Arsenal oust Real Madrid to reach Champions League semi-finals as Inter edge Bayern

Arsenal defeated Champions League holders Real Madrid 2-1 on Wednesday and reach the semi-finals with a superb 5-1 aggregate triumph.

Inter Milan’s treble dream was also kept alive after reaching the semi-finals thanks to 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich, as the Serie A giants won a pulsating last-eight tie 4-3 on aggregate.

Arsenal’s 3-0 quarter-final first leg triumph last week gave them a vital cushion in the Spanish capital as they made the final four for the first time since 2009, where they will face Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).

Bukayo Saka, who missed a first-half penalty, sent Arsenal ahead and although Vinicius Junior levelled the 15-time winners were never close to making up the deficit.
Gabriel Martinelli rubbed salt in their wounds with a stoppage-time winner for Arsenal, who are yet to lift the Champions League trophy.

“We knew we were going to suffer but we knew we were going to win,” Declan Rice, who netted two stunning free-kicks in the first leg, said.

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“It’s such a special night for this club, it’s a historic night for this club. We want to win this competition,” Rice added.

Italian champions Inter will face Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals after goals in the space of three minutes from captain Lautaro Martinez and Benjamin Pavard cancelled out a Harry Kane strike for Bayern which levelled the tie in the 52nd minute.

Eric Dier’s looping header in the 76th minute earned Bayern a draw on the night in soaking and blustery Milan but that wasn’t enough for Vincent Kompany’s side to continue their bid to be crowned kings of Europe for a seventh time.

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