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By Marissa ThomasBBC Sport
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Galeno struck late to win it for Porto against a lacklustre Arsenal sideArsenal were stunned as Galeno scored in stoppage time to give Porto the advantage from the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
The Brazilian winger took a few touches to set himself before curling a wonderful finish into the net, past the despairing full-stretch dive of David Raya.
Sergio Conceicao's home side should have been ahead at the break after Galeno hit a shot off the post and somehow put the rebound wide.
That was a huge let-off for Arsenal, but Galeno made no mistake in the closing stages.
Nico Gonzalez's powerful strike had earlier sailed over the bar as the home side tried to open the scoring in the first half.
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The Gunners dominated possession but failed to have a single shot on target in the match, with William Saliba and Kai Havertz heading wide from corners.
The second leg will take place at Emirates Stadium on 12 March, when Arsenal will aim to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2009-10.
Arsenal had plenty of set-piece opportunities but lacked a precise finish. From one of those situations, a corner from Declan Rice was met on the volley by Leandro Trossard who blazed over the bar.
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FC Porto
Squad number99Player nameDiogo Costa
Squad number23Player nameJoão Mário
Squad number3Player namePepe
Squad number31Player nameOtávio
Squad number18Player nameWendell
Squad number22Player nameVarela
Squad number16Player nameGonzález
Squad number10Player nameFrancisco Conceição
Squad number11Player namePepê Aquino
Squad number13Player nameGaleno
Squad number30Player nameEvanilson
Squad number6Player nameEustáquio
Squad number17Player nameJaime
Squad number29Player nameAntonio Martínez
Squad number70Player nameGonçalo Borges
Arsenal
Squad number22Player nameRaya- Squad number4Player nameWhite
- Squad number2Player nameSaliba
- Squad number6Player nameGabriel Magalhães
- Squad number15Player nameKiwior
- Squad number8Player nameØdegaard
- Squad number41Player nameRice
- Squad number29Player nameHavertz
- Squad number7Player nameSaka
- Squad number19Player nameTrossard
- Squad number11Player nameGabriel Martinelli
- Squad number20Player nameJorginho
Line-ups
FC Porto
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 99Diogo Costa
- 23Neto Lopes
- 3Pepe
- 31Ataíde da Silva
- 18WendellSubstituted forEustáquioat 90'minutes
- 22Varela
- 16GonzálezBooked at 62minsSubstituted forJaimeat 81'minutes
- 10Fernandes da ConceiçãoBooked at 52minsSubstituted forAlbuquerque Borgesat 85'minutes
- 11Aquino Cossa
- 13Rodrigues do Nascimento Galeno
- 30de Lima BarbosaSubstituted forMartínezat 85'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Cardoso
- 6Eustáquio
- 8Grujic
- 14Morais Ramos
- 15Sánchez
- 17Jaime
- 19Namaso
- 20Russo Franco
- 28Silva Baró
- 29Martínez
- 70Albuquerque Borges
- 97da Silva Figueiredo Freitas
Arsenal
Formation 4-3-3
- 22Raya
- 4White
- 2Saliba
- 6Gabriel
- 15KiwiorBooked at 57mins
- 8Ødegaard
- 41RiceBooked at 2mins
- 29HavertzBooked at 60mins
- 7Saka
- 19TrossardSubstituted forJorginhoat 74'minutes
- 11Martinelli
Substitutes
- 1Ramsdale
- 10Smith Rowe
- 14Nketiah
- 17Cédric Soares
- 20Jorginho
- 21Fábio Vieira
- 24Nelson
- 25Elneny
- 31Hein
- 63Nwaneri
- 73Sweet
- 79Heaven
Referee:Serdar Gözübüyük
Attendance:49,111
Live Text
Match ends, FC Porto 1, Arsenal 0.
Second Half ends, FC Porto 1, Arsenal 0.
Attempt missed. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Goal! FC Porto 1, Arsenal 0. Galeno (FC Porto) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Otávio.
Attempt missed. Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a set piece situation.
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Galeno (FC Porto).
Substitution, FC Porto. Stephen Eustáquio replaces Wendell because of an injury.
Foul by Ben White (Arsenal).
Iván Jaime (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal).
Wendell (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Otávio.
Substitution, FC Porto. Gonçalo Borges replaces Francisco Conceição.
Substitution, FC Porto. Toni Martínez replaces Evanilson.
Substitution, FC Porto. Iván Jaime replaces Nico González.
Foul by Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal).
Wendell (FC Porto) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Otávio.
Substitution, Arsenal. Jorginho replaces Leandro Trossard.
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