It felt like an evening in an alternative Champions League universe. It is not often there is a total absence of tension in the last throes of a European knockout rendezvous. Yet here we were. Late on at the Emirates,

Linda Caicedo has shined on a rainy evening in the Spanish capital as Real Madrid has beaten Arsenal 2-0 in the first leg of the women's Champions League quarterfinals.

Match report as Arsenal leave themselves a mountain to climb in Champions League quarter-final tie; Real Madrid take two-goal advantage into next Wednesdays second leg at the Emirates thanks to goals