{"id":29203,"date":"2026-04-07T11:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/champions-league-injured-arsenal-face-sporting-lisbon-after-consecutive-defeats\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:16:31","slug":"champions-league-injured-arsenal-face-sporting-lisbon-after-consecutive-defeats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/champions-league-injured-arsenal-face-sporting-lisbon-after-consecutive-defeats\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League: Injured Arsenal face Sporting Lisbon after consecutive defeats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Arsenal face Sporting Lisbon<\/span> in the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday after the quadruple hunt was cut in half. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">losing streak<\/span> Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side chased a Premier League double in the League Cup final and FA Cup quarter-finals. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">champions league<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>They have always been a priority, but the danger for Arsenal is that they continue to slump. <\/p>\n<p>Arteta said questions about his team were natural, despite leading the Premier League by nine points this season and winning all but one of their Champions League games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has been the case for the past nine months and it will continue to be so. As long as we play at this level at this club, it will never change,&#8221; he said ahead of the match at the Estadio Jose Alvalade. &#8220;There&#8217;s always a question mark, but that&#8217;s it. 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