Mikel Arteta forced to restrain Leandro Trossard as tempers flare after Arsenal scrape past Porto in Champions League

MIKEL ARTETA restrained Leandro Trossard in heated scenes at the final whistle after Arsenal sneaked into the Champions League quarter-finals.

Winger Trossard looked in no mood to back down when Porto players confronted him following the Gunners’ 4-2 triumph on penalties.

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Arsenal boss Arteta had to grip the scorer round the waist in the middle of the Emirates pitch and steer him away.

But tensions soared again later when Porto chief Sergio Conceicao accused his counterpart of “insulting my family” during the tie.

Both managers had earlier been booked for protesting over second-half decisions in normal time ahead of a goalless extra half-hour.

And the flare-up at the end typified a night where the Gunners made the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010 in fiery fashion.

Trossard had struck brilliantly on 41 minutes to give Arsenal a 1-0 win and a 1-1 draw on aggregate.

David Raya’s two shootout saves then sunk the combative Portuguese visitors.

And after confrontations between players on the pitch Conceicao made his astonishing claims.

The Portuguese boss said: “Arteta turned to the bench during the game and insulted my family in Spanish.

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