{"id":575,"date":"2025-01-30T21:36:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T13:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=575"},"modified":"2025-01-30T21:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T13:36:59","slug":"arsenal-overcome-girona-with-comeback-victory-in-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/arsenal-overcome-girona-with-comeback-victory-in-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal overcome Girona with comeback victory in Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-67.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-67.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-67-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-67-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arsenal fought back from an early deficit to claim a 1-2 victory over Girona in the Champions League, thanks to goals from Jorginho and Nwaneri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arsenal showed their resilience as they overcame an early setback to beat Girona 1-2 in the final match of the Champions League League League Phase. The home side took the lead in the 28th minute through Arnaut Danjuma who took advantage of a pass into space from Juanpe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arsenal&#8217;s response came in the 38th minute when Jorginho scored from a penalty after a foul by Arnau. The Gunners completed their comeback before the break with a great goal from Ethan Nwaneri in the 42nd minute to put Arsenal ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raheem Sterling had a chance to extend Arsenal&#8217;s lead but Girona goalkeeper Pau Lopez saved his penalty. With the win, Arsenal secured third place in the Champions League and set their sights on the knockout rounds. Mikel Arteta&#8217;s team showed character throughout the match, especially after falling behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Girona this defeat marks the end of their Champions League campaign, as they finish in 33rd place with just one win and three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.besoccer.com\/match\/girona-fc\/arsenal\/2025162115\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal fought back from an early deficit to claim a 1- [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions\/577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}