Arsenal got stuck in the mud during their Champions League quarter-final match, conceding a two-goal deficit in the first leg of their two-legged tie in Madrid, on a pitch described by Ian Wright as ‘a f***ing disgrace.’
In a week where the pitch conditions in some of women’s football’s most significant games have come under fire – with players and managers alike criticising the quality of the Pride Park turf for the Women’s League Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester City on Sunday – the grass at Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano once again turned into a bog for this quarter-final clash.