Arsenal vs. Porto live score, result, updates, highlights, lineups from UEFA Champions League as Trossard levels tie

By | March 12, 2024
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Leandro Trossard struck before halftime to leave Arsenal’s Champions League last-16 tie against Porto on a knife edge.

The Gunners came into Tuesday’s encounter at Emirates Stadium nursing a 1-0 deficit following Wenderson Galeno’s wonderful stoppage-time strike.

Mikel Arteta’s team, in such free-scoring form in the Premier League, were once again frustrated by a Porto defence boasting the experience of ex-Real Madrid favourite Pepe.

David Raya even had to make a sharp save from Evanilson before some magical play from Martin Odegaard unpicked Porto in the 41st minutes and Trossard was played onside by Pepe to finish.

The Sporting News is following Arsenal vs. Porto live, providing score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.

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Arsenal vs Porto live score

  2nd Half Goalscorers
Arsenal 1 (1) Trossard 41′
Porto 0 (0)  

Lineups:

Arsenal (4-3-3, right to left): 22. David Raya (GK) — 4. Ben White, 2. William Saliba, 6. Gabriel, 15. Jakub Kiwior — 41. Declan Rice, 20. Jorginho, 8. Martin Odegaard — 7. Bukayo Saka, 29. Kai Havertz, 19. Leandro Trossard.

Porto (4-2-3-1, right to left): 99. Diogo Costa (GK) — 23. Joao Mario, 3. Pepe, 31. Otavio, 18. Wendell — 22. Alan Varela, 16. Nico Gonzalez — 10. Francisco Conceicao, 11. Pepe, 13. Wenderson Galeno — 30. Evanilson.

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Arsenal vs Porto live updates, highlights, and commentary

70th minute: Porto break and are three on three! Conceicao goes it alone and Raya gets down very well to save. Kiwior with some last-ditch defending on the rebound before the offside flag goes up against Evanilson.

68th minute: NO GOAL! The replay shows Havertz has tugged on Pepe’s shirt so it has to be chalked out. The Arsenal forward might have been old-manned a bit there. Referee Clement Turpin books a furious Arteta. It’s all happening.

67th minute: Ball into the Porto net but it’ll be checked! Pepe gets in a bit of a mess with Havertz in close attention. Odegaard dinks home wonderful finish.

64th minute: Confronted with a packed box, Conceicao takes on the shot and slaps hit miles over. Not sure his dad in the dugout will be overly pleased with that.

63rd minute: Pepe the (much) younger glides through the midfield. He feeds Galano and Kiwior commits the foul on the right-hand corner of the Arsenal box. This feels like a fairly big moment.

58th minute: Pepe blocks a Rice shot. It’s a good period of pressure for Arsenal. Another corner for Rice to bomb in from the left. Costa punches clear and Evanilson gets it away.

57th minute: It’s another one of Rice’s devilish in-swingers to the near post that Otavio heads clear under pressure. Pepe gets in the way of the England international’s follow-up.

56th minute: Costa clumps a clearance at Havertz. Arsenal can’t fashion a chance but it keeps them in the Porto half. Trossard wins their first corner of the second half.

48th minute: Conceicao gets around Kiwior to get a cross in. It bobbles around and Evanilson tries a spectacular overhead kick. The ball flies over the the striker appears to have winded himself.

46th minute: We’re back underway. Porto made Arsenal wait out on the field for some time before joining them for the start of the second period. Antics.

Halftime: 1-0 on the night, all square on aggregate and palpable menace growing between the teams. Grab yourself some refreshments and we’ll see you soon.

45th minute+1: Pepe still down as Rice has a frank exchange of views with Otavio and Varela.

43rd minute: Conceicao cuts inside and tries to fire back for Porto, Laudable ambition but the shot is appalling. Pepe the midfielder needs treatment after a scything challenge from Gabriel.

41st minute: GGGOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Leandro Trossard!!!

Breakthrough for Arsenal. Odegaard snaffles a second ball and orchestrates this one beautifully, sashaying past a couple of challenges and outfoxing Joao Mario with a cute pass to Trossard, who is played onside by Pepe and finishes coolly.

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40th minute: Joao Mario on a storming run from right-back but he has a mix-up with Conceicao and his pass is nowhere near the right winger.

39th minute: Porto calm under pressure as Evanilson comes all the way back to help them play out. Galeno spins Saliba to get onto Otavio’s curling pass. The Arsenal centre-back hauls him down and is booked. The crowd feel edgy.

32nd minute: Saka wins a free-kick from Gonzalez. Costa gets a punch to Odegaard’s delivery. It’s not entirely convincing. Saka wins a corner. Pepe gets himself into some japes with the Arsenal fans behind the goal, living his best life.

30th minute: Rice whips towards the near post and Porto clear.

29th minute: Another well-constructed Porto attack and Raya does very well to pouch Galano’s header back across goal with Evanilson lurking. Back come Arsenal and Pepe heads White’s teasing cross out of the goalmouth before colliding with the post. 

27th minute: Trossard scampers down the left and crosses for Rice, who glances past the near post and clonks his nose on Pepe’s shoulder for his troubles.

22nd minute: Evanilson holds his run for the cutback and fires goalwards. Excellent save from Raya and a huge warning for Arteta’s men. 

19th minute: Arsenal free-kick on the right flank. A long conflab between Rice and Odegaard. Gabriel ends up volleying over after the Porto defence push right up to catch their opponents offside. All fun and games.

