Thursday’s briefing: Arsenal outclass Real Madrid as Amorim makes Onana decision

Arsenal came of age in Europe by dominating Real Madrid over two legs while Inter Milan also booked their place in the Champions League semi-finals at the expense of Bayern Munich.

Newcastle continued their winning run to move third in the Premier League while Ruben Amorim and Ange Postecoglou prepared for pivotal Europa League games.

Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli struck at the Bernabeu as Arsenal set-up a last four appointment with Paris St Germain following a 5-1 aggregate victory over Real Madrid.

Saka made up for an earlier penalty miss by producing a superb finish to set the Gunners on the path to dispatching the holders 2-1 in the second leg of their quarter-final.

Vinicius Junior replied for Real following a mistake by William Saliba but it was otherwise a comfortable night for Arsenal, who added a second through Martinelli three minutes into added time and were driven on by man-of-the-match Declan Rice.

Harry Kane’s hopes of European glory were ended as Bayern Munich suffered a 4-3 aggregate defeat to Inter Milan.

The tie looked to be in the balance when the England captain’s 40th goal in the competition rewarded Bayern’s dominance over the opening 52 minutes to cancel out Inter’s one-goal advantage from the first leg.

But it sparked the Serie A leaders into life as they took the lead through Lautaro Martinez and former Bayern defender Benjamin Pavard, before holding out after an Eric Dier strike.

Barcelona await in the semis.

Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana will be given the opportunity to rectify last week’s mistakes when he returns to the starting line-up against Lyon in the Europa League quarter-finals.

The 29-year-old, labelled “one of the worst goalkeepers in Man United’s history” by Lyon’s