Arsenal dismiss 'family insult' claims by Porto manager Sergio Conceicao

Porto manager Sergio Conceicao accused Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta of insulting his family in Spanish as Champions League tensions at the Emirates Stadium spilled into the post-match press conferences.

Conceicao clashed with Arteta on the pitch at the end of the match, and was seen jabbing his finger in the Arsenal manager’s face. In his press conference later, he claimed that Arteta had insulted him in Spanish during the game.

Arteta did not wish to comment on the argument with the Porto manager, but club sources night say he strongly denied the accusation after being informed of Conceicao’s claim.

 “This result was unjust,” said Conceicao. “We deserved to go through. What Arteta said, towards the bench in Spanish, he insulted my family. He should focus on training his team.” 

David Raya, the Arsenal goalkeeper, said it was a "great feeling" to help Arsenal into the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in 14 years.

Goalkeeper Raya was Arsenal's hero with two penalty saves as they won a shoot-out against Porto 4-2.

"Obviously it's a great feeling especially for me personally, my first time in the Champions League and the first time in a long time club has got to the quarter-finals," the Spaniard told TNT Sports.

"We've been working a lot on penalties this year because on a night like this you need to be good and the hard work has paid off. It's a great night. I should have saved three, but I'm over the moon to save two and get through to the quarter-finals.

"Porto made it so difficult over there and here. But we scored the goal that we needed and it went to penalties. Obviously mentally it's tough but the team played really, really well, we kept a clean sheet, scored the goal and went to penalties.

"It means