16th minute: At the other end, Evanilson is onto a long ball and fashions something from nothing, skimming a shot wide from just outside the box.

15th minute: Trossard with an in-swinging cross form the right and Wendell outmuscles Saka to make a vital headed challenge. Arsenal warming to their task.

14th minute: Arsenal work it short and Saka tees up Odegaard for a low drive wide form the edge of the box.

13th minute: Saka cuts inside past Gonzalez and shoots. Costa makes a complete mess of the shot, scrambles out to avert the corner and only causes more chaos inside his box. Odegaard is crowded out and the hosts win a corner. Really worth your time, Diogo!

10 minutes: Porto have enjoyed in excess of 60% possession. Not sure that was in the script. Odegaard aims a cross in from the right but that redoubtable old-timer Pepe gets a defensive headers in.

6th minute: Porto attack and Galeno takes a good long time over a throw-in. That will absolutely be part of the schtick.

4th minute: Wendell with a good old-fashioned ball-and-man tackle on Saka. As far as statements of intent go, that’s a strong one. Trossard has the ball on the left and his deep cross is bet by White, with the right-back’s header landing on the roof of the net.

1st minute: We’re underway under a blanket of flare smoke. The travelling Porto fans have very much come to the party.

5 mins before kickoff: Here come the teams, out into a crackling Emirates Stadium atmosphere.

20 mins before kickoff: Despite the need to potentially chase the game, Arteta has retained Jorginho alongside Declan Rice and skipper Martin Odegaard in midfield. It might feel like an overly defensive selection on paper but the deep-lying Italy playmaker gives the Gunners lovely balance in midfield, allowing Rice to operate as a powerful attacking runner. Jorginho made his first Premier League start in almost three months when the Gunners reignited their season with a 3-1 win over Liverpool and he was similarly influential in the 4-1 success against Newcastle. He could have a very big couple of months coming up.

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40 mins before kickoff: Porto have played 22 games against English teams on English soil in European competitions and are yet to taste victory, losing 19. However, one of those draws happened 20 years ago and remains one of the two-time European champions’ most famous triumphs, when Costinha’s last-minute equaliser at Old Trafford sent Manchester United crashing out of the Champions League. Jose Mourinho went tearing down the touchline and you know the rest.

55 mins before kickoff: Porto are unchanged from the first leg. Iran striker Mehdi Taremi returns to the bench following a thigh strain.

1 hour before kickoff: The teams are in and here’s the Arsenal lineup. David Raya returns in goal as expected. Takehiro Tomiyasu, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus all among the substitutes.

1 hr 20 mins before kickoff: Unlike Arsenal, Porto are off the pace in their domestic title race. A fractious presidential election next month is likely to add to off-field turbulence but head coach Sergio Conceicao is the sort of combative streetfighting type who you sense would relish pulling off a famous victory in these circumstances.

1 hr 40 mins before kickoff: To put it into some context, the last time Arsenal reached the Champions League quarterfinals, Mikel Arteta was still about a year and a half removed from becoming an Arsenal player. Of course, he went on to become a crowd favourite and club captain before returning as manager. 

“That’s the opportunity that we have, in front of our people and in our stadium,” said of ambitions to end the Gunners’ quarterfinal wait. “For 96 minutes bring your energy, bring your noise and let’s do it together.”

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2 hours before kickoff: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of Arsenal vs. Porto in the Champions League. Despite nursing a 1-0 deficit the Gunners are favourites to progress. However, this is the Round of 16 in Europe’s premier competition.

Arsenal vs Porto kick off time

This Champions League clash takes place at the Emirates Stadium in London, UK and kicks off on Tuesday, March 12 at 8:00 p.m. local time.

Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories:

  Date Kickoff time
USA Tue, Mar. 12 4:00 p.m. ET
Canada Tue, Mar. 12 4:00 p.m. ET
UK Tue, Mar. 12 8:00 p.m. GMT
India Wed, Mar. 13 1:30 a.m. IST

Arsenal vs Porto lineups, team news

Arteta will recall David Raya to the starting XI after the goalkeeper was ineligible to face his parent club in the 2-1 Premier League weekend win over Brentford.

Gabriel Martinelli hasn’t shaken off a foot injury, while fellow Brazilian Gabriel Jesus could come off the bench if goals are needed as the night wears on.

Arsenal (4-3-3, right to left): Raya (GK) — White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior — Rice, Jorginho, Odegaard — Saka, Havertz, Trossard.

Arsenal subs (12): Ramsdale (GK), Hein (GK), Partey, Jesus, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Cedric, Tomiyasu, Vieira, Nelson, Elneny, Zinchenko.

Porto head coach Sergio Conceicao has striker Mehdi Taremi back on the bench following a thigh strain. Conceicao opted to stick with the Xi that did the job first time around.

Porto (4-2-3-1 right to left): Costa (GK) — Mario, Pepe, Otavio, Wendell — Varela, Gonzalez — Conceicao, Pepe, Galeno — Evanilson.

Porto subs (12): Claudio Ramos (GK), Fabio Cardoso, Eustaquio, Grujic, Taremi, Sanchez, Jaime, Namaso, Romario Baro, Toni Martinez, Goncalo Borges, Ze Pedro.

Arsenal vs Porto live stream, TV channel

Here’s how to watch this Champions League match across selected areas of the world’s major regions:

Region TV Streaming
USA — Paramount+,
ViX, 
Canada —

DAZN
UK TNT Sports 1 discovery+
India — JioTV, Sony LIV
Australia — Stan Sport

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