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00:00like everybody this is one of the greatest abilities of european football you can hear
00:04the roar you can feel the tension the atmosphere building ahead of a huge european tie real madrid
00:10have it all to do to come back in this time but can arsenal get the job done tonight make the most
00:16of the three goal advantage that they bring into this second leg and secure a semi-final place
00:21alongside psg the tension is mounting as i say got to ask steve madame and rio fernand and martin
00:30keown who is the pressure on more tonight well arsenal of course they have to defend the league
00:36this is a magic stadium magic has happened in the previous years we've seen it up with our own eyes
00:42so if arsenal don't win the pressures on them we should have to just go for it the form hasn't
00:46been great and they need something crazy tonight to happen but as a realist i just can't see it
00:53happening like i have done in the past i agree i can't see remember you going through there you
00:56can never say never with the the mythical history they have here in this competition they've got
01:01this competition under a spell almost but i just think with saka and mark the pace they have went wide
01:08arsenal just have to make sure they are a threat when they get the ball do not be a team that come
01:12here just try and suck up the pressure and soak it up and try and just roll with a punch
01:17be a threat you get a goal it's over okay that's music to the ears of arsenal fans and martin keown who's
01:23looking very nervous alongside me let's hand you over to our country team ahead of this huge clash at the
01:28santiago bernard it is real madrid it's arsenal for a place in the semi-finals your commentary team
01:34are darren fletcher and ali mccoyst thank you reshman hello again everyone and there he is
01:39being passive carlo ancelotti he's seen so much he's been here before and you could only
01:46begin to imagine what it feels like with the two sets of players lining up side by side in this
01:53famous tunnel at this famous stadium
01:56and the players are going to walk out into a cauldron of spanish noise what a scene we have
02:07inside the burner bay or a stadium like no other and one that's witnessed some never to be forgotten
02:13european knights
02:25whether this is another of those occasions depends on whether arsenal can finish what they started at
02:30the emirates last week one of their best ever performances in the champions league
02:35with declan rice outstanding what a scene
02:46the holders are desperate the gunners are in control what a game we have in store
03:05the air is at the location of the people of the soldiers are in control of the village
03:09to transform our own the soldiers and their stigars and joy with the soldiers are in the
03:15atmosphere with the footsteps of the soldiers so they know their troops are in control of their
03:21sua own iris and their soldiers are in control of their war but their во they have in control of their
03:27it's their competition and has been for a long time
03:40but Arsenal have been here once before February 06
03:45they won 1-0 with a Thierry Henry goal
03:47against a Real Madrid team that included
03:48Zidane, Brickham, Ramos and R9
03:51can they make more history here tonight
03:54the Gunners
03:57so Real Madrid make three changes from the weekend
04:15with David Alaba, Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior
04:18all back and starting
04:19Eguardo Camavinga is suspended
04:21Fedi Valverde stays in midfield
04:23Kylian Mbappe's domestic suspension doesn't count
04:26in the Champions League
04:27so he plays
04:29Real need at least three goals tonight
04:31their front three have 67 between them so far
04:35plus 13 more from Jude Bellingham
04:37Carvajal, Mendy and Militao are all missing
04:40the referee is French, Francois Le Texier
04:51and the two captains are down there
04:55well one of them is for now
04:58Lucas Vasquez and he's about to be joined
05:01there he is by Martin Erdegaard
05:03who knows this place
05:04and tonight's opposition so well
05:06so Arsenal revert to the team that started at the Emirates tonight
05:25Thomas Partey's fit despite a knock at the weekend against Brentford
05:28that's significant
05:29Timber, Lewis Skelly, Erdegaard, Saka and Marino
05:32all return to the starting lineup
05:34David Raya has six clean sheets in ten Champions League games this season
05:39Arsenal's starting lineup though contains 21 goals fewer than Real Madrid's front three
05:45but in reality it's about managing the game tonight
05:48and defending their lead
05:50the Arsenal huddle
05:55the final words of inspiration
05:57for Mikel Arteta's players
06:00the Spanish press was skating after last week's first leg
06:08and tonight they expect the current Madrid Galacticos to deliver
06:11all eyes on Mbappé, Vinicius Junior, Rodrigo and Bellingham
06:14Fede Valverde in particular is determined tonight will be different
06:18but Arsenal have never lost against Real Madrid
06:20with a three goal cushion there in a very strong position
06:23but it is a night alley
06:25a good evening to you
06:26where the first goal feels massive
06:29we'll get to that in a second
06:30but because before kick-off
06:31we are going to take a minute's silence
06:34to remember the former Real Madrid
06:37and Netherlands coach Leo Bainhacker
06:40and also the writer Mario Varga-Losa
06:44both of whom sadly passed away recently
06:47we're going to ask them some more
06:50to speak up
06:55various times
07:06we're going to ask them
08:07It sits like a spaceship in the centre of the Spanish capital.
08:12Ali, the players are ready.
08:13I mean, the atmosphere in here is quite exceptional.
08:16Talk to me about the significance of the first goal in this match tonight.
08:20Well, good evening, Fletch, good evening, everyone.
08:23I've stated the obvious, it's vital.
08:25Arsenal have got to defend the opening minutes as well as they possibly can.
08:29Vitally important, they don't give anything away early.
08:32It's also vitally important they attack when they have the opportunity to do that.
08:37They cannot sit back and let Real Madrid come at them all the time.
08:42What a 90 minutes winning score.
08:44First head of one there by Fene Valverde.
08:46And you would expect a really fast start.
08:52That's Marino with the first foul tonight.
08:56And it was on Jude Bellingham.
08:58And as you can see, the Real Madrid players wearing black armbands as well here in this second leg.
09:03The 3-0 defeat at the Emirates last week is one of the heaviest of the season for the defending Champions League team.
09:12Only Barcelona in two, Clásicos have bigger margins of victory against them.
09:16Arsenal haven't lost a game by three in any competition for almost two years.
09:21So things are heavily stacked in Mikel Arteta's favour.
09:28It's worth mentioning earlier, it's well done.
09:30And I think it's so important, Arsenal in wide areas, they ask questions of Vasquez and Alaba in the full-back positions.
09:39Things like this, getting them up the park, getting them in an area where they want to be, away from their goal.
09:44Very, very important, particularly early stages.
09:47There's the most successful manager in the history of the competition, Carlo Ancelotti.
09:52He's also taken charge of the most games.
09:54And one thing's for certain, he will have been as cool as anybody in the build-up.
09:59Rio's made it from pitch side to the commentary position for this wonderful vantage point, Rio, that we have inside this magnificent arena.
10:07That feels like one of the potentially great nights in this competition.
10:11All the ingredients are there, aren't they?
10:13Yeah, I feel privileged to be here.
10:15A wonderful setting, wonderful stadium.
10:18The history of this Real Madrid team in this competition.
10:21What an opportunity for this Arsenal team, who have started, I think, quite aggressively.
10:26There's the first chance then for Mbappe.
10:28And now, Vinicius Jr.
10:32And it's in there to Mbappe, it's in off the chest!
10:36But the linesman's flag is up.
