Arsenal v Sporting LIVE: Gunners clinch Champions League semi-final spot but City remain ‘favourites’ in Premier League | OneFootball

Arsenal fought to a tense draw against Sporting in the second leg of their Champions League tie to earn a spot in the semi-finals against Atletico Madrid.

The Gunners started the match on the front foot but lacked quality in the final third and allowed their visitors to weather the early storm and swing momentum their way.

Arsenal struggled to create chances in the final third and were caught out a few times as a nervous tension descending on the Emirates stadium.

Sporting’s Geny Catamo had the chance of the half with a strike from the right side of the penalty area just before the half-time break and the attacked struck the far post with David Raya beaten.

The hosts came out of the blocks as the better side in the second half too, and they controlled proceedings for much of the final 45 minutes as Sporting struggled to create anything while Leandro Trossard hit the post and Ebere Eze and Gabriel Martinelli went close.

And in the end Arteta’s side did enough to prevent Sporting from threatening their lead, with the Gunners booking a second successive Champions League final – this one against Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid.