Champions League LIVE: Arsenal face Sporting as Real Madrid host Bayern Munich

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Welcome to Flashscore UK's Football Tracker, where we'll provide updates on all of this week's Champions League semi-final first legs.

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19:06 BST - Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe currently leads the goalscoring charts this season in the Champions League with 13, ahead of Harry Kane in second on 10.

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19:01 BST - Mikel Arteta has made three changes to the starting XI that faced Bayer Leverkusen – Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Odegaard and Chukwunonso Azuka Tristan Madueke come in today. Eberechi Eze, Bukayo Saka and Piero Hincapie are injured.

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18:58 BST - Time for some lineups!

Alvaro Arbeloa has made three changes to the starting XI that faced Manchester City – Andrii Lunin, Alvaro Carreras and Kylian Mbappe come in today. Thibaut Courtois is injured, Brahim Diaz and Fran Garcia drop out.

Vincent Kompany has made six changes to the starting XI that faced Atalanta – Manuel Neuer, Konrad Laimer, Joshua Kimmich, Dayotchanculle Upamecano, Michael Olise, and Serge Gnabry come in today for Jonas Urbig, Lennart Karl, Raphaël Guerreiro, Kim Min-Jae, Leon Goretzka, and Tom Bischof.

Harry Kane starts up front.

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18:00 BST - After a humbling FA Cup exit at the hands of Southampton at the weekend, Arsenal now face Sporting in the Champions League, knowing that a UCL and Premier League double is the best possible outcome for them this season.

Whilst the quadruple was always likely to be a pipe dream in any event, the manner in which they lost the Carabao Cup final to Man City recently also raises questions as to Mikel Arteta's strategy in the big games.

With the English top-flight title now within touching distance for the first time in 22 years, the Gunners' European assignments surely take precedence.

That they play a Sporting side who have never beaten them in normal time in seven previous matches (D4, L3) should fill the Arsenal squad with the confidence that they were lacking against the Cityzens and the Saints.

Read more: Sporting out to guard stellar unbeaten home record against reeling Arsenal

17:56 BST - Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said the pain of back‑to‑back cup defeats must be ⁠used as motivation as his team turn their focus to the first leg of their Champions League quarter‑final against Sporting ‌on Tuesday.

The London club arrived in Lisbon on the heels of their first ‌back-to-back losses this season, a 2-0 defeat by Manchester City ‌in the League Cup final and a 2-1 upset by Championship ‌side Southampton in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

"We have to have ‌some perspective on how difficult what we have done up until now has been," Arteta told reporters on Monday. "Feel the pain, use it to improve.

"We ‌are very clear what happened and why ⁠it happened. This is football."

Read more: Arteta insists Arsenal must use recent defeats as fuel in Champions League

17:52 BST - Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane trained on Monday after recovering from an ankle injury, ⁠but coach Vincent Kompany will make a late decision on his availability for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg ‌at Real Madrid.

The 32-year-old England captain missed his country's 1-0 friendly defeat by ‌Japan last month due to the problem and was also ‌absent for Bayern's 3-2 win at Freiburg.

"It was important that he did ​a lot of training today. I don't think he's lost his rhythm. We'll wait until tomorrow and then ​decide," Kompany told reporters on Monday.

"Everyone is available apart from (goalkeeper) Sven Ulreich. We have a strong squad and we're ready ⁠for the two legs."

Read more: Kompany yet to make a call on Kane ahead of Bayern's clash with Real Madrid

17:45 BST - Welcome to Flashscore's Champions League Football Tracker.

We'll have all the updates, goals and flash points as the first legs of the Champions League quarter-finals get underway.

Real Madrid v Bayern Munich

Sporting v Arsenal

Kick-off in both is at 20:00 BST.

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