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00:00Steve McManaman alongside Peter Drury.
00:03Daryl, thank you. Ambition bordering on obligation.
00:07A nasty, sleety night in Prague.
00:10And be it a cold truth or a warming incentive for Arsenal,
00:14there exists the inescapable sense that they really need this.
00:30MUSIC PLAYS
01:01CHEERING
01:04Arsenal in search of a third Europa League semi-final in four years.
01:09But, of course, Slavia Prague are without their senior centre-half.
01:12They're now banned Andrei Kudela.
01:14That nasty story aside, they go with nine of the eleven
01:17who started last week's first leg.
01:19Into the team come two who came close to impacting from the bench at the Emirates.
01:23Petr Shevchik, who passed up a very big scoring chance.
01:27And the bustling centre-forward Jan Kukta, who actually set it up for him.
01:31Sima, who did play up front at Arsenal,
01:34is only partially fit and remains on the bench.
01:42We have one of European football's most esteemed referees.
01:45Tuna Csaka has a CV which includes two World Cups,
01:49the European Championship and the 2015 Champions League final.
01:54He's had charge of both Slavia and, against Benfica in February,
01:57Arsenal once each already this season.
02:00Well, never mind last week.
02:01Arsenal go essentially with the formula that served them so well
02:04at Bramall Lane on Sunday.
02:05That's to say, Granit Xhaka presumably at left-back again.
02:08Callum Chambers, rather than Hector Bellerin, at right-back.
02:11And with both Aubameyang and Odegaard unavailable,
02:14an offensive section different only in that Emile Smith-Rowe is past fit
02:18to replace Gabriel Martinelli.
02:20Pepe, of course, moved the whole thing up a gear
02:23when he came on late in the first leg.
02:29Don't forget that Arsenal did find their best dynamic in the first leg
02:33when they dipped into their bench.
02:35Martinelli, the principal go-to name there, presumably.
02:38And late breaking news of Aubameyang,
02:41who has just posted that he contracted malaria
02:44whilst away on international duty.
02:48Hence his problem since.
02:50The Slavia Prague players,
02:52a colleague of whom has, as mentioned this week,
02:55been punished for racial abruse,
02:57taking their first collective public stance against racism
03:01since that damning verdict.
03:09As football seeks further to fortify itself
03:12in the battle against racism,
03:14Arsenal continue to make their ever more critical point.
03:21So for Arsenal, a great opportunity,
03:24but by no means a given.
03:26Arsenal must attempt here to win on a ground
03:29where no visitor has won for nigh on a year and a half.
03:33At a minimum, Arsenal must score
03:36on a ground where comfortably more than half of all visitors this season,
03:40Leicester, Leverkusen, plenty of others included,
03:43have failed to score.
03:52They're not sure of first leg chances.
03:55They've failed to convert sufficient of those.
03:59Otherwise, by now, this might feel like a stroll.
04:02It does not feel like a stroll.
04:06WHISTLE BLOWS
04:10It does, though, feel like a duty.
04:14Arsenal, assuming Manchester United's passage,
04:17to try and achieve, in a sense, an English clean sheet.
04:21To have our nation represented
04:23in every one of the major European semifinals.
04:27Stig McManaman, what do you think?
04:30Judging by the way they played at the weekend,
04:33albeit it was Sheffield United, I thought they were excellent,
04:36and if they can play like that tonight, they'll go through.
04:39If they play like they did this time last week against Slavia Prague,
04:42they may have problems.
04:44I think the nice bit of rain will help them,
04:46judging by Slavia's performances against Rangers and Leicester.
04:50I think this type of night on this type of pitch will suit Arsenal more,
04:53and I hope they go through, I really do.
04:55I'll put my English hat on tonight, I hope they play well,
04:58and I hope they join Manchester United in the semifinals,
05:01they have to do the hard part now.
05:31He and the now sadly absent Aubameyang
05:35change the game up a gear.
05:42It is Ceballos to take.
05:46Holding, and Pablo Mahri at centre-half, and both advanced.
05:53Touchdown as far as Saka, here's Emile Smith-Rowe.