10:39And it's a wry smile, rather than a celebratory smile for Real Madrid's number nine.
10:44Well, they knew it right away, didn't they?
10:46But what a show of intent, what a positive statement from Mbappe.
10:49We did open a couple of seconds, he's the proverbial mile-off side.
10:54But it's certainly got the crowd going.
10:56They got himself sent off in a bizarre fashion at the weekend with an outrageous challenge.
10:59Poor challenge, that was a poor challenge, Dan.
11:02And he heard a bit of criticism after the first leg, he's got 33 goals this season,
11:06but when you are one of the talismanic figures in this team, nights like this are where you are supposed to perform.
11:13And already, Arsenal just slowing the game down and the crowd on the referees back early.
11:18I'll tell you what it would be, it's worth asking the question, why is he in that offside position?
11:23That's a strange one, he's looking right across the line.
11:28Drew Bellingham hits it straight at Thomas Partey.
11:30That was really significant when I saw the team sheet, Ali.
11:33The fact that he's in midfield, having gone off against Brentford Partey.
11:36Big plus, big plus, Fletch.
11:41First opportunity for Saka to go and Alaba down that side.
11:47Partey dispossessed.
11:49Fede Valverde, who's a workaholic in there, and now he's Mbappe electrifyingly setting off
11:55and finding Benicius Jr.
11:57The white shirt's flooding forward, it's been a bright start, it's in towards Mbappe.
12:02Away by Males, Lewis Skelly.
12:04Oh!
12:06Now that was reckless, wasn't it, over there, it's a yellow card straight away.
12:13It's Alaba, he's gone in for the referee's notebook and...
12:17That was...
12:19Wow, look at that.
12:20I'm not sure, I was actually trying to cut my bit of slack to see if he'd slipped and lost his footing, but I don't think he has.
12:29That was the get-him-early reducer, the old-school reducer.
12:32That was all 1960s, 1970s challenge, yeah.
12:37But you know what, the threat's there, you can see it on the transition immediately, Mbappe gets the board, there's green grass in front of him, he'll eat it up.
12:45And you've got Vinicius who's running Equius quick alongside him, them two, they're looking for each other, he seems, in the early stages of this game.
12:51Massive light for Mikel Arteta, if he gets Arsenal through, it will be hugely significant for him.
13:00Martinelli, and now Marina.
13:02Everything that Real Madrid do in a positive fashion in the early moments here, being cheered enthusiastically by this capacity crowd.
13:18What a night it is for Myles Lewis Skelly, still a teenager, England international, and he gets the opportunity to play in this place for the first time, Ali.
13:27Tremendous, this is what it's all about, the young man's come onto the scene, he's looked absolutely terrific, hasn't he?
13:35And these are the places you clearly want to play, Rio.
13:38You see him there, receiving the ball inside, inverted full-back areas we keep talking about, but he's accustomed to that, being that he grew up as a midfielder as a kid, comfortable in the areas, beautiful to see.
13:50Bursting in now Martinelli, headed away in there for Real Madrid by Valverde, also looking to keep the pressure on Vinicius.
13:57Valverde has lost it, it's played out now to Saka, and then, oh!
14:02Fizzes across the face, Courtois was leaping towards that, and what Arsenal would give here tonight for an early goal, just to settle the nerves down.
14:10It's a great pressure, the two of the Modegaard and Timber do really well.
14:15Saka just takes a touch.
14:18Certainly worried Courtois in the sixth, that's for sure.
14:25Jude Tellingen.
14:27Cylian Mbappé.
14:33Defended there by Martinelli.
14:37Now Mikel Moreno didn't quite get it to Declan Rice.
14:44And this is Rodrigo.
14:53Chiuameni.
14:54That's worked all the way through to Rodrigo on the other side.
15:04And he finds a little yard and whips another ball in.
15:13There's the Real Madrid captain, Lucas Vásquez.
15:15Well, now the potential counteroff down this side for the speedy Martinelli.
15:27He was just caught there by Raúl Asensio, the game continues here with Erdegaard in possession.
15:33And Saka nice and patient shooting, Saka.
15:40First big save tonight for Courtois, but didn't he set up the chance well, Saka?
15:44Did really well.
15:45Erdegaard is down too early.
15:47Goes to ground, Saka just wants that.
15:49He's delighted to see him go to ground, because he knows then automatically he's got his space.
15:53It's a good save, one you'd expect him to make, but a bright opening from Saka.
15:58I hope they're getting a message on, I'm sure they will be from the bench.
16:02Get the ball to Saka.
16:04Your man against you is on a yellow card.
16:06Already before the game we were questioning, is he capable of dealing with him?
16:09Yeah.
16:11It's a question.
16:12Get it wide, sorry Fletch, get it wide to both of them.
16:14Martinelli and Saka.
16:16ASAP.
16:17You've got to make the point here that if this was the first choice back four for Real Madrid,
16:20it will be Dani Carvajal on the right, Ferlan Mendy on the left,
16:24and then Eder Militao as we see that shot flash across the face of the Real Madrid goal.
16:29It will be Eder Militao alongside Antonio Rudiger.
16:31So they're missing three of the first choice back four Real Madrid.
16:36And now they've got Declan Rice out to take this Arsenal corner with eight minutes played in Madrid.
16:41It's an Arsenal team with 21 set-piece goals this season, but not this time.
17:02We're already seeing, Ali, a lot of changing of positions among the front three,
17:07and Mbappe is now on the right.
17:09Yeah, and Rodrigo's got to play through the middle.
17:12They're a very changeable unit, the front three,
17:15and of course, Bellingham's got the licence to go and find areas of danger as well.
17:19Absolutely, they've got the freedom to roam, haven't they?
17:22And as you correctly will see, Bellingham's the one that will get forward a lot quicker
17:24on the most regular basis than Giannani and Valverde.
17:30Briggs here for Bellingham, that was sloppy, well read by his England team-mate Declan Rice.
17:34After being outstanding in the first leg, he's powering Arsenal forward.
17:45This is Bakayo Saka, Declan Rice, now Martin Erdegaard.
17:51That's a really important challenge in there by Chouamaini, but it's noticeable.
17:54Looking down from our vantage point, whenever Arsenal come forward,
17:58none of the three at the top end of the pitch track back,
18:01and it takes Bellingham a while to get there as well,
18:04so they can outnumber them, can't they, Arsenal, on the counter?
18:07But you can also see, I don't know whether you agree, Rio,
18:09you can also see discomfort in the back four, Real Madrid.
18:14Alaba doesn't look happy, Rudiger doesn't look happy.
18:17Well, they're checking for a potential penalty here,
18:19that's why he's come over.
18:21We've just got a very late look at that, and it's...
18:26Well, it's that pull by Raul Asensio, the young defender,
18:32on Mikel Marino, and the French referee straight across
18:35to the screen to take a look.
18:37He took no thinking time whatsoever.
18:41So what's he going to do?
18:43Wow.
18:43He's given Arsenal a penalty.
18:46He has.
18:47Oh, my word.
18:49Do you know what I'm going to say to you?
18:50It's ridiculous defending.
