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Jamie Carragher shares whether he thinks Arsenal or Real Madrid are better right now
Jamie Carragher shared whether he believes Arsenal or Real Madrid are the better team right now after Los Blancos booked their spot in the quarter-final of the Champions League on Wednesday.
Real Madrid saw off RB Leipzig in their last 16 tie. However, Carlo Ancelotti‘s men were given a good scare by the Bundesliga side.
Real went into the second-leg 1-0 up. And it appeared that they had booked their ticket to the next round when Vinicius Junior put them 2-0 up on aggregate following a delicious through ball from Jude Bellingham.
Jamie Carragher says Arsenal are in better place right now than Real Madrid
But Leipzig would score moments later to set up a tense finish. And they would hit the bar in stoppage-time.
Of course, the last few years have shown that you can never rule Real Madrid out while they remain in the Champions League.
Nevertheless, Jamie Carragher has suggested on that he believes that Arsenal are in a better side right now than the 14-time champions of the competition.
“The extra quality, as Thierry said, just being Real Madrid got them over the line really. Leipzig were excellent in both games. By far the dominant team. But as I said, Real Madrid, the aura, the Bernabeu just gets them through. But probably doesn’t bode well in terms of winning the competition. I do feel they’re a long way short of certainly Manchester City, and maybe Inter Milan and Arsenal at the moment,” he said.
Mikel Arteta’s men still have work to do
Arsenal have got a point to prove in the second-leg of their last 16 tie. Mikel Arteta‘s men were beaten 1-0 by Porto in the first-leg. You would still make the Gunners the favourites to go through, particularly at the Emirates. But it will be a test of character.
Arsenal will feel that they have no-one to fear in the competition. They have already beaten Manchester City this season. And they are playing the best football in the Premier League right now.
It would be a shock if Arsenal could sustain anything like this form for the rest of the campaign. But Carragher is surely right to suggest that they are in a better place right now than Real.