FC Porto defender, Pepe has revealed that they got down to “neutralise” Arsenal captain, Martin Odegaard, throughout their Champions League conflict on Tuesday.
Porto received the primary leg 1-0, however Leandro Trossard’s first-half purpose on the Emirates Stadium levelled the tie on mixture within the return leg.
The 2 groups couldn’t be separated after 120 minutes and a penalty shootout was wanted
David Raya saved two spot-kicks to assist the Gunners qualify for the quarter-final.
Talking after the sport, Pepe admitted they tried to cease Odegaard, who supplied the help for Trossard’s purpose.
He instructed DAZN: “We don’t overlook that Arsenal are an ideal workforce, within the Premier League they rating plenty of targets.
“We got here to play our recreation, neutralising Odegaard’s play between the traces. We knew what we had been doing, however sadly we couldn’t rating. That they had a little bit of luck.”