05:57Xhaka, his last man back,
05:59couldn't afford to lose it there, nor just about did he.
06:05Shevchenko.
06:10Xhaka at left-back, Maka, you saw him at Bramall Lane.
06:13Yeah, I'm just trying to see this,
06:15you can see there the position they're in at the moment,
06:18they're a little bit skew-whiff,
06:20I don't know whether they're playing with three at the back.
06:24And Xhaka and Saka, there's wing-backs here,
06:26I'm just trying to get a glimpse of it,
06:28that's where they set up from the kick-off,
06:30but yeah, he was excellent,
06:31I mean, it was very rarely troubles against Sheffield United
06:34because of the way they played,
06:36but he was nice and compact, he knew what to do,
06:38his relationship with Pablo Mahri was excellent,
06:40so we just hope that continues tonight.
06:46Nowadays players should be able to play in three or four different positions,
06:49so I don't think that'll be a problem at all for Granit Xhaka.
06:52Xhaka.
07:22Xhaka.
07:32Bozsian.
07:34Stanchu.
07:41Alongside Holesch, the goal-scorer at the Emirates.
07:45It's a centre-half, as they were in those positions then,
07:48Holesch.
07:49Principally a central midfield player
07:52who is filling in because of Kudela's ban,
07:55and because another of the regular defenders,
07:59Simon Deli, is COVID-affected.
08:06And who hadn't scored at Arsenal at the weekend,
08:08scored again in that big derby game at the weekend,
08:10so he's flying high.
08:13The keeper still masked
08:16after his Kimar Ruf clash.
08:25Flipped on by Kukta.
08:29Nice touch from Ole Inka,
08:31who continues his run now and can discomfort holding.
08:37It's a cross goal towards Kukta,
08:41and a five-wide by the fast-arriving Shevchuk,
08:44but I think the whistle had gone.
08:47Yeah, the whistle had gone for a far-long holding,
08:50I think, in the centre.
08:52That's Chambers, isn't it?
08:55His foot stood on.
09:01Shevchuk actually had a hit not dissimilar to that
09:04after coming off the bench last week,
09:06which he speared like that one,
09:08just the wrong side of the post.
09:12Two years ago this week,
09:13he scored two goals in the quarter-final for Slavia
09:15at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea.
09:19Those remain his last European goals.
09:22Since then, he's got over two knee operations.
09:28He finds himself contending for a similar prize
09:31against top London opposition.
09:35Pepe.
09:39Away from Ramada.
09:41Sabahs couldn't take it with him.
09:42Stanchu goes over on the challenge from Lacazette.
09:46And Slavia had a clear and free kick.
09:52On a ground where they haven't lost a football match
09:56since Internazionale beat them 3-1
09:59in the Champions League in November of 2019.
10:04That's 30 home games without defeat
10:07since losing actually all three of their home games
10:10in that Champions League group stage.
10:12They've been a very tough group
10:14with Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund as well.
10:18Olainka.
10:21Smith-Rowe.
10:24By Bourjul, through by Sabahs.
10:30Away comes Ramada.
10:34Ba.
10:38Firm challenge from Pavlomari.
10:40Too firm, says the referee.
10:43Just feeling it.
10:47Yeah, you can see.
10:49It's foot first, isn't he?
10:51It was a foul.
10:54Pavlomari is experiencing here
10:56his first ever game of European knockout football.
11:00He did play twice in the group stage
11:02against Rapid Vienna and right at the end at Dundalk.
11:06Home and away against Benfica.
11:08Home and away against Olympiacos.
11:09It was Luis and Gabriel.
11:12Here he comes in for Gabriel now.
11:21And already the extent of Manchester United's comfort is increased.
11:25Edinson Cavani has scored very early on
11:27in their tie against Granada at Old Trafford.
11:29They have a 3-0 lead.
11:32Essentially, you would think, done and dusted.
11:34Yeah, it should be.
11:35They had a nice, strong team out at United this evening,
11:37which was good to see.
11:38Taking it seriously, this competition.
11:41Put the rewards early on in the game,
11:42make it a little bit more easier for them now.
