Arsenal qualified for the 2024/2025 in style after an emphatic 2-1 defeat of defending champions, Real Madrid at their reverred ground Estadio Santiago Bernabeu Wednesday despite a missed penalty by Bukayo Saka in the 13th minute.
Saka, who was sidelined by injury for over five weeks by injury but returned early enough for the Champions League quarter-finals redeemed himself when he shot Arsenal into the lead on 65th minute.
Real Madrid didn’t take long to cancel the lead, knowing they were trailing 0-3 from the first leg as Vinicius Junior got the equalizer two minutes later.
Gabriel Martinelli put the icing on Arsenal Champions League semi finals cake when he struck the winner in the added time off an assist from Mikel Merino to give the Gunners a 5-1 aggregate scores.
In the other quarter final match, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich settled for a 2-2 draw with Inter going through on 4-3 aggregate following their 2-1 first leg win.
