GUNNER FUME
Real Madrid’s Dani Carvajal confronts Bukayo Saka and grabs Arsenal star’s neck in angry half-time tunnel row
Footage of the incident has gone viral
BUKAYO SAKA had to be separated from Dani Carvajal during a heated half-time bust-up.
Carvajal grabbed the back of Saka's neck as Real Madrid and Arsenal made their way towards the tunnel during the half-time interval of the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final clash.
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An irate Saka snapped at the Spain international, who proceeded to point his finger in his face.
They were promptly separated, with Saka going down the tunnel and Carvajal being gestured towards the pitch.
Footage of Carvajal's attempt to wind up Saka went viral.
One footie fan said of the incident on X: "Carvajal aggravating Saka at halftime."
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Another said: "Playing mind gamesssss."
And another said: "Does he know his team are losing 3-0?"
One remarked: "You are getting [are] destroyed, hence you make a fuss off the pitch.
"It’s so embarrassing LMAO."
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Another chimed in: "Dirty in a moment, dirty forever."
Saka missed a golden opportunity from the penalty spot to put the visitors 4-0 up on aggregate in the 13th minute.
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But the England international fluffed his lines with a poor attempt at a spot kick, which Real stopper Thibaut Courtois easily saved.
Real thought they'd have the chance to reduce the arrears when they were awarded a penalty of their own ten minutes later.
But VAR overturned the spot kick due to an offside in the build-up, much to the relief of Gunners boss Mikel Arteta and the travelling Emirates faithful.
Saka would eventually break the deadlock in the 65th minute with a beautiful dinked finish following a beautiful move.
But a clanger from William Saliba two minutes later would tee up Vinicius Jr to reduce the deficit back to three goals.
But Gabriel Martinelli wrapped up safe progression, and a 2-1 away win, with a cool as you like injury-time strike.
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ARSENAL'S heroes dumped the Kings of Europe out of the Champions League in dramatic fashion.
The Gunners went to the Bernabeu with a 3-0 lead after the first leg at the Emirates.
Bukayo Saka missed an early penalty, but made amends by chipping over Courtois to make it 4-0 on aggregate on 65 minutes.
Two minutes later, Vinicius Junior pounced on a dawdling William Saliba to fire into an empty net and give Real a glimmer of hope.
But not only did Arsenal hold on, Gabriel Martinelli scored on the counter-attack in injury time to round off a famous 5-1 aggregate win over the reigning champions.
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