11:46Manchester United, if they do go through,
11:48will face either Ajax or Roma.
11:52Roma have a 2-1 lead and play at home tonight.
11:55Arsenal and Slavia Prague, as I'm sure you're aware,
11:57playing for the right to a semi-final berth
12:00against Dinamo Zagreb or Unai Emery's Villarreal.
12:04Villarreal 1-0 up and also playing at home tonight.
12:15A Manchester United-Arsenal final is a teasing possibility.
12:31Thomas Partey.
12:36Extreme wide right.
12:41Thomas Partey.
12:42Sebaos.
12:46Pepe.
12:49Drive at the bar.
12:51Support from Sebaos.
12:57Thomas Partey.
13:01Flipped in by Chambers.
13:03Hit by Lacazette.
13:07Mane should hold his ground.
13:09From 6 to emerge.
13:11Thomas Partey won't let him get very far.
13:22Spoken about Slavia Prague's home form in Europe.
13:25It's worth balancing that by reminding ourselves
13:27that Arsenal haven't lost away on mainland Europe
13:31since the 2019 final in Baku against Chelsea.
13:36They haven't lost what you'd call a regular away tie
13:40since they were beaten 3-1 at Rennes in March of 2019.
13:45I'll turn that one round at home.
13:50Last year, of course, they went out of the competition
13:52via a home defeat against Olympiacos.
13:58Also beaten at the Emirates this year.
14:13Bar.
14:17Sebaos running on to it.
14:19Thomas Partey up-ending him.
14:23Chuk has kept his cards to himself.
14:25Just under-hit by Shachet.
14:27He was a bit on his toes, wasn't he?
14:29Partey.
14:30Just got caught.
14:38Shevchik.
14:46Ramada between the centre-halves.
14:55Must have been beaten on their four previous trips
14:58to the Czech Republic.
15:00Actually, they've not so much as let in a goal
15:02in this country.
15:04In their previous visits to Slavia,
15:06finished goalless.
15:09It was a fortnight after they'd beaten Slavia 7-0 at home.
15:13And three away games against Sparta Prague.
15:15They've won a lot of them.
15:18It was in.
15:20It was in.
15:21It was in this city back in October of 2005
15:24that Thierry Henry scored a couple of goals
15:26against Sparta Prague,
15:28which I'm sure he would record
15:30and a lot of Arsenal fans would.
15:32The second goal was his 186 for the club
15:34and took him past Ian Wright
15:36as the all-time top goalscorer.
15:39So there is a place for Prague in Arsenal's history.
15:51Chambers with the throw.
16:21Pavle Mari.
16:25Shevchik turning.
16:30He's instinctively adventurous from full-back.
16:33Milenko turning into Thomas Partey.
16:37Ceballos asking a bit of Pepe.
16:42Good reach by Shevchik.
16:52Wow.
17:18They know eventually a clean sheet for him.
17:19At the weekend.
17:21He hasn't kept one yet
17:23in seven European games this season.
17:35Xhaka.
17:40Like I said, got it back from Ceballos.
17:44Passed upon hungrily by Stanchu.
17:50Divide the chance to...
17:53into shooting range by Thomas Partey
17:55and Neil Smith-Rowe's on his way.
17:57Dakaio Xhaka.
17:59Driving up Bourgeois.
18:01Xhaka has hit the inside of the post
18:03and Smith-Rowe has scored for Arsenal.
18:09The away goal is snatched
18:11and Arsenal are in a good place now.
18:14Yeah, it's the first time
18:16that Arsenal have broke forwards
18:18in any form of number.
18:24Dakaio Xhaka, like last week,
18:26cutting in on his left foot.
18:28This one's on target.
18:30This one's rifled into that far corner.
18:32Smith-Rowe gets the tap in.
18:34Let's see if he's onside.
18:36He has a look across
18:38at the assistant to see if he's onside.
18:40The flag's down,
18:41but VAR will have a look at it.
18:44He's had two looks,
18:46so it might have been tight.
18:49But like the people watching at home,
18:51we'll wait and see.
18:54There is a formal check going on.
