ARSENAL fans were forced to move seats to avoid getting soaked after the Emirates’ roof began LEAKING.
Water poured down into the stands two places as supporters fled to avoid being drenched.
The rain water came streaming down into the stands in two areas – one on the half-way line and another behind a goal.
A large area of empty seats was clearly visible on the TV broadcast on BT Sport.
But fans in the stadium didn’t mind as they watched a classic in North London.
Arsenal were drawing at the time, after Sporting’s Pedro Goncalves scored from the HALFWAY LINE to cancel out Granit Xhaka’s opener.
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A number of fans were spotted into the crowd with their jaws stuck to the floor as they watch the stunner fly over keeper Aaron Ramsdale’s head.
Despite being relatively dominant the Gunners couldn’t find a winner as the tie finished level at 3-3 on aggregate after last week’s draw in Portugal.
And it all came down to penalties, the first shootout EVER at the Emirates.
After seven perfect strikes, Gabriel Martinelli saw his effort saved by Antonio Adan.
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And Nuno Santos made no mistake as he stroked in the winning kick.
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It saw Arsenal dumped out of Europe, leaving their sole focus on the Premier League, which they lead by five points.
And boss Mikel Arteta is already move onto the next game.
He told BT Sport: “It’s a huge blow obviously. There were moments in the first 75 minutes where we weren’t at our level.
“We gave every ball away and we didn’t have the capacity to take the game. There were chances to win it in extra-time. There was a lot of uncertainty with the pens.
“It was a very difficult game.
“We didn’t win enough duals in certain spaces. We didn’t put the ball under pressure well enough. We gave the ball away consistently and it created a really open game we didn’t want to play.
“We just have to look at ourselves and why we were not good enough to go through.
We congratulate Sporting and now we have 11 games.
“Our next game with Palace is a final.
“Every work we do right now has to be towards Palace and we have to be better than in this game.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