18:53Absolutely ridiculous defending.
18:56Just keep yourself goal-side,
18:58but you don't need to grab him, Rio, surely.
19:01Suicidal, that.
19:02Absolutely suicidal.
19:04I don't know what he's thinking there.
19:05Obviously, the attacking player gets a run on him,
19:08and you do panic in those situations,
19:10but you've got to trust your teammates there.
19:11Yeah.
19:12You can't be doing that in a game of this magnitude.
19:15Do you know what there is, Rio?
19:16There's excellent movement from Marino,
19:18because he drops his shoulder to go front as if he's going near.
19:21The defender goes to step to block it,
19:23and he goes round the backside of him,
19:24and that's when the left arm comes round to hold him back.
19:27You can see it's soft,
19:29but he's definitely pulled him back, in my opinion.
19:31I'll tell you one thing.
19:32It was a minute and a half ago, by the way.
19:33Yeah.
19:34Well, Lucas Vasquez completed his case.
19:36It's a yellow card as well for Raul Asensio,
19:39and all the Arsenal players, while the VAR check was taking place,
19:42went to speak to Mikel Arteta.
19:43So, it's taken a while,
19:46but now we get this huge moment,
19:51and we said at the outset,
19:53the first goal tonight was always going to be huge.
19:56And Martin Erdegaard,
20:00the Arsenal captain, once of Real Madrid,
20:03has the ball in his hands,
20:05and he's up against Thibaut Courtois,
20:07who's made some huge saves in big situations down the years
20:11for Real Madrid.
20:16Now he gives it to Bukayo Saka,
20:19who strides forward.
20:20Huge moment.
20:36The Kaio Saka against Thibaut Courtois,
20:39with jeers and whistles,
20:40cascading around the Bernabeu.
20:41Oh, he saved it!
20:58Oh, my word, he's gone for the Penenka!
21:02Surely not the time or the place for a penalty like that!
21:06The Arsenal supporters can't believe it,
21:08and Thibaut Courtois didn't buy it!
21:10Oh, I can't believe it myself.
21:13It's one of these things.
21:16The goalkeeper does unbelievably well.
21:18He goes down, but it's not a great pen.
21:20If it's down the middle, it might go in.
21:22If it's down the middle, it's every chance it's going in.
21:24But it gives the goalkeeper an opportunity
21:25to lift a left hand.
21:26Look at the size of him.
21:27And the hand's strong.
21:29You only get away with that
21:31if you score.
21:34Wow.
21:34What a moment
21:35to play the cheeky, cheeky role.
21:39Didn't come off
21:39Wow.
21:43I think Declan Rice might have been hit by something
21:46that's been thrown from the crowd.
21:48That's what he's indicating to the French referee.
21:52I mean, it's like a powder keg in here.
21:53Before a game, you talk about silence in this play.
21:56Silence the crowd.
21:57What an opportunity to do that.
21:58So let's see what Rice can do
22:02from the corner.
22:03Tries for that near post.
22:06And the free kick now given
22:08to Real Madrid.
22:10Well, that's the first big
22:11moment in the match.
22:13And what a chance that's just been wasted by Mikai Osaka.
22:15It's incredible.
22:16It really is.
22:17I'll tell you who's got away with one there.
22:21Centre back, Raul Asensio.
22:24He cannot believe he's locked real, that fella.
22:28Well, his heart rate, I'm sure,
22:29would have come back down now after that
22:31because he'd have been sitting there thinking
22:32what would the headlines be tomorrow
22:33in all the big papers.
22:35You're to blame.
22:36He's got a second chance now.
22:38Significantly as well.
22:39Two of the Real Madrid back four
22:40are now on yellow cards already
22:42inside a quarter of an hour.
22:44David Alaba, the left back,
22:45and Raul Asensio, the central defender.
22:48Again, experience has got to play a part here.
22:50Attack those guys.
22:51They're the weakling now.
22:52Yep.
22:53They're at risk.
23:00So Real Madrid nil, Arsenal nil,
23:02and Arsenal's 3-0 first leg cushion
23:06remains intact here in Madrid.
23:10And this is Fede Valverde
23:11and now David Alaba.
23:18Rodrigo.
23:18Valverde to Mbappé.
23:37And Vinicius Junior with the cross.
23:40And that's dealt with by Kivior.
23:41And he's deputising for Gabriel.
23:43Big night for him.
23:44Real Madrid coming forward again.
23:45Thomas Partey in the way.
23:48Here's Martin Erdegaard.
23:51I mean, from Vicayo Saka's perspective,
23:54he's just got to clear his mind now
23:55and get back to doing what he needs to do
23:57for his team out there.
23:58He has to forget about that immediately
24:00and just go on the ball
24:02and get as Rio says correctly.
24:04Getting attacking that.
24:05Madrid left full-back David Alaba.
24:07Vinicius Junior running at Uri and Timber.
24:13Running out of room.
24:15It's the corner.
24:17Well, he got lucky there, I think.
24:19I make sure.
24:26Clearly not a corner.
24:28Not even close.
24:28Not even close.
24:30Very poor decision.
24:30So Rodrigo's going to take it
24:37by the goalkeeper.
24:43Going to give another chance here
24:44for Lucas Vasquez to shoot.
24:46Two Arsenal blocks.
24:49Two good wins.
24:50Particularly Partey's
24:51the second one stood strong.
24:54And it goes from Ferdy Falverde.
24:55That was a good ball.
24:56It was an important header in there
24:57by the pole, Kivior.
24:58Benicius Junior
25:02stabs it back from the byline.
25:04It's cleared as far as Tua Maney.
25:07They're so desperate
25:08for a goal, Real Madrid.
25:09They're not going to get
25:09a free kick there, though.
25:10The crowd are going to appeal
25:11absolutely everything
25:13tonight.
25:15They've got a throw-in.
25:15It's worth mentioning
25:16that Real have never beaten Arsenal
25:18three previous meetings.
25:19They've also never scored
25:20a goal against them.
25:22Two of those games
25:23were played in London.
25:25The only meeting here
25:26was 19 years ago.
25:29I was here, Darren,
25:30believe it or not.
25:32I was here for that game.
25:33What a game that was, too.
25:34And it's changed
25:35quite significantly,
25:36hasn't it,
25:36the setting since you were last here.
25:38I don't know if you heard
25:39Real and myself
25:39pre-match.
25:41I did make the point
25:42that the stadium's changed
25:43since Real played here.
25:44And it's changed dramatically
25:45since I played here.
25:47Listen,
25:47we're watching that again.
25:48It's one of these things.
25:50If he chips it down the middle
25:51and it goes in,
25:52we'd all see him.
25:53The man's a genius.
25:54But sadly we're not,
25:55and he's not.
25:56The man of the match
26:00in the 2022 final
26:02against Liverpool
26:02and he was unbeatable
26:04that night.
26:04And he's been such
26:05an important player
26:06for them.
26:07I'll tell you one thing
26:10Saka will be thinking,
26:12please let us get through now.
26:13Let us get through now
26:14and they'll forget that.
26:16Which they will.
26:17And rightly so.
