UCL Debrief: Arsenal through, Chelsea & Man City out
Football Daily
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🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Arsenal into the Champions League quarter finals as Chelsea and Man City miss out. Kelly Cates presents reaction to a busy night of Champions League football as Arsenal became the only English side to book their spot in the quarter finals of the Champions League from Tuesday's games. Pat Nevin, Matthew Upson, Leon Osman and Alistair Bruce-Ball discuss the result against Bayer Leverkusen at the Emirates, as well as what went wrong for Manchester City and Chelsea, who both failed to overturn 3-goal deficits. Should Bernardo Silva have received a red card which led to the penalty that put Chelsea behind on the night? And can Liam Rosenior turn things around for Chelsea after falling behind early at Stamford Bridge. Plus, John Bennett pops by to react to the news that Morocco have been named AFCON champions.
Time Codes: 00:42 - Manchester City 08:22 - Pep Guardiola 16:53 - Arsenal 19:27 - Mikel Arteta 23:25 - Chelsea 27:20 Morocco named AFCON champions
5 Live commentaries this week: Wednesday 18th March - 5:45pm - Barcelona v Newcastle United (Champions League) - 5 Live Wednesday 18th March - 8pm - Liverpool v Galatasaray (Champions League) - 5 Live Thursday 19th March - 8pm - Aston Villa v Lille (Europa League) - 5 Live Saturday 21st March - 12pm - Manchester City Women v Tottenham Women (WSL) - Sports Extra Saturday 21st March - 3pm - Fulham v Burnley (Premier League) - 5 Live Saturday 21st March - 5:30pm - Everton v Chelsea (Premier League) - 5 Live Sunday 22nd March - 2:15pm - Tottenham v Nottingham Forest (Premier League) - 5 Live Sunday 22nd March - 2:15pm - Aston Villa v West Ham (Premier League) - Sports Extra Sunday 22nd March - 4:30pm - Manchester City v Arsenal (League Cup Final) - 5 Live
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| 0:35.6 | On the Football Daily podcast, Champions League debrief with Kelly Kate. |
| 0:42.8 | Mix night in the Champions League for English teams, possibly one that weren't the way we thought it would, |
| 0:48.0 | getting the first leg score lines. |
| 0:50.2 | But Arsenal are through to the quarterfinals. |
| 0:53.0 | They will play sporting after their 2-0 win over Bayer-Lavakuz. |
| 0:57.6 | And that's a 3-1 win on aggregate. |
| 1:00.7 | Misery, though, for Chelsea. |
| 1:02.6 | They lost 3-0 on the night at home to PSG and lost 8-2 on aggregate. |
| 1:08.6 | And not to be for Manchester City. |
| 1:10.6 | They had a go against Real Madrid after their 3-0 first-leg defeat and that match was watched by Alistair Bruce Ball. Yeah, one of those, Kelly, a couple of sort of wistful ifs and maybes after this game, starting after the first leg, 3-0 down. If Manchester City had managed to force one of the early chances past |
| 1:28.0 | Tebow Cortewarker City did start well if the captain Bernardo Silver hadn't been sent |
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