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Real Madrid have been inconsistent in the UEFA Champions League. They've suffered major loss in the first leg at Emirates Stadium. Arsenal become determined to knock out Real Madrid following the epic show they portrayed previous game. Carlo Ancelotti is more concerned with their league game because the days given is too short and they're meeting the Gunners next week. A must win for Real Madrid to qualify for the next round. Let's see how things play out.
The second leg will be more exciting than the first leg, Real Madrid who acts as the host will do everything they can to make a comeback, while Arsenal chooses to play it safe because they want to maintain their victory in the first leg. Ancelotti will try to rotate his La Liga game against Alaves to keep his players fit, but he must also remain focused on maintaining the gap on Barcelona. Madrid are clearly under pressure after losing the first leg and are four points behind Barcelona.
It's going to be like the champions League finals itself, a lot of things are going to be involved, Real Madrid would try to stage a comeback, Arsenal would try to resist them. If Real Madrid gets a brace in the first half of the game or before the 60th minute then we might be looking at an extension because we might have a situation where Real Madrid could possibly get back into the game, it's possible, and it's also possible that Arsenal might also get a goal or two in the Bernabeau.
The first leg has already given a picture of how the second leg will be because we shouldn't expect any comeback from Real Madrid even if they will win Arsenal but the goals won't reach 3 and even if it does, Arsenal will also score one or two goals so the chances of a comeback is not possible for Real Madrid. I think the reason why Arsenal couldn't win their Premier League match today was because they were preparing ahead of the second leg hence they didn't even care about the match against Brentford. Arsenal is a difficult team for Real Madrid and even in their head to head. No matter how strong a team is, there are teams they meet and find it difficult to have an easy win and it appears like Arsenal is one of the teams that Real Madrid finds uneasy.