26:20You're absolutely right,
26:21Real,
26:21but he has to get it out of his mind.
26:23He's got to go on with the game
26:24and concentrate
26:25and do what he's good at.
26:27Because he's still got
26:27a massive,
26:28massive part to play.
26:31Well,
26:31that's a foul on
26:32Lewis Skelly.
26:33If you go back
26:33in Champions League history,
26:35only four teams
26:36have overturned
26:37a three-goal deficit
26:38from a first leg
26:39and gone through.
26:40The last team being
26:41Liverpool against Barcelona
26:42in 2019
26:43at Anfield.
26:43Prior to that,
26:44Deportivo,
26:45La Coruña,
26:46Barcelona
26:47and Roma
26:48had all done it.
26:49Real Madrid have overturned
26:50a three-goal deficit
26:51three times in Europe before,
26:52but not since 1986
26:54against Borussia Mönchengladbach
26:56in the UEFA Cup.
26:57They've never done it
26:58in the Champions League
26:59and the only time
27:00they did it
27:00in the European Cup
27:02was in the mid-70s
27:03against Derby County.
27:05So, whichever way
27:06you're looking at it,
27:06the odds stacked against them,
27:08but the ghosts
27:09can sometimes stir
27:11on nights like this
27:12in the Bernabeu.
27:13The first thing
27:14they've got to score
27:15is what you mentioned,
27:15they've got to score a goal,
27:16the first thing
27:16they've got to do
27:17is score a goal
27:17against Arsenal.
27:41Forward by Asensio
27:43towards Mbappé.
27:45Defended there
27:45for Arsenal
27:46by Saliba.
27:49Here's Bellingham.
27:51It's a great ball
27:52in by Bellingham
27:53and you would expect
27:55someone to be
27:56on the end of that.
27:57That's a brilliant ball,
27:58it really is.
28:00Rodrigo slides in,
28:01but I don't think
28:02he's any chance
28:02of getting it.
28:03A lovely little step over
28:04just takes a little bit
28:04of a touch.
28:06Yeah, it's a tremendous ball.
28:08The only chance the forwards
28:11has got to score in there
28:12is if he gambles early
28:13and goes back post.
28:15The blind side of
28:15Kiwi are.
28:17I mean, in reality,
28:18goals shouldn't be a problem.
28:19If you look at the front four,
28:21if you put Bellingham in
28:22with Mbappé,
28:23Rodrigo and Vinicius,
28:24they've got 80 between them
28:25in all competitions this season.
28:26That's him behind
28:28to Mbappé.
28:29The angle tight.
28:31Lucas Vasquez
28:32has gone in there
28:33to join in.
28:33That's really good
28:34defending though in there.
28:35Outstanding defending
28:36from Saliba.
28:37That is top draw.
28:38That's defending
28:39from somebody
28:40who absolutely
28:40backs himself
28:41physically,
28:43pace,
28:44and actually understands
28:45who his opponent is.
28:47Obviously, French,
28:48been in the squads together,
28:49knows he wants to get
28:50on his right foot here.
28:51Look at him,
28:51stands him up right.
28:52You only want to go one way.
28:53I'm there, I'm ready.
28:54Body across,
28:55protect it.
28:55Brilliant.
28:58He's an absolute
28:59Rolls-Royce, isn't he?
29:00For sure.
29:01William Saliba,
29:02linked with
29:02Real Madrid as well.
29:04I mean,
29:04whenever you're a good player,
29:06you're linked with this club.
29:08He's the latest one
29:09that they're talking about here.
29:12Here's Martin Erdogan.
29:13It's been frantic,
29:14hasn't it, so far?
29:1521 minutes
29:16or thereabouts.
29:18Here's Vinicius Junior
29:19running at Timber.
29:22Over he goes,
29:23no penalty.
29:23The referee instantly
29:24signalling that.
29:28Seattle had a good view
29:29of it, didn't he?
29:31One thing I would say,
29:32when it settles down like this
29:33and Arsenal get back
29:34into shape,
29:35they look very comfortable.
29:36They look happy to be here.
29:37It's when the game becomes
29:45a bit transitional
29:45where I worry
29:46when the likes of
29:47Vinicius and Mbappé
29:48open up.
29:48Well, you've got to go back
29:49to December 2023
29:50for the last time
29:51Arsenal conceded
29:52three goals in any game.
29:53It was against
29:54Luton Town,
29:55bizarrely,
29:554-3.
29:56I mean,
29:56they're such a good
29:57defensive team
29:58with so many players
30:00built for nights like this
30:02and they've never,
30:04ever been knocked out
30:05of Europe
30:05with a two-goal lead
30:06from the first leg,
30:08let alone a three-goal lead
30:09in the Arsenal.
30:14There's a lot going on
30:15in there.
30:19Partey went to the ground
30:20there,
30:21I think there's a clash
30:21coming together
30:22and absolutely
30:23had to involve
30:24Antonio Rüdiger.
30:28Absolutely.
30:35So three kicks
30:36around Madrid
30:36and then bumping
30:38and barging
30:38continues
30:39Asensio's gone over
30:40now.
30:42The only thing
30:43you would say
30:44is Arsenal
30:45defensively
30:45got to be
30:46very,
30:47very careful.
30:51So the free kick
30:52from Alaba,
30:52on it goes
30:53towards Rodrigo
30:54who missed his kick.
30:58He's only scored
30:59once in his last
30:5920 matches
31:00the Brazilian
31:01Rodrigo
31:01and that
31:02header from Asensio.
31:03Oh, it's a penalty!
31:04Wow!
31:05It's a penalty!
31:06Mbappé went down
31:07into yellow
31:08card!
31:08No!
31:09Declan Rice is furious!
31:10He said I didn't
31:11didn't touch him!
31:13This is incredible.
31:15Now,
31:16I might be wrong
31:17but I think
31:18straight away
31:19Declan Rice is right.
31:20we'll need another look
31:24at it clearly
31:25and we'll get another
31:25look at it.
31:27Will I go to VAR?
31:28Oh, I think they've got to.
31:29He was...
31:30Oh, it's nothing.
31:33I mean, come on.
31:34Don't even...
31:34Go on to the game.
31:35That is not...
31:36All I'm saying is
31:37there is contact,
31:39Ali.
31:39I mean, look,
31:39you could give 50 penalties
31:41a game
31:42if you're going to get those.
31:43I know where you're coming from.
31:44I'll tell you one thing.
31:44If there wasn't a penalty earlier,
31:45there's no way to give them.
31:46Yes.
31:46Yeah.
31:47Yes.
31:52Wow.
31:53I'm a little bit stunned at that
31:56to tell you the truth.
31:57I really am.
31:57I'm stunned real much.
31:58I mean,
31:59I hear what you're saying
32:00and there's a left arm
32:01around him.
32:02There's absolutely no way
32:03he's giving that penalty
32:04if he doesn't get as tack
32:05as I get that.
32:06So it's a yellow card
32:07for Declan Rice.
32:07If they do get through
32:08to the semi-final,
32:09he misses the first leg.
32:13So that's a double blow,
32:14really,
32:15to Arsenal.