18:56Emil Smith-Rowe waits to see
18:58whether what would be his third
19:00Europa League goal of the season
19:02will count.
19:04His instinct was all right.
19:06His movement
19:08onto the front foot
19:09is a reaction to what was
19:11an excellent save from Koziar.
19:13Turning the initial shot onto the post
19:15was positive.
19:18But now
19:20Arteta can only pace
19:22like an expecting father.
19:24Must be a tight one, Peter.
19:26They're taking their time.
19:33Kurt Tobisowski
19:36as anxious as anyone.
19:40Nothing more the keeper could have done.
19:47There'll be a few tight lines.
19:53Being drawn onto a few screens.
19:58A few stressed Turkish officials
20:00trying to interpret them.
20:10Oh, no.
20:12Oh, no.
20:14We're back where we started.
20:25What encouragement from and for
20:27Michael Arteta.
20:29But nothing to show.
20:33And we presume it was
20:35Smith-Rowe offside.
20:37We're only
20:39getting the same information
20:41as the general public.
20:43So we don't know
20:45but we presume it was Smith-Rowe
20:47with the tap-in.
20:49It would be handy to see another replay
20:51if we could, wouldn't it?
20:53From the right side of the right angle,
20:55I know.
20:57That's UEFA for you in the pictures.
21:00Different rules than the Premier League.
21:03Sabaios.
21:10Smith-Rowe.
21:12Goes again.
21:14Head up.
21:16Busy, darting eyes.
21:18Allowed to run by Sabaios.
21:20Thomas Partey.
21:22Granit Xhaka.
21:24Pepe again from wide.
21:26Forcing Bahr back.
21:28Nikola Pepe.
21:30Delightful stuff.
21:32Zima.
21:34Taken back by Thomas Partey.
21:36Callum Chambers.
21:37Lacazette.
21:39Smith-Rowe.
21:41Smith-Rowe.
21:43And Pepe!
21:45That one's good!
21:47That one's very good!
21:53Arsenal made it here tonight.
21:57Thwarted once but not a second time.
22:02I was almost yelling
22:04Pepe to go down under the challenge
22:05but he stayed on his feet
22:07and he gets the shot away and gets his rewards.
22:10There's the pass there
22:12and as he has that touch
22:14I thought he was going to get brought down there.
22:16Stays on his feet.
22:18I thought the angle was too tight
22:20but he squeezed it in.
22:22Brilliant play by Smith-Rowe
22:24after his disappointment in the goal
22:26and excellent by Pepe
22:28who finished the pass off.
22:30Now Arsenal are one up.
22:32There is another check.
22:33I should warn you.
22:35God forbid
22:37that check is over.
22:39Yeah, I was going to say
22:41that one looked okay, didn't it?
22:43Even from the angles we've seen.
22:45They've got the rewards.
22:47Bright start by Arsenal
22:49knocking the ball around
22:51getting Smith-Rowe on the ball
22:53in space.
22:55Well, Nicolas Pepe
22:57made his mark from the bench in the first game.
22:59He has made his mark from the start in the second.
23:01Arsenal's top European scorer
23:03of the season
23:05is up to five for the competition
23:07and Slavia Prague's away goal now
23:10is in effect deleted.
23:17First requirement was to score.
23:19Arsenal have scored
23:21and they're hungry for more.
23:23It's Smith-Rowe.
23:25It's Saka.
23:27It's a foul.
23:29It's a penalty.
23:31They are flying here.
23:33To send Smith-Rowe
23:35down the right-hand side
23:37and the numbers, the hunger
23:39from the Arsenal players
23:41getting into the box.
23:43If it wasn't Partey, it was Pepe,
23:45Saka,
23:47everyone flooding into the box.
23:49You see, even though it left that,
23:51it turns up at Nicolas Pepe.
23:53That's the desire of everybody getting into the box
23:55but they get the rewards
23:57for the foul on Bakaya Saka.
23:59Jakub Hromada is the offender
24:01and he is shown yellow.
24:04Worse than that
24:06for Tirpiszowski.
24:08Arsenal have a penalty
24:10behind which is their number nine.
