Real Madrid 0 - Arsenal 1

Madrid: Casillas; Cicinho, Woodgate (Mejía 09'), Sergio Ramos, Roberto Carlos; Gravesen (Baptista 76'); Beckham, Guti, Zidane, Robinho (Raúl 63'); Ronaldo. 4-1-4-1.
Arsenal: Lehmann; Eboué, Toure, Senderos, Flamini; Ljungberg, Gilberto Silva; Hleb (Pires 76'), Cesc Fábregas (Song 95'), Reyes (Diaby 80'); Henry. 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
0-1. 47. Henry. Picked up Cesc pass and ran on past four defenders to score.

Real Madrid face an uphill struggle to qualify for the last eight of the European Cup after losing at home to Arsenal. The only goal of the game arrived just after half time when Henry brushed off several challenges before slotting an angled shot past Casillas.

Real started slowly as the English side created three clear chances in the first ten minutes. A Reyes shot was beaten away by Casillas in the second minute before Roberto Carlos came to the rescue with a last ditch tackle on Ljungberg. Henry then headed wide a Reyes cross.

A weak Ronaldo effort just after the half hour was Madrid's first shot on target. Shortly afterwards Beckham was clean through on goal but Lehmann came out to narrow the angle and blocked the shot. Robinho then had a long range volley well held by the German keeper. The young Brazilian failed to take advantage again a few minutes later after Lehmann failed to hold a stinging Roberto Carlos free kick.

The second half was so full of goalscoring opportunities that it seemed like a game of five-a-side at times. Henry, Diaby and Pires, had good chances to double Arsenal's lead while Ramos and Raúl both missed with free headers. The Galacticos also had two penalty claims turned down. Reyes produced a clumsy forward's challenge on Cicinho in the penalty area and later Lehmann appeared to hook out a leg and catch Beckham who would surely have equalised.

But Arsenal always looked to have more cutting edge about their work and defended more solidly than their opponents. The biggest surprise of all was that there was only one goal in such an open match.