Nigeria, April 17 -- For the first time since 2009, Arsenal Football Club have reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, following a 1-2 win over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night.

The result sealed a 5-1 aggregate victory for the Gunners, who had taken control of the quarter-final tie with a commanding 3-0 win in the first leg at the Emirates Stadium.

It marks the end of a 16-year wait for the North London club to return to the last four of Europe's top competition.

Arsenal's goal came in the 64th minute through Bukayo Saka, who finished coolly from the centre of the box.

Vinicius Junior responded for Madrid just two minutes later, but it wasn't enough to spark another famous European comeback from t...