Champions League Debrief: Villa victorious & Arsenal amble as both into QFs
Football Daily
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🗓️ 13 March 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Kelly Cates is alongside former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha, former Arsenal & West Ham centre back Matthew Upson, and BBC Football Correspondent John Murray for reaction to Aston Villa and Arsenal qualifying for the Champions League quarter-finals.
Hear from Aston Villa manager Unai Emery on the prospect of facing PSG, and Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta talks about Arsenal getting the job done as the Gunners eye European success.
Plus, Kelly looks ahead to Manchester United’s crucial Europa League round of 16 second leg against Real Sociedad.
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| 0:05.0 | But decades ago, beneath the cheers and the chance, |
| 0:09.0 | lay a different kind of warfare called hooliganism. |
| 0:13.0 | On a match day, everyone was your enemy. |
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| 0:19.0 | It was just a die of my him. Gangster presents hooligans. |
| 0:22.6 | They were destroying the football club. |
| 0:24.8 | The game I won't. |
| 0:25.9 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.9 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:35.2 | On the Football Daily Podcasts, the Champions League debrief. |
| 0:39.8 | With Kelly Kitts, listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:43.8 | Aston Villa and Arsenal have both sealed their places in the last eight of the Champions League. |
| 0:50.0 | On a day when it snowed at Cheltenham, there was a flurry of goals at Villa Park, and it was a formality for Mikhail Atessa's side who took a 7-1 lead back to the Emirates and managed to come away with a two-old drawl. That's 9-3 on aggregate. |
| 1:04.4 | With me tonight, Nedham Anua. Hi, Nedim. |
| 1:07.5 | Hey, how are you? |
| 1:08.5 | All very good, all very good. And Matthew Upsen watched alongside John |
| 1:11.9 | Murray at Villa Park. John, it was already 3-1 to Villa from the first leg, but this was not |
| 1:18.5 | quite a formality for them. No, it was convincing in the end as Aston Villa take their place in the |
| 1:24.5 | quarterfinals of this competition for the first time for 42 years. |
| 1:29.0 | But yes, Villa Park was a frustrated place at the break when it was nil-nil on the night. |
| 1:33.5 | They were never in any danger, but Bruges had been down to 10 men since the 17th minute |
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