32:16If the penalty stands,
32:17I mean,
32:17they are checking
32:18the foul
32:19at the moment.
32:20Jérôme Brissard
32:21is the video assistant.
32:23He's been a busy man
32:24so far tonight.
32:26I think you two
32:27are fairly confident
32:28it's going to stand.
32:30That's my guess
32:31that you two are thinking
32:32that way.
32:33I don't think it should.
32:34I don't think it's a penalty
32:35in my own eyes,
32:35but I think what's gone on
32:36previously in this game
32:37has really affected
32:38the referee's decision-making.
32:41It shouldn't,
32:42but I take a point.
32:43They've also got to work out
32:44whether it's a clear
32:45and obvious error
32:46in the eyes of
32:47the video assistant too.
32:49We've got to kind of
32:50put it in that category
32:51as well.
32:51so everybody waits.
32:53The check is ongoing.
33:00That's a different
33:01angle of it.
33:08He definitely turns
33:09his body down.
33:10He's definitely
33:12got a left arm
33:12round him
33:13and a right one.
33:15I think the way
33:16he goes down
33:16is unnatural,
33:17but I'm not sure
33:19there's enough
33:19to change the referee's
33:20mind.
33:23There's never a flicker
33:24of emotion
33:25on the face
33:26of Carlo Ancelotti.
33:27It's just the eyebrow,
33:28isn't it?
33:28The eyebrow's always there.
33:29It's always there.
33:31Letting people know.
33:32Still we wait.
33:33This check is ongoing here.
33:35Kylian obviously thinks
33:36he's quite confident
33:38Kylian there.
33:38Yeah.
33:40You wonder whether that's
33:41a bit of kidology
33:42to take the ball
33:43on the spot.
33:43Guys,
33:45I did say literally
33:4630 seconds before
33:47the few kicks get taken,
33:48Arsenal are going to have
33:49to be very, very careful.
33:50Yeah, you did.
33:51You're right.
33:52This is what annoys me
33:53and I think annoys
33:54millions of fans
33:55around the world.
33:58Look how long it takes
33:59to make a decision.
34:00This is the frustrating thing.
34:01It's three minutes now.
34:03They've been looking at it.
34:07I'll tell you,
34:07as a player,
34:08this will do my head
34:08even more.
34:09I'm warm.
34:10I'm ready to go.
34:11Yeah.
34:11I've got a bit of momentum
34:12in the game now.
34:14What does it do, Ali,
34:15if you're the penalty taker
34:16and you know that
34:17you're 3-0 down
34:18and you know
34:19you're going to score
34:20the first goal
34:20and now you're standing
34:21there thinking about
34:22what you're going to do?
34:23I tell you,
34:23is he offside?
34:29He's very close
34:30when the ball gets flipped on.
34:32I think he's probably just on.
34:33I'll tell you what you don't do.
34:34You put your foot through it.
34:36You run up
34:36and take it
34:36with a bit of confidence.
34:39I think
34:39it's very, very tight
34:41when the head flick comes on.
34:42He could be
34:43in an offside position
34:44which I think
34:45would get that man
34:46out of jail a little bit.
34:48So it's nearly
34:53four minutes now.
34:56It's interesting,
34:57just looking at it again
34:58there, Dan.
34:58If they are checking
34:59the offside,
35:00the semi-automated offside
35:01shouldn't take this long,
35:02should it?
35:03Now he's been told
35:04to come to the screen
35:05so for the second time
35:07he's going to go
35:07and have a look.
35:12Well, here's my question
35:13to you, Dan.
35:14The fact he's come over
35:15to have a look,
35:16he's given a penalty.
35:18So they're now saying
35:20we don't think you're right.
35:23Well, looking at
35:23what he's assessing now,
35:25this has got nothing
35:25to do with offside.
35:26This is the challenge.
35:28There it is.
35:29That's what he's looking at.
35:31He's got to decide
35:32whether he got it right
35:32in the first place
35:33or not.
35:34But it must put
35:35the seed of doubt
35:36in his mind.
35:36the fact that Jérôme
35:37that's my point.
35:38That's exactly my point
35:40because if VAR
35:42think it's a penalty,
35:43they don't call him over.
35:44Correct?
35:44Can we just listen
35:45to this crowd
35:46if he doesn't give it?
35:48What's going to happen?
35:48It's basically going to erupt.
35:57Are we nearing five minutes here?
35:58OK.
36:01I think the offside's
36:02tight as well, yeah.
36:04No penalty.
36:05There you are.
36:08And of course
36:09you then
36:09wipe off the yellow card,
36:11so Declan Rice
36:12back in
36:12to the semi-final
36:14if they get through.
36:15And does he give Mbappe
36:16a yellow card?
36:18Well, I wouldn't have
36:19thought so.
36:20Well, I'm putting
36:23my cards on the table
36:24right now.
36:25I'm delighted to see
36:26that decision.
36:27I'm delighted to see it.
36:31Yeah, I was never
36:32convinced that was a penalty.
36:33No, I wasn't, mate.
36:34I definitely wasn't.
36:36And it took far too long.
36:37Oh, no doubt about that.
36:38It took far too long
36:39to keep to that decision.
36:41Well, what a start.
36:42One penalty that was given
36:43that we didn't expect,
36:45missed by
36:45Bukayo Saka
36:46and a penalty given
36:47to Real Madrid
36:48took five minutes
36:49to take a look at it
36:50and they changed their mind.
36:51So, it's all happening here.
36:53But it remains nil-nil
36:54and while it does,
36:56that's really good news
36:58for Arsenal.
37:07One point I would make
37:09is that the referee
37:10that gave the penalty
37:11has given six penalties
37:12in seven Champions League games
37:15that he's officiated
37:16in this season.
37:17He's given the most penalties
37:18in the competition.
37:19It's funny, though, guys.
37:29When I saw him
37:29get called over to the side,
37:31I just had a feeling
37:32that they weren't sure
37:33and they were given
37:34an opportunity
37:35to perhaps
37:36correct an error.
37:38look how long it takes, though, guys.
37:44It shouldn't take that long.
37:47Look at it a couple of times.
37:49Make a decision.
37:50So, it's just come up on the screen.
37:53So, it's just come up on the screen.
37:54No penalty, no foul.
37:56Arsenal's player, number 41,
37:57did not commit a foul
37:58on the opponent.
37:59That's the official line
38:00from UEFA.
38:02There is a bit of speculation
38:03that they might have wiped it off
38:04for offside,
38:05but that's what UEFA was saying.
38:07It goes across from Valverde
38:08and that's behind.
38:10So, at least we've got
38:11clear...
38:13we've got clarity
38:14over why
38:15the penalty was wiped off.
38:18If you're asking me,
38:19I think they've eventually
38:19come to the correct decision.
38:21I do.
38:22You can see the first-room
38:22weight of himself.
38:23There's certainly more in
38:24Saka's penalty
38:26than there was in that for me.
38:29My concern would be now
38:31is how the referee's
38:33going to be the rest of the way.
38:34Well, he's got to be the same.
38:36But it's been a less
38:37than auspicious start
38:38for him, hasn't it, so far?
