The fireworks were flying as both of Tuesday's Champions League quarterfinal matches both ended level as Arsenal drew 2-2 with Bayern Munich and Real Madrid finished 3-3 with Manchester City. Each match started the scoring early as Bayern withstood a 12th-minute goal from Bukayo Saka and Real Madrid bounced back after a tricky free kick from Bernardo Silva to push things level. Alphonso Davies will be suspended for Bayern Munich in the second leg due to yellow card accumulation while Real Madrid will be without Aurelien Tchouameni after his yellow only 38 seconds into the match.
Madrid featured a host of beautiful goals as Fede Valverde, Phil Foden, and Josko Gvardiol all had finishes to remember but Silva's quick thinking on his free kick takes the cake. Noticing that Andriy Lunin wasn't expecting him to take a shot, Silva quickly whipped the shot in to go ahead two minutes in.
All three goals for City came from outside of the box as Real Madrid maintained control of their area stopping Erling Haaland from shooting but without Kyle Walker, City also struggled on the defensive end. Without Kevin De Bruyne due to illness, City weren't at their best creating chances but going back to Manchester level is something that they'll still feel good about.
For Arsenal, a halftime change was needed as Jakub Kiwior wasn't up to the challenge of defending Harry Kane, and David Raya was caught too early twice but everything that could go wrong did and they still emerged with a draw. That shows growth for the Gunners in top matches as now they'll need to polish up those errors heading into Germany for the second leg. There was a moment at the end of the game where Manuel Neuer could've conceded a penalty after bringing down Saka but the Englishman was judged to have initiated the contact, saving the draw for Bayen.