Sporting dumps Arsenal

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Arsenal quest for European trophy come to an halt as they were dumped out of the Europa League on penalties by Sporting Lisbon.

A 3-3 aggregate, means the tie will be decided by penalties, Sporting Lisbon triumph by scoring all their five penalties as Martinelli miss Arsenal fourth penalty kick.

After a 2-2 draw in Portugal, Arsenal took the lead in the 19 minutes through Granit Xhaka but was made to pay for a mildfield error as Sporting Lisbon, Goncalves scored a super lob from distance to level the scoreline.

The game went into extra time and both team could not be separated, Manuel Ugarte was shown a second yellow late on but none were a different.

Sporting Lisbon won 5-3 on penalties and now join, Manchester United, Roma, Juventus, Sevilla, Feyenoord, Royal Union and Bayern Leverkusen as the teams that made it into the quarterfinal.

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