Barcelona are two groups that additionally shouldn’t have a lot expertise of being at this stage within the competitors with these squads, and Inter Milan are a workforce that many in all probability didn’t anticipate to get this far.
“For Arsenal, I believe they’ll should be even higher towards PSG than they had been towards Actual Madrid, however can they do it? I believe they’ll.”
