Sporting Lisbon nine games winning streak ended as Arsenal beats them in Champions League clash
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The Premier League team Arsenal has thrashed sporting Lisbon in a shocking manner after the exit of their team manager Ruben Amorim and his staff to Manchester United, ending a nine-game winning streak at the Estadio Jose Alvalade for the host.
In their fifth Champions League meeting, Sporting Lisbon took on Arsenal. The game began with Arsenal leading seven minutes in when Gabriel Martinelli knocked in a cross from Jurrien Timber.Both teams had chances as the game went on, but in the 22nd minute, Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka provided Kai Harvetz with a fantastic assist that allowed Harvetz to score easily to make it 2-0. Gabriel Jesus’ header in the 45+1 minute, following a corner assist from Martin Odeegard, gave the Gunners their final goal of the first half. At the end of the first half, the away team had a three-goal lead.
Trincao’s assist to Inacio’s goal in the 47th minute gave Sporting Lisbon a fantastic start to the second half. When Sporting Lisbon supporters began celebrating, they believed they could tie the score with Arsenal. However, in the 65th minute, Bukayo Saka’s penalty gave the Gunners a further lead, making the score 1-4.After Israel, the team’s custodian, saved a Calafiori attempt that had bounced back to Zinchenko to score with a header in the 75th minute, making the score 1-5 for the away team at the end of the game.
Under Ruben Amorim’s leadership, Sporting Lisbon has emerged as one of the hardest teams to defeat both in the Champions League and Liga Portugal. Sporting defeated the unbeatable Manchester City 4-1 in the Champions League under Amorim. However, the team’s performance began to deteriorate after Amorim and his staff left for Manchester United, and this triggered their loss to Arsenal 1–5 on goal differential.