UCL: FC Porto Defeated Arsenal 1-0 In The First Leg

UEFA First Leg game between Porto and Arsenal at Estádio do Dragão Stadium 

In their UEFA Champions League round-of-16 match, FC Porto defeated Arsenal 1-0 in the first leg.

The lone goal came in injury time from Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno.

The Gunners finished first in their group, one spot ahead of PSV Eindhoven, and Porto, two spots behind Barcelona.

Mikel Arteta lamented Arsenal's lack of aggressiveness in the Champions League loss at Porto, but he said it would be “cruel” to evaluate their chances of qualifying for the knockout stages based only on the game-winning goal in the dying seconds.

With a spectacular last-minute winner from Galeno, Porto, the Portuguese are seventh points behind leaders Benfica in third place in the Primeira Liga. 

Porto stunned a boring Gunners team and took a slim lead back to London.

Arsenal are third in the Premier League - two points behind leaders Liverpool.

Arsenal had a poor night in Portugal and did not have a shot on goal for the first time in two years, following two games in which they had scored eleven goals. They were shocked when Galeno cut inside and fired a fantastic long-range effort past David Raya in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

“We lacked threat, we lacked much more threat. More aggression was needed, especially when we had the ball in the final third, especially in the back with more purpose to help them,” Arteta said after the game.

“We will tweak a few things to attack better especially because, to be fair, we haven't conceded much at all. But we can do better.”