38:40Yeah, but as soon as
38:41he gave the penalty, right,
38:42early on,
38:44the Arsenal back four
38:45and defenders
38:45have got to say to themselves,
38:47we've got to be careful here.
38:48But the one thing
38:48you do need on a night like this
38:50is a strong man out there
38:51in the middle.
38:51Correct.
38:54Here's Mbappe
38:55shooting from a long way out,
38:57Mbappe.
38:58I think David Ryan
38:59was always OK there.
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39:35Well, it was never
39:36going to be dull here tonight,
39:37was it?
39:38Here's Declan Rice
39:39and now Martin Erdegaard
39:40and they've got Saka forward
39:41as well
39:41up against Aliver
39:43on a yellow card.
39:44Here's Erdegaard.
39:47Should he have shot there,
39:48Ellie?
39:49Well,
39:50they were on him
39:51correctly.
39:51I think he attempted
39:52to do the right thing
39:53and played back into Saka
39:54who was in the clear.
39:55Saka created the space
39:57and gave him a little bit
39:57of time.
40:00But
40:00got to get the ball
40:02to Saka
40:02as quickly as possible.
40:14Chouamaini
40:15onto Lucas Vazquez
40:16and now Rodrigo.
40:18Good defending there
40:24against Bellingham
40:25and quickly wants to try
40:26and get back involved
40:27against Erdegaard
40:28but he's given him the slip.
40:32Aliver seemed to go
40:33through the back,
40:33he did,
40:33he went through the back
40:34of the Kaios Saka
40:35on a yellow card.
40:36He's got to be careful here,
40:37David Aliver.
40:38It's good play,
40:39good play.
40:40First of all,
40:40from Declan Rice,
40:42who incidentally,
40:43in my opinion,
40:43have the absolutely
40:44wonderful 30 minutes.
40:45Yeah,
40:46he's playing with an authority
40:47in this game,
40:48I like it.
40:49He looks confident,
40:50really confident
40:51and backs himself
40:51in every single situation.
40:59Well,
41:00tomorrow night
41:01we've got the
41:02second legs
41:03of the Europa League
41:04and the Conference League
41:05quarterfinals.
41:06Manchester United,
41:10Rangers,
41:10Tottenham,
41:11Chelsea,
41:12all in action.
41:17And that's the moment
41:18that the French referee
41:19said no penalty.
41:25Here's Martinelli
41:26for Arsenal
41:26and now
41:27Rudiger's got himself
41:28involved
41:29off the ball
41:30against Marino
41:30and the referees
41:31pulled it back here
41:32for an Arsenal foul.
41:34There's a lot
41:35going on out there.
41:35It's what Rudiger does,
41:37isn't it?
41:37Marino plays a lovely ball
41:38to Martinelli
41:39and it's a little
41:40give and go
41:41but he's not getting
41:41the opportunity to go
41:42because he's blocked
41:43and fouled.
41:44There you are.
41:46It's a silly free kick
41:46to give away,
41:47it really is.
41:47I'll tell you one thing,
41:58this is suiting
41:59this stop-start game,
42:01it's suiting Arsenal
42:02massively,
42:03not allowing
42:03this crowd
42:04to really get
42:05really behind
42:06their team
42:07screaming through.
42:08No momentum
42:09gathering with this team
42:10either.
42:12It's much more comfortable
42:13I think
42:13than they ever imagined
42:14at this moment in time,
42:15would you say not?
42:16not agree,
42:17I would definitely agree.
42:20The missed penalty aside,
42:22Arsenal be absolutely thrilled
42:23with the opening
42:23half hour reel.
42:24so Martin Erdegaard
42:33with the Arsenal free kick
42:34and there's the snapshot
42:36from Uri and Timber.
42:39It's an interesting
42:40free kick,
42:41they start again
42:41at the back post area
42:43and run along the line.
42:45Devigal to mark.
42:46So we're moving towards
42:5535 minutes gone
42:56in the first half
42:56but there will be
42:57a lot of stoppage time
42:59to add on
43:00based on the two
43:01VAR checks
43:02that we've had
43:02in this first half.
43:04Timber nice and firm
43:06against Vinicius Junior
43:07and now here's
43:08Thomas Partey.
43:10Martin Erdegaard.
43:11The battle of the number
43:17sevens over there,
43:19Vakai Osaka,
43:19Vinicius Junior
43:20free kick to Real Madrid.
43:22The one thing real,
43:47if you're a centre-back,
43:49if you're Saliba or indeed
43:50Kirill or in the balls
43:52in the Real Madrid
43:53back four,
43:54you've got to keep
43:55your wits about you
43:56for them to spin in
43:56behind there
43:57because that's what they do,
43:58they'll take you short,
43:58take you short
43:59and then bang,
44:00they're in behind.
44:00Yep, they're hoping,
44:01Kylian Mbappe's hoping
44:02you run straight up
44:03behind them
44:04and get tight
44:04especially if there's
44:05no pressure on the ball
44:06and he wants to spin in
44:08and eat that grass
44:09up behind you.
44:17Yellow card
44:17for David Wright
44:18for delaying the restart.
44:28There's Declan Rice.
44:32Fascinating little cameo
44:33in the middle of the pitch,
44:34isn't it?
44:34Declan Rice
44:34against Jude Bellingham.
44:36Two players that Thomas Tuchel's
44:38going to build his England team around.
44:40Here's another one,
44:41Saka,
44:41on it goes to Erdegaard
44:42and that's the decent challenge
44:44in there.
44:45I'll tell you what,
44:45I love there,
44:46Saka there,
44:46his strength.
44:47You see the way he held
44:48Abraff there
44:48and laid it inside
44:49and just ran
44:50beyond him.
44:51Beautiful wing play,
44:52that.
44:52well matured have edged the possession
45:07so far,
45:0860% for them
45:09but Arsenal were the only
45:11two shots on target
45:12so far tonight.
45:13this is a third Arsenal corner.
45:25Tiro Courtois came,
45:26referee spotted a foul in there.
45:31Doesn't seem to like much contact
45:33in the penalty area,
45:33does he from set pieces
45:35in general?
45:35which would actively
45:38encourage you
45:38to put it in there.
45:4937 minutes just gone now.
45:51They haven't looked dangerous
45:52at all really,
45:53have they?
45:54Haven't looked dangerous.
45:55No,
45:56I'm not an open player really.
45:57Really surprised,
45:58I've got to be honest.
45:59Well done to Arsenal.
46:01It's the Arsenal supporters
46:03trying to make themselves heard
46:04above this capacity
46:06home crowd
46:06inside the Bernabeu.
46:08There's an awful lot of them here,
46:10they've taken up
46:10all of the seats,
46:11a lot were on our flight yesterday.
46:13Very, very optimistic
46:14about tonight.
46:15So far,
46:16they're being proved right.
46:17There's Kibior's header,
46:18on by Valverde,
46:19away by Rice,
46:21and then away by Kibior
46:23intelligently here
46:24to Martinelli.
46:28Stopped for these tracks
46:29by Chua Mani,
46:31and that's going to be
46:32a throw-in.
