Arsenal go away it late to beat Juventus and guide quarter-final spot

Arsenal left it late to seal victory over Juventus and qualify for the UEFA Girls’s Champions League quarter-finals.

Substitute Lina Hurtig bundled the ball throughout the road within the remaining phases for her first European objective of the season to earn The Gunners a dramatic 1-0 win at Emirates Stadium.

The hosts missed a hatful of possibilities within the second half as Renee Slegers’ aspect chased a win which might put them into the final eight alongside group leaders Bayern Munich.

Arsenal had been pissed off on the break having struggled to interrupt down Juventus’ cussed defence. They did get one likelihood, which fell to Frida Maanum, however she fired over from a decent angle.

The house aspect had been rather more fluent in assault after the break and had golden possibilities by means of Lia Walti, Caitlin Foord and Leah Williamson, however couldn’t discover the online.

With time working out, Slegers made one remaining roll of the cube and launched Hurtig, who was concerned immediately as she despatched a header into the aspect netting and guided one other one over the bar from shut vary.

However Hurtig continued to trigger issues for the visiting defence and her exhausting work lastly got here to fruition as she scored the decisive objective.

For therefore lengthy, it appeared like Arsenal must wait for his or her subsequent European match to affix Bayern within the quarter-finals, however they ultimately acquired the job completed after dominating the second half.

A shrewd change from Renee Slegers, who has excelled since taking on from Jonas Eidevall on an interim foundation with six wins and a draw, acquired the job completed ultimately.

And after Bayern drew to Valerenga earlier immediately, Arsenal will fancy their probabilities of topping the group which may very well be pivotal, as they’d doubtless keep away from big-hitters Barcelona and Lyon within the final eight.

Arsenal actually struggled in elements to interrupt down Juventus, however Arsenal’s captain stored probing away till the impasse was ultimately damaged. She accomplished probably the most passes within the sport (118) and was probably the most correct passer (98%) of all gamers to characteristic for greater than half of the sport.

She additionally created an enormous likelihood which ought to have put Arsenal forward earlier than Hurtig diverted her delicate cross over the bar within the late phases. Talking of Hurtig, the ahead additionally deserves a point out as she made all of the distinction off the bench and battled fiercely for her objective to place Arsenal forward.

Arsenal: Van Domselaar 8, Fox 7, Williamson 7, Catley 7, McCabe 6, Walti 8, Little 9, Caldentey 7, Maanum 6, Foord 6, Russo 7

Subs: Mead 6, Kafaji N/A, Hurtig 8, Blackstenius 7

Juventus: Peyraud-Magnin 6, Lenzini 5, Calligaris 6, Cascarino 7, Bergamaschi 6, Schatzer 7, Bennison, Krumbiegel 7, Caruso 7, Cantore 5, Vangsgaard 6

Subs: Girelli N/A, Bonansea 6, Boattin 6, Beccari 6, Thomas N/A

26’ – BIG ARSENAL CHANCE! Maanum steals the ball from Krumbiegel, performs a fast one-two with Russo within the penalty space after which fires over the crossbar from a decent angle. That’s Arsenal’s finest alternative by far.

32’ – ARSENAL PENALTY CLAIM! Foord goes down within the field after a nudge within the again from Krumbiegel however referee Ewa Augustyn is not .

54’ – WHERE ARE ALL THE RED SHIRTS?! Lia Walti performs a chic by means of ball within the field to Foord who breaks into the penalty space and squares an inviting ball throughout the six-yard field simply ready to be tapped in, however there isn’t any one there! One other massive likelihood to interrupt the impasse!

58’ – MAANUM GOES NARROWLY WIDE! Caldentey and McCabe mix down the left and the previous pulls a low cross again to Maanum, who drills an effort large of the left put up. The Gunners have injected some vitality into their assaults during the last 5 minutes and look a lot sharper going ahead.

63’ – FOORD FORCES A BIG SAVE! Now Peyraud-Magnin known as into motion! Arsenal ship a nook from the precise and after a little bit of pinball within the six-yard field, Foord unleashes a low drive which Peyraud-Magnin retains out on the road together with her toes.

70’ – WILLIAMSON HEADS OVER! Arsenal have one other nook and this time it evades the out-rushing goalkeeper earlier than Leah Williamson guides the ball over the crossbar. She did not have an open internet to purpose at as there have been a few defenders on the goal-line, however you’d count on her to hit the goal! The house workforce have had possibilities on this match, particularly within the second half.

84’ – HURTIG MISSES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY! Little dinks a fragile cross to the substitute, who has an open objective to purpose at, however sends her header over the bar! Unbelievable.

89’ – GOAL!!! – ARSENAL 1-0 JUVENTUS (HURTIG): The impasse is damaged late on! Two substitutes mix as Blackstenius crosses for Hurtig within the six-yard field, who scrappily bundles the ball over the road.

90’+3 – BLACKSTENIUS DENIED! She races by means of one-on-one however the goalkeeper makes the save!

• Arsenal have by no means misplaced to an Italian membership at house.
• Juventus have misplaced successive group matches for the primary time ever.
• Arsenal have misplaced solely two of their final 9 UWCL matches (W6 D1).
• There have been 119 objectives scored within the UWCL to this point this season.