24:16Their leader on the night,
24:18Alexander Lacazette.
24:32Lacazette.
24:34Arsenal are flying.
24:39Two goals away from home
24:41in barely 20 minutes.
24:43They have a view of the semi-final.
24:50Brilliant by Arsenal.
24:53Don't want any let-up now.
24:55They're playing far too positively.
24:57Moving forward, causing problems.
24:59Don't sit back on your loddles.
25:01Moving forward.
25:03Because they play the better football
25:05when they're positive.
25:07Brilliant finish, cool as you like from the skipper.
25:09Two away goals.
25:11Forget about last week.
25:13But well on top now.
25:17And of course what it means,
25:19and Arteta will be happily aware of this,
25:22is that Slavia Prague now have to win the game outright.
25:32Arsenal's away form,
25:34even if they haven't always been impeccable at home,
25:37has been very good of late.
25:39They have actually scored three
25:41in their last three away games,
25:43in four of their last five.
25:46Of the last six away results,
25:48four would have taken them through outright.
25:51Added to a couple of one-all draws
25:53which would have been good enough for extra time.
25:55But it's been a very good game.
25:57It's been a very good game.
25:58Added to a couple of one-all draws
26:00which would have been good enough for extra time.
26:03They have shown all the right instincts on the road.
26:08It would serve them well tonight
26:10and those instincts have been carried with them.
26:12That's not a bad ball all that.
26:14Pablo Mane over the top.
26:16Left of course to Nicola Pepe.
26:18Right.
26:20Here's the goal.
26:22Here's the disallowed goal everybody.
26:24This is...
26:26Look how close that is.
26:28It's not a bad ball all that.
26:30Pablo Mane over the top.
26:32Left of course to Nicola Pepe.
26:34Right.
26:36Here's the goal.
26:38Here's the disallowed goal everybody.
26:39Look how close that is.
26:43But it was correct.
26:45You don't even have to think about that now, the 2-0 up.
26:48I was going to say, the news story has changed since then.
26:51Yeah.
26:53The world's revolved a few times
26:55and Arsenal have scored twice.
26:58But in occasions like this tonight
27:00I like that Pablo Mane ball just over the top
27:02to Saka or to Pepe to run on to.
27:04You've got a lot of pace.
27:06Gets them out of trouble.
27:07The ball lands further up the field.
27:09Now it's all about managing the game.
27:11They're well on top.
27:13Don't do anything silly.
27:15See this game out.
27:21So again, Slavia Prague have not lost at home
27:23for the greater part of a year and a half.
27:27That was the extent of the challenge
27:29for Nicola Teta and Arsenal.
27:31That was the security, the sense of safety
27:34that Ter Pesovsky and his team
27:35would have had coming into this game.
27:38The Gunners have just ripped it up
27:40in the first 20 minutes.
27:45Scored two within millimetres of having scored three.
27:49And evidently hungry for more.
27:51Chambers.
27:53Saka can worry the full-back.
27:56But Kaio Saka has speared in a third!
28:06They are just fizzing.
28:10Football for fun and with force.
28:17Fearless.
28:19Fabulous.
28:21We're loving this new Arsenal, aren't we?
28:24Chambers to Saka,
28:26wants to get on to his left foot.
28:28Doesn't go far post this time,
28:30like his shot earlier on.
28:32Drags it really neatly into the near post.
28:36Goalkeeper, absolutely no chance.
28:39Looks in the far post,
28:41drags it into the near post.
28:43Immaculate finish by the youngster.
28:47What a joy this is.
28:49Game over after half an hour.
28:52Extraordinary.
28:54Extraordinary, and it just makes you reflect
28:57on how things might have been
28:59had they converted chances
29:01with the same efficiency a week ago.
29:03But Saka going through in the first half,
29:05staying down,
29:07and the opportunity,
29:09he put the wrong side of the post
29:11and Holdings header over
29:13and Williams free kick against the post.
29:15Lacazette's 50-yard run
29:17and striking of the bar.
29:19Partey had a shot wide
29:21and Bamiyang from close range
29:23feathered one wide.
