Lisbon suffered their first defeat in this 2024/25 Champions League
IN Lisbon the fifth round match took place Champions League 2024/25 — Sporting suffered a crushing defeat at home Arsenal (1:5).
By the break, Mikel Arteta’s team had scored three times – Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Magalhaes scored a goal each.
At the very beginning of the second half, Sporting pulled one goal back through the efforts of Gonçalo Inácio, but in the 65th minute Bukayo Saka converted a penalty and again brought the score to a large one. Leandro Trossard put an end to the match eight minutes before the end of normal time.
Ukrainian Arsenal defender Alexander Zinchenko came on as a substitute in the 78th minute of the game.
Thus, Sporting, already without Ruben Amorim as a coach, suffered their first defeat in this Champions League. However, the Lisbon team has 10 points, which is a good margin for the fight for the playoffs.
Arsenal now also have 10 points on their score – they have moved up to intermediate seventh place in the overall standings.
In the next round of the Champions League, Sporting will visit Bruges on December 10, and Arsenal will play at home against Monaco a day later.
- Champions League 2024/25. Fifth round
Sporting – Arsenal — 1:5 (0:3)
Goals: Goncalo Inacio 47 – Martinelli 7, Havertz 22, Magalhaes 45+1, Saka 65, pen, Trossard 82.
Source: Sportarena
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