Overview
- Arsenal won 2-0 at the Emirates to complete a 3-1 aggregate victory and secure a third successive quarter-final berth.
- Eberechi Eze struck from long range in the first half before Declan Rice curled in a second after the hour to settle the tie.
- Leverkusen goalkeeper Janis Blaswich made 10 saves to keep the score down, while David Raya’s late one-handed stop preserved the clean sheet.
- Eze, making his first Champions League goal for the club, received treatment before being substituted and said afterward he was fine.
- Sporting CP, who overturned a three-goal first-leg deficit against Bodø/Glimt, will face Arsenal in a two-leg quarter-final slated for early and mid-April.