Overview
- At the Metropolitano in Madrid on Wednesday, the first leg ended 1-1 with both goals from penalty kicks.
- Viktor Gyökeres put Arsenal ahead from the spot at 44 minutes after contact with defender David Hancko.
- Julián Álvarez leveled for Atletico at 56 minutes when referee Danny Makkelie awarded a penalty following a VAR-confirmed handball on Ben White.
- A second Arsenal penalty given at 78 minutes for a Hancko foul on Eberechi Eze was overturned after an on-field review, which Mikel Arteta called “inconceivable.”
- Diego Simeone praised Arsenal and said the fitness of Giuliano Simeone, Álvarez and Alexander Sorloth is uncertain before the return at the Emirates on Tuesday, May 5, with a place in the Budapest final at stake.