Jude Bellingham sends brutal seven-word verdict on Arsenal thrashing with 'crazy' warning

Jude Bellingham has conceded that Real Madrid were "lucky" to only concede three goals against . The Gunners came out on top in Tuesday night's Champions League quarter-final first-leg with a 3-0 win.

to send the home fans into raptures before Mikel Merino piled further misery onto Carlo Ancelotti's team.

The resounding victory means Mikel Arteta's men go into next week's second-leg at the Santiago Bernabeu with a comfortable lead. History backs the Gunners to progress to the semi-final with them never losing a European tie after winning 3-0 in the first-leg.

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Even better news for Arsenal fans is that Madrid have never come from three goals down after the first-leg in an European competition. In the immediate aftermath of the game, provided an honest assessment of his side's grim performance in London.

"We were nowhere near it, that's the fact, and Arsenal were really good," he said. "I know two of their goals were free-kicks, really good individual pieces of delivery, but they could have had way more.

"We're lucky to get away with three.

"There is a second leg, that's the thing that we're holding on to. We're going to need something unbelievably special, something crazy. If there's one place where crazy things can happen, it's our house."

Asked about the chances of Madrid rewriting history and overturning such a deficit, he said: "You never know. The performance was nowhere near good enough but I can't come out after a game and say we're going to give up.

"It's not in the nature of the club or the mentality that they install in you at the club." He added: "We're still alive and got 90 minutes of football. Like I said, anything can happen at the Bernabeu."