29:25Martinelli lifted one over the bar.
29:27Nothing seemed to be going in
29:29until right at the very end.
29:31And now everything is going in.
29:33Yeah, apart from that,
29:35it's as if they knew tonight,
29:37right, this game means something.
29:39Because last week,
29:41it was so quiet
29:43and energy levels were so low
29:45and very passive.
29:47It was almost played like a friendly match.
29:49Today it's not.
29:51And whether they've woken up
29:53because it's away from home
29:55and there's 750 locals in
29:57shouting at them and noise,
29:59it's a different Arsenal
30:01performance this evening.
30:03Apart from the goals,
30:05it's a different Arsenal
30:07performance this evening.
30:09It's a different Arsenal
30:11performance this evening.
30:36The touch from Pepe
30:38and off goes Lacazette.
30:40Pepe and Slavia are short here.
30:42Arsenal have four on three.
30:44Saka.
30:47Make that five with Chambers
30:49who wins a corner.
30:51Nearly, nearly again.
30:53Numbers piling forward.
30:55I think Smith-Rowe may have been offside
30:57if he would have received that.
30:59But again, Arsenal putting Slavia
31:01to the sword there.
31:03He's not along with that.
31:05He just slips, doesn't he?
31:07Yes, there's an arm out either.
31:09There's an arm off the pair of them.
31:11Chambers there.
31:13Maybe Smith-Rowe may have been ahead.
31:15Maybe not. Another tight one.
31:17Very impressive though by Arsenal.
31:24It's almost as if last week
31:26was subterfuge.
31:28This is the real thing.
31:33Miles delivers.
31:40That's a run by Borchell.
31:47Here's the goal.
31:49Lovely drag into that corner,
31:51isn't it?
31:53Back across the goalkeeper.
31:55The goalkeeper's moving right.
31:57The goalkeeper's moving left.
31:59The goalkeeper's moving right.
32:00The goalkeeper's moving right.
32:02Right, right.
32:04Can't shift his feet.
32:06Can't go back left.
32:08Really intelligent finish.
32:10Now, Cup semifinal weekend
32:12this weekend.
32:14And BT Sport brings you the second
32:16of those semifinals on Sunday
32:18from 6 o'clock on BT Sport 1.
32:20Leicester against Southampton.
32:22That'll be of interest to Arsenal fans
32:24because who wins the Cups
32:26may play into their ability
32:28to qualify for Europe next year.
32:30Arsenal's biggest league offering
32:32because it's Cup semifinal weekend
32:34isn't until Thursday,
32:36half past seven, Leicester again
32:38against the West Bromwich Army
32:40and also BT Sport 1.
32:54Arsenal's surest way into Europe
32:56next year
32:58is to win this thing this year.
33:00And this has been
33:02a half hour full of intent
33:04to that end.
33:08Yeah, maybe they've stumbled
33:10on this formation.
33:12Pablo Mari in,
33:14Rane Csaka left back.
33:17But they've carried on
33:19from the way they played
33:21against Sheffield United.
33:23Took control that evening.
33:25Carried on today.
33:27Of course, Smith Rowe
33:28is involved this evening.
33:31Arsenal have scored three away from home
33:33for a fourth consecutive time.
33:35Three at Olympiacos
33:37in the last round of this competition.
33:39Three at West Ham
33:41from three down.
33:43And three at Sheffield United
33:45and three more now.
33:59Chambers has played it right back
34:01in four of the last five
34:03Premier League games,
34:05but starts in Europe
34:07for only the second time this season.
34:09For the first time
34:11in a genuinely meaningful game.
34:16He played the 4-2 win
34:18in Dundalk
34:20at the back end of the group stage.
34:23Yeah, a fair play to him.
34:25He's played very well.
34:26Considering Bellarine's on the bench.
34:28Cedric's on the bench.
34:30There's pressure there for him.
34:32But he's stood up yet again.
34:35Been excellent Callum Chambers.
34:37All credit to him.
34:57Not a huge amount of intent.
34:59Peter Rizder from Slavia.
35:01I was just about to ask you about that.