46:33Do that all game.
46:34Get them up the pitch.
46:35You see that there?
46:35Absolutely.
46:36Happy in their shape there,
46:37not too deep,
46:38in a good block.
46:40Then when they win it,
46:41travel up the pitch.
46:45Sounds easy, doesn't it?
46:46Yeah, I know,
46:47but you're factually correct.
46:48Correct.
46:48I'll tell you one thing
47:06I've been surprised at today,
47:07you know,
47:08over both games actually,
47:09that Real Madrid didn't isolate
47:12Kibior as much.
47:13Yeah.
47:14They haven't gone,
47:14you know what?
47:15Oh, you're centre-forward.
47:16You're playing against
47:17a newbie in the team.
47:18Yeah.
47:19You might look at it
47:20as a weaknik,
47:20no disrespect.
47:21Are you playing on him,
47:22stand on him?
47:22100% you're playing on him.
47:26One thing you would see,
47:27he's a good cover
47:28from Lewis Skelly
47:29and Saliba on the other side.
47:31You want to try,
47:31you want to try and protect him
47:32a little bit,
47:33Arteta will be very conscious
47:34of the fact
47:34you perhaps need to protect him
47:37a little bit.
47:37One observation here
47:40would be as well
47:41that they're fine
47:42with the three
47:43at the top end
47:43of the pitch
47:44doing their attacking
47:45and Bellingham joins in as well
47:46but it's not really natural
47:47for either full-back
47:48to get forward too much
47:50Rio for Real Madrid
47:51and Chihuahua
47:52is not really going to
47:52get up there either
47:53so getting numbers in there
47:54to really trouble Arsenal
47:55seems to be an issue
47:57so far tonight
47:57for Madrid as well.
47:58Yeah,
47:59and then that's where
47:59I spoke about before the game,
48:00Tony Cruz,
48:01that's where he comes in.
48:02If you haven't got that
48:03penetration out wide
48:04from the deep areas,
48:04you've got someone
48:05who can manipulate
48:06from central areas
48:07and feed people centrally
48:08and they haven't really
48:09got those type of guys.
48:10Good players they are.
48:11They aren't the Tony Cruz
48:13of this world.
48:20So Rice and Mbappe
48:21not that far away
48:22from each other again.
48:23A kick taken by Rodrigo.
48:26A little glance away
48:27in there by Saliba.
48:29Here's Vinicius Junior.
48:31Saliba there again
48:32for Arsenal.
48:34Alaba.
48:37A block behind
48:40by Timber for the corner.
48:42Just getting back to your point
48:44about the fullbacks as well
48:45in contrast,
48:45total contrast.
48:47Look at the two lads
48:47at Paris Saint-Germain.
48:50Hakimi and Mendes
48:50score goals,
48:52get forward.
48:53Incredible threat,
48:54inside,
48:55outside.
48:56Arguably the two best
48:57fullbacks in the world
48:58at this moment for me.
48:59I think as well,
48:59that's why people say
49:00they're the best
49:01all-round team
49:02left in the competition
49:02aren't they?
49:03Because there is
49:04no real weakness.
49:07So corner to Real Madrid,
49:09Rudiger's got in there.
49:11So has
49:11Asensio.
49:13Dappi-Briot just about
49:30got there
49:30through the crowd.
49:31That's excellent
49:42for Arsenal,
49:43really is.
49:45Martinelli,
49:45Odegaard out,
49:47really good defender,
49:49not letting them
49:50take it quickly.
49:51Again,
49:51Rio slowing the game down,
49:53forcing them all the way back.
49:54Yep.
49:54They're the little details
49:57though,
49:58you don't really see
49:58them talked about like that,
50:00but allowing a team
50:01to play a quick flow
50:02like that
50:02gets momentum going.
50:05Little pocket here
50:06for Bellingham.
50:08Quickly closed
50:09out the space
50:09by Arsenal.
50:11Lucas Vásquez.
50:15Comes off an Arsenal head
50:17and Rudiger
50:18couldn't quite reach it,
50:19it's a corner.
50:20That was agonizingly
50:21close to Rudiger's
50:22lunge.
50:23Thank you,
50:24we're thankful
50:25it's Rudiger here.
50:26Not sure he reacts
50:27like a follower,
50:28but he's never getting it anyway.
50:35Corner taken again
50:36by Rodrigo,
50:37it's gone a long way,
50:38actually went over
50:39the head of Marino
50:40at the near post
50:41which caused the problem.
50:43Here's Mbappe,
50:45that's not going to work
50:46and now Odegaard's
50:47got the ball for Arsenal
50:48but they quickly
50:48are rounding
50:49the Real Madrid players.
50:51Little bit of pressure here.
50:52from the home side.
51:03Mbappe to Vásquez.
51:12Lifted in by Bellingham.
51:13off goes
51:17Vinicius Jr.
51:18and Timber
51:19had gone with him,
51:20it's a corner
51:20but Timber's doing well
51:21in that battle
51:22at the moment.
51:23You just read my mind there,
51:24I was just going to say that,
51:25I don't think I've seen
51:25a fullback as comfortable
51:26as Timber is facing up
51:281v1
51:29with Vinicius Jr.
51:31He's really handling
51:31well at the moment.
51:34So Robbrigo again,
51:35there's Rudiger
51:36bound to make
51:37his presence felt.
51:39Good header away
51:40by Marino for Arsenal.
51:49Valverde.
51:50Robbrigo with a good cross,
52:01important touch in there
52:02by William Saliba.
52:03Again though,
52:04the furthest forward
52:05for Real Madrid
52:05was Antonio Rudiger.
52:06That's a foul.
52:09That's a bit of respite
52:10for Arsenal.
52:11Just for the last few minutes
52:12being under a bit of pressure.
52:14If you're in that
52:15Arsenal back four,
52:16you're delighted
52:17with that bit of play
52:17from the forward.
52:19Just get your body in front,
52:21get a touch
52:22and get a free kick.
52:24And don't forget
52:24we've got the
52:25Women's Champions League,
52:26Arsenal-Leon,
52:27which is live on Saturday
52:28from midday
52:29on TNT Sports 1
52:30and then Barcelona-Chelsea
52:32on Sunday
52:33from half past four
52:34TNT Sports 2
52:35and all of it
52:37on Discovery Plus
52:38as well.
52:41Fletch,
52:42have you not seen
52:42what I'm noticing
52:43is Real Madrid
52:45are a team today
52:46just crossing the ball.
52:47That's the only threat
52:48that I'm seeing
52:49from this team.
52:50Put the ball in the box
52:50and hope for the best.
52:52We've not seen
52:53something different
52:54have we from
52:54Rodrigo, Mbappe,
52:56Vinicius or Bellingham yet.
52:57But we're not seeing
52:58any of them get in the pockets
52:59in between the lines.
53:02Here's Chiwameni
53:03given away though
53:05to Kibior,
53:07Partey,
53:08Erdegaard
53:08took it really nicely
53:10Erdegaard
53:10and quickly on the scene
53:12though was Alaba
53:12who felt that.
53:13Now here's Vinicius Jr.
