Arsenal produced one of their best performances of the season to progress through once again to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. They will face Sporting CP in Lisbon after the Portuguese side came from three goals down to beat Bodo/Glimt.
The Gunners had the best early chances of Leandro Trossard and Ben White both went close, testing Janis Blaswich from close range. After forcing so many mistakes, Eberechi Eze made none when the ball popped up to him on the edge, spinning and firing a volley past the stubborn Leverkusen keeper.
Declan Rice, the other side of the half-time whistle, then put the home side in the driver’s seat, taking down a high ball, driving forward before striking an effort low into the bottom right corner brilliantly. Kai Havertz then thought he’d scored but it was deemed he handled it into the net.
David Raya then produced a brilliant save to stop Christian Kofane from making the final moments rather dicy. A big win ahead of a big game in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, while their opponents, Manchester City, were dumped out of the tournament by Real Madrid.
Read how **football.london** rated the performances of the Arsenal players involved [here](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/fixtures-results/arsenal-player-ratings-vs-bayer-33611001).
Eberechi Eze scored a wonderful goal for Arsenal in their win over Bayer Leverkusen (Image: Vince Mignott/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images)