35:04It's natural we should glory
35:06in what Arsenal are doing so well.
35:08But from this predicament,
35:10what does Slavia do
35:12with this evening now?
35:14They haven't gone forward
35:16at any real stage.
35:18At nil-nil they didn't go forward.
35:20They went sideways
35:22and back to the keeper.
35:24The 3-0 down leads to score four
35:26and they're still doing
35:28exactly the same.
35:30Very strange performance
35:32from them this evening.
35:34Thankfully we don't have to
35:36necessarily concentrate on them.
35:38But I expected more
35:40from them at home
35:42with their impeccable records
35:44at home as well.
35:50They haven't really tested Lenoard.
35:52They haven't really made an effort.
35:54Which is very surprising
35:56to me.
36:26He has.
36:28There'll be people screaming now
36:30and saying of course he has.
36:32I can't remember it.
36:34He has with his feet.
36:36I don't know about his hands.
36:39It's been a compelling
36:41Arsenal display this.
36:43It's been excellent.
36:45Excellent.
36:47We've criticised Arsenal
36:49a lot about some of their
36:51timid displays, inconsistencies.
36:53They've been excellent tonight.
36:54It's been fantastic.
36:56It's been fantastic.
36:58It's been fantastic.
37:00It's been fantastic.
37:02It's been fantastic.
37:04It's been fantastic.
37:06It's been fantastic.
37:08It's been fantastic.
37:10It's been fantastic.
37:12It's been fantastic.
37:14It's been fantastic.
37:16It's been fantastic.
37:18It's been fantastic.
37:20It's been fantastic.
37:22It's been fantastic.
37:24It's been fantastic.
37:55It came down for Holding.
37:57Ole Inge took it off his toe.
38:01If anything, I think Holding
38:03was trying to get a shot away
38:05and Ole Inge puts his foot there.
38:07A lot of the Arsenal players
38:09I think
38:11arms in the air for the foul
38:13but we'll wait and see.
38:15Here he goes to have a shot.
38:17He just kicks the back of his foot.
38:19I think it would have been harsh
38:21really for a penalty.
38:22We'll see why they've appealed.
38:42Ramada.
38:45Holding is completely blotted out.
38:47Cook to this point.
38:49Further Premier League football for you
38:50weekend after next.
38:52It is Saturday week.
38:54Liverpool against Newcastle.
38:56One of the classic Premier League fixtures
38:58and plenty on it too.
39:00Saturday the 24th from 11.30 on 1HD
39:02and the night after that
39:04Sunday the 25th.
39:06Aston Villa against West Bromwich Albion
39:08in a derby match that means
39:10much to its people from half past six.
39:121HD and
39:14what if Big Sam got West Brom safe
39:16after all this?
39:17A gripping narrative.
39:36I think just come off Provod's foot.
39:38Just rolled over his foot maybe.
39:48Ramada.
39:56Olayinka.
40:05Simoes striding out.
40:07A little bit of intent.
40:09Olayinka.
40:12Sets it back
40:14for the drive from Ba.
40:16For the first time they work it well over the top.
40:24Good back heel by Olayinka.
40:26Blazed over by Ba.
40:28The right back disappointing.
40:34Nice back heel though.
40:42It's a contorted face.
40:46Even as he tossed and turned last night
40:48he kind of imagined
40:50this evening would start so grotesquely
40:52from a Slavia Prague point of view.
40:56A team by the way which has conceded
40:58just five goals
41:00in 13 home league games this season.
41:04Eight clean sheets out of 13 home league games
41:06conceded until tonight
41:08three goals in six
41:10home European games.
41:12Three clean sheets.
41:13Three goals in six games
41:15and then three further goals
41:17in 25 odd minutes.
41:22Mitterland didn't score here
41:24in Champions League qualifying.
41:26They went on to play and compete well
41:28in the Champions League group stage.
41:30Bayer Leverkusen didn't score here.
41:32Leicester City didn't score here.
41:38Arsenal scored three in the first half hour.
41:43He's got to be kidding me.
41:57Ba.
42:07Firmata.
42:09Off the trip on Bukaya Saka.
