Arsenal's Bukayo Saka channels Thierry Henry with 'remontada' in Champions League triumph over Real Madrid
17 April 2025, 09:33 | Updated: 17 April 2025, 17:29
Real Madrid did everything they could to unsettle Bukayo Saka.
An early reducer from David Alaba set the tone. A shoulder barge from Antonio Rudiger followed his missed penalty. There were even intimidatory words in his ear from Dani Carvajal as the players went into the tunnel at half-time. None of it worked.
In the end, the defining image of a famous Arsenal triumph at the Bernabeu, another one, was that of Saka celebrating his opening goal in the same style as Thierry Henry 19 years earlier, with a finger to his lips having silenced the Real Madrid noise.
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