Madrid, April 17 || Arsenal completed a 5-1 aggregate win over holders Real Madrid to end their 16-year wait for a Champions League semifinal appearance, setting up a match against high-flying French champions Paris Saint-Germain.
Bukayo Saka missed an early penalty that would have handed us a virtually unassailable four-goal aggregate lead, but he redeemed himself on 65 minutes by finishing off a fine move to make it 4-0 on aggregate.
Two minutes later Vinicius Jr pounced on some defensive hesitation to get one back, but in second half stoppage time Gabriel Martinelli raced clear to win the game as we became the first English side to win twice at the Bernabeu and stretch our unbeaten European run to eight matches - our longest run since reaching the final in 2006.
The Gunners were off to a flying start as Saka flashed a shot wide after Jurrien Timber won the ball back well on the edge of the Madrid box, before the winger forced Thibaut Courtois into a decent save with a similar effort from 20 yards.
From the resulting corner on 10 minutes, he was given a huge opportunity to virtually put the tie to bed when the VAR spotted Raul Ascencio pulling back Mikel Merino as the ball was delivered into the box, and a penalty was awarded. Saka stepped up to take it, but saw his paneka attempt flicked away by Courtois.