Champions League Tuesday Review

Arsenal romped past Porto at the Emirates while Bayern Munich edged past Fiorentian in a thriller in Italy.

Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner put his weekend horror show against Burnely behind him to fire his team into the last eight of the Champions League.

Bendtner, who was widely criticised for his performance on Saturday, opened the scoring for the Gunners in the tenth minute when a clash between Porto defender Fucile and keeper Helton allowed the Dane to slot the ball into an open goal.

Andrei Arshavin, who was lively all night long, set up the second goal when he raced up the left flank and squared the ball to Bendtner for a simple tap in.

Porto had their chances in the first half, most notable when a Gael Clichy error allowed striker Hulk to cut inside the box, but his shot was straight at Manuel Almunia.

The Portuguese side came out fired up in the second half with Hulk and Falco going close for the visitors. Arsenal looked shaky at the back but some individual brilliance from Samir Nasri put the tie beyond doubt.

The Frenchman collected the ball on the right just outside the box, swayed and weaved his way past three defenders before unleashing a fierce shot that went in off the far post.

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The visitors ran out of gas after Nasri's stunner and the Gunners ran riot. Arshavin collected the ball in his own half and ran past a couple of Porto players before releasing Emmanuel Eboue who rounded the keeper before coolly slotting the ball in.

Eboue later won a penalty which Bendtner duly converted for his hat-trick - a fitting riposte to his critics.

In Florence, a see-saw tie was settled by an Arjen Robben wonderstrike. Bayern Munich trailed in the 28th minute when Juan Vargas scored for the hosts.

Stevan Jevotic made it 2-0 on the night in the second half, but Mark Van Bommel's strike levelled the tie. However, Jovetic put the Viola up again with a header. The scoreline read 3-1 on the night and 4-3 for the tie in favour of the Italians.

There was more drama to come though. Arjen Robben got the ball on the left side of midfield, cut inside and smashed a spectacular long range shot that put the Germans ahead in the 65th minute on the away goals rule.

Fiortentina were flattened and never really threatened Bayern's goal after that. 4-4 was how the tie ended and Louis van Gaal's men went through by virtue of having scored more away goals.