“Demolition”: Collymore reacts to the victory of the Arsenal Champions League against Real Madrid

Arsenal will play in the semifinals of the Champions League after seeing Real Madrid emphatically in the tie in the quarterfinals. Mikel Arteta’s side followed the 3-0 victory last week at the Emirates with another memorable victory at Santiago Bernabeu, this time for a 2-1 marker.

Real Madrid talked a lot in the media before the second stage, but Arsenal spoke on the pitch. They won many plauders for their 180 -minute performance against the champions defending, and rightly.

Collymore believes Arsenal can win the Champions League

In its exclusive CAUGHTOFSIDE columnCollymore spoke of being very impressed by the Arsenal exhibition at the Bernabeu. He also gave his verdict on whether they can win the Champions League for the first time.

“ Arsenal was excellent last night against Real Madrid.The damage was made in the first stage with a very aggressive screen, and I think this was the difference that the two teams were not intimidated and, for them, it is a great step that shows its growth, not only to win the Champions League, but also the Premier League. This progression has been lacking under Mikel Arteta.

“It was a better demolition of two legs of Real Madrid, which is a team of individuals. It remains to see if they can do it against PSG, but they should trust, because I think they will not show as much naivete as Aston Villa did for key moments on their tie. And they should also have better quality with boys like Bukayo Saka.

“In my opinion, there is nothing that Arsenal wins the Champions League, as there is very little among the four teams that remain in the competition. PSG and Barcelona are two teams that have no experience of being in this stage in the competition with these squads, and Inter Milan are a team that many probably did not expect to arrive so far.

“For Arsenal, I think they will have to be even better against PSG than against Real Madrid, but they can do it? I think they can.”