Forty-seven teams have gone into second legs trailing by three or more goals. Only four have turned it around
By Opta Analyst
What a night it was for Arsenal. A Champions League quarter-final at home to holders and perennial winners Real Madrid, and a resounding 3-0 victory. Two stunning free-kicks from Declan Rice and another impressive finish from Mikel Merino put them in a commanding position but, crucially, it was only the first leg.
Real Madrid did not wait long before making noises about overturning the deficit at the Santiago Bernabéu. “The possibilities of qualifying are quite low, but we have to try 100%,” said the manager, Carlo Ancelotti. “We have to do all we can. It’s an opportunity to show a response to a poor game. In football, everything can happen. We need to believe. We need to have trust because, sometimes, a lot of times in the Bernabéu, it happened.”
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