London " The Gunners took the lead in the 22nd minute - William Saliba closed the cross from a corner with a header. It should be noted that in the moment with the goal scored, Zinchenko fought in the penalty area of \u200b\u200bthe Lions and put his hands on the opponent, which caused discontent among the captain of Sporting Sebastian Coates - the Ukrainian entered into a verbal skirmish with the Uruguayan, as a result of which both received a yellow card.

In the 34th minute, the hosts bounced back - Goncalo Inacio scored after a cross from a corner.

At the start of the second half, the Portuguese team was already ahead - Paulinho scored in the 55th minute.

However, after seven minutes, Mikel Arteta's wards equalized the situation - the midfielder of "

Immediately after that, Zinchenko left the field - the Ukrainian was replaced by Takehiro Tomiyasu. Until the final whistle the score has not changed. The second leg will take place on March 16 in London.. The game starts at 22:00 Kyiv time.