42:13Zima
42:29Olajnka
42:33driven by Stanchu
42:36for Arsenal by Pablo Mari
42:39yeah nice block by Partey there
42:48and there has been a goal in Spain and it has been scored
42:53for Villarreal by Alcacer they had a 1-0
42:57first leg lead they now lead 2-0 on aggregate
43:01and as things stand an Arsenal reunion
43:05with Unai Emery looks very much on the cards
43:09that'll make for a few column inches won't it just
43:16gets within the second half but it'll also bring back some
43:20very lively memories of big ties in the past between those two clubs
43:26massive champions league deciders
43:30some nostalgia to be dug out
43:35oh
43:48Smith row
44:05sit down and get up again suggestion it might have struck his hand on halfway
44:09there but his body obscured that from the referee
44:12Savaios Thomas Partey
44:19Chambers Smith row
44:36so
44:40so
44:44so
44:48so
45:09statue
45:12Olajnka
45:16Olajnka
45:19lovely take from Stanchu
45:23Olajnka
45:25Stanchu
45:29attention from Savaios
45:33against Lacazette
45:41he's got a little bit of pressure that end of the pitch nice little flick by
45:45Stanchu
45:47this hustle's out of it by the arsehole
45:51defenders stroking with fielders
46:02away by holding
46:05by Smith row
46:09holding sharply forward for Pepe then Saka
46:12and now Lacazette
46:17got goal side
46:19yeah it was nearly a really nice move again
46:21I think the ball to Smith row was the baller
46:23I don't know whether Lacazette may have just been off
46:25offside but still Arsenal breaking a pace and with numbers
46:39early for Cooktuck
46:42away round Rob Holding
47:09so
47:25Olajnka
47:31by Savaios taken away by Pepe
47:35back into his path by Lacazette
47:38can't catch it up cleanly news of another goal in Spain another goal for Villarreal
47:42they are dispatching Dinamo Zagreb who of course in turn dispatched Tottenham
47:48Gerard Moreno 2-0 on the night 3-0 on aggregate
47:53and that semi-final tie is making itself pretty clear
47:59seems to be the only quarterfinal which still has
48:03realistic jeopardy in it is the Ajax Roma 1 Roma 2-1 up
48:07on aggregate for the right almost certainly to play Manchester United
48:33push
48:54Shevchenko
48:56bar
48:58cross
49:01bar again
49:09Jacko went over Stanchu
49:17two minutes of stoppage time
49:22at the end of a half that has gone so well for Arsenal as to be scarcely believable
49:30came out as if they meant it
49:36and delivered
49:39in spades
50:01not
50:22to coin the famous phrase Maka what can possibly go wrong
50:27what can possibly go wrong
50:29they're 45 minutes of common sense away aren't they
50:31that's all it is
50:33don't get complacent
50:35keep on playing as you have done in the first half
50:38don't drop deep you don't need to defend your goal
50:40you're better than the opposition
50:42stay nice and forward stay positive
50:44play into the spaces behind them into those areas
50:48get up the pitch
50:50and they'll be fine Arsenal
50:52first half performance has been exemplary
50:55exceptional
50:56they just need to carry on in the same sort of fashion
50:58of course they might be able to replicate that
51:00same energy levels
51:02the other team will tire and get frustrated
51:05and Arsenal should be able to see the game out quite comfortably
51:10Shevchenko is grounded
51:13as a result of that bustling challenge from Callum Chambers
51:16there was certainly no spite of it
51:22good
51:24go, go, go
51:26tackle, tackle, tackle
51:28tackle, tackle, tackle
51:29tackle, tackle, tackle
51:31tackle, tackle, tackle
51:41Something pretty close to Gunner's utopia
51:46delicious half of football from Arsenal in which they'd already had a goal ruled out for
51:52a millimetric VAR decision as Smith-Rowe points out before Pepe established a lead after 19 minutes
52:00then Lacazette from the penalty spot doubled it moments later and Saka from the edge of the box
52:05made it three just a jiffy after that Arsenal splendid and strolling it seems into the
52:11semi-final three nil up on the night