53:14out there
53:15on the Real Madrid
53:16left.
53:23This time he's caught
53:23by Timber,
53:24I think he's going to get
53:25a booking as well,
53:26is he?
53:27Maybe not,
53:28no he's not.
53:29That's good news for him.
53:30Here's Mbappe,
53:32his turn to go
53:32at Timber.
53:33So well organised
53:38aren't they
53:39defensively in there
53:40that this kind of
53:41attacking from Real Madrid
53:42plays into Arsenal's hands,
53:43Rio's just made the point.
53:44Yeah, at this moment
53:45they're very, very comfortable
53:46and they don't have
53:47an out and out
53:48real great header
53:49of the ball
53:50in the front three,
53:50terrific as the players are.
53:53There's a block made
53:54by Thomas Partey
53:55into seven minutes
53:56of additional time,
53:57there's no surprise there.
53:59Through any cross balls
54:00I've got a specific ball
54:02and that's whipped in
54:02with a little bit of pace
54:03because there's no point
54:04in hanging it up
54:05for any of the front three.
54:06Crossed it again
54:07by Rodrigo,
54:08it's the same stuff
54:09every time.
54:09They'll take them all day.
54:12I'll tell you what,
54:13if you told me
54:13you'd go to the Bernabeu
54:14and all you had to do
54:15is defend crosses,
54:15I'd be delighted.
54:17You need someone now
54:18when Valverde's central
54:19like that coming
54:19into them pockets
54:20off the centre-backs
54:21in between the defenders
54:23and the midfield.
54:25Valverde's ball,
54:26Rodrigo's header.
54:28Bellingham thought
54:29about the bicycle kick,
54:31now he's battling
54:31with Declan Rice.
54:33Marino with a lovely
54:34delicate ball
54:35to Martin Odegaard.
54:36That was really nicely
54:37done by the Spaniard.
54:38That's not quite so good though
54:39from Arsenal's captain.
54:41I'm just looking at this
54:42and looking at the Real Madrid bench,
54:43what they've not got there,
54:44Rio,
54:45that they've had every time,
54:46you keep mentioning
54:47Tony Kroos,
54:48they've not got that pure passer
54:49on the pitch,
54:50have they?
54:50I wonder if he's thinking
54:51about someone like Luka Modric
54:52in the second half
54:53who could just really start
54:54to set the table for them.
54:56Yeah, definitely.
54:56He's a pro where he can do that,
54:58but I think you do need
54:59the movement initially as well.
55:00You need the players
55:00willing to come off the lines.
55:02Don't just play up
55:03against people.
55:03You've seen a lot of times
55:04four white shirts,
55:06straight lines
55:07against the back four
55:08of Arsenal.
55:09That makes it easy.
55:10I can then see you,
55:11I can pick you up
55:11and get my hands on you.
55:14Picks out Lucas.
55:15Vasquez whips the cross in.
55:17Arsenal again
55:18through William Saliba,
55:19defend it really well.
55:20Run back by Vasquez
55:21on Marino.
55:22and then a shot
55:23by Tua Mani.
55:25Real Madrid want a free kick
55:26and he's stopping the game
55:27here, the referee,
55:28because it's a head injury.
55:36I mean, that's a badge of honour,
55:38isn't it,
55:38when you see the sleeve
55:39and it says 15
55:40in the middle of the European Cup.
55:41I saw that.
55:43Yeah,
56:00Mikel or Terchuk,
56:01lads,
56:02will be absolutely delighted
56:03with the way they've defended.
56:04Not just
56:04heading balls out,
56:06but generally speaking,
56:07the shape's been excellent.
56:08Middle of the park,
56:09they've pressed in good areas.
56:11They've given away
56:11a couple of times
56:12when they're broken,
56:13but hey,
56:15I think he'll be delighted.
56:17If you look at it as well,
56:18Ali,
56:18they've had seven attempts
56:19in the first half,
56:20Real Madrid,
56:20but David Reier
56:21hasn't had to save
56:22any of them.
56:25Here's Rice.
56:31Gabriel Martinelli.
56:34Partey.
56:35That's lovely
56:36from Thomas Partey,
56:37but
56:37control lets Martinelli down.
56:40I'm just not sure
56:41he's comfortable
56:41on his left side there.
56:43I think he's got to
56:44take that on his left side.
56:46It's a lovely little ball.
56:49Got to cut across there
56:50on your left side.
56:52And it's a big opportunity,
56:53but another interesting
56:55attack down a wide area.
56:58I know we keep going on
56:59about it,
56:59but that's where
57:00Arsenal can get a lot of joy.
57:02they came into tonight,
57:22Real Madrid having to score
57:24at least three.
57:24They've done that 24 times
57:26so far this season,
57:28but they've been firing
57:29blanks at the top end
57:30of the pitch
57:30in this first half.
57:33Arsenal defending
57:33resolutely,
57:34a lot of organisation.
57:38Here's Raul Asensio.
57:40Still three minutes
57:41of additional time
57:42to play
57:42in this stop-start
57:44first half.
57:44Vasquez with the cross,
57:46David Raya with a good take.
57:48I'm telling you,
57:49they've been coached today,
57:50I think,
57:51to cross the ball.
57:51I'm telling you,
57:53because as soon as they get
57:53into a certain area
57:54in the final third
57:55of this pitch,
57:56they're shaping up
57:56immediately,
57:57and you get Jude Berlim,
57:58you see him,
57:59he makes his way
57:59straight into the box
58:00expecting the ball
58:01to be delivered.
58:10Romania and Valverde
58:11going for the same ball,
58:12here's Erdegaard.
58:15He came to Real Madrid
58:16when he was 16,
58:17the Arsenal captain,
58:18he first played
58:18in the Champions League
58:19as a 15-year-old,
58:21but he was still in Norway.
58:22Here's Declan Rice,
58:24now Gabriel Martidelli,
58:25promising for Arsenal,
58:26saved by Courtois,
58:29and then cleared away
58:31as far as Rodrigo
58:32down this side,
58:33and we've got
58:33Lewis Skelly hovering
58:35and runs it out of play.
58:36Listen, it's bright play,
58:37but I'm just wondering
58:38if Declan can take a touch
58:41and hit it himself
58:41with his left foot,
58:42because he's got a far better,
58:43I know he plays a good ball
58:44to Martinelli,
58:46but Declan's definitely
58:47got a better angle
58:47for a shot,
58:50but he's been different
58:51last first half,
58:52let me tell you.
58:56Rice losing out,
59:08then fouling Rodrigo.
59:09I don't think
59:18that Mikel Arteta would have
59:20expected to sit down
59:21with his players
59:21at half-time
59:22and say, well,
59:24David Raya
59:24hasn't had to make a save.
59:26I think he would have
59:26expected a lot more,
59:27wouldn't he,
59:27from a team that
59:28has to score three times
59:30tonight,
59:30that's if they don't
59:31concede one.
59:31It's also a game
59:36that Rio mentioned
59:37early in the half,
59:38it's stopping that much
59:39that it's really playing
59:41into Arsenal's hands
59:42at the moment.
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