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00:00I'll be right back.
00:30Evening, we've reached the semi-finals of the Champions League
00:46and with us tonight, our Champions League analyst Stephen Warnock
00:49alongside European football experts Rory Smith and Julien Laurent.
00:53Arsenal versus Paris Saint-Germain to come,
00:55but we begin with Barcelona against Inter Milan,
00:58who met at this stage back in 2010.
01:03The Champions League is the Eldorado.
01:06To win the Champions League is like to be immortal.
01:12Against a team like Barcelona, you have to win your match at home.
01:15You need heroes.
01:17You need to have the best out of everybody.
01:21We won 3-1, could be more.
01:23I think I was brilliant in the way I organised the team.
01:30After 20 minutes or so,
01:32Straight red card for Thiago Motta.
01:35To play with 10 players in Barcelona becomes epic.
01:40Piquet must score! Piquet must score!
01:42The referee blows the full-time whistle into Milan or into the European Cup final for the first time in 38 years.
01:51It's the most beautiful defeat of my career.
01:56It's something that stays forever.
01:58Here we go then with the 2025 version, commentary from Steve Wilson.
02:09Barcelona and Inter meet again 15 years, almost to the day, since Inter's epic semi-final success.
02:17This time, the Barcelona Olympic Stadium is the venue.
02:22Barcelona won a chaotic Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid four days ago.
02:27And there are four changes to the XI, which lost in Dortmund in the second leg of the quarterfinal.
02:33The biggest, of course, that Robert Lewandowski is out with a hamstring injury.
02:36Huge blow that.
02:38Ferran Torres comes in.
02:39For Inter, who've lost three consecutive games now for the first time in almost eight years,
02:46there are two changes to the XI, which came through their quarterfinal second leg against Bayern Munich.
02:51Benjamin Pavard, who scored his first ever Inter goal in that game, has an ankle problem.
02:56He's replaced by Jan Bissek.
02:58Fit again, Densel, Dumfries, in for Matteo Damian.
03:01And Marcus Turam is fit.
03:03And the second semi-final of the 20-24-25 UEFA Champions League is underway,
03:13with Inter Milan all in white, kicking from right to left.
03:21Immediately, Frenkie de Jong just beaten in the air, and that's a good-looking ball.
03:26And it's a bit of a race on for Gerard Martin to try and get across,
03:30and he's grateful that Jules Koundé was there.
03:33Tensel, Dumfries, with another ball into the box, and Inter are in front.
03:38It's a brilliant goal by Marcus Turam.
03:42Barely 30 seconds played.
03:46What a return for Turam, who has missed Inter's last three games, all of which they've lost.
03:54And he flicks them in front.
03:56Well, the clearance wasn't the greatest.
04:01And when it came back in, Turam...
04:04My goodness me, what a finish this is.
04:09That is fantastic.
04:11And Barcelona are absolutely stunned inside the first minute.
04:19A lovely ball from Lamine.
04:20Oh, and it's just wide.
04:23Ferran Torres just needed an extra little touch to get it under control.
04:29It meant that Achebe was lunging in front of him.
04:34And Ferran Torres couldn't keep it on target.
04:39There's a little bit too much on that from Kabasi,
04:42and immediately Di Marco trying to run in behind,
04:44and that's really well covered by Nigo Martinez.
04:47But Inter do have a corner.
04:49Very quick thinking from Di Marco.
04:51As soon as Barcelona had conceded that throw-in unexpectedly,
04:55he was off and running.
04:57In goes the corner kick, headed back,
04:59and Denzil Dumfries makes it two!
05:04Barcelona nil.
05:06Inter Milan two after 20 minutes.
05:09Simone and Zaghi's side have scored
05:12with practically both their attacks.
05:15And scored brilliantly twice.
05:18It's a brilliant finish from Dumfries.
05:20Achebe with the header here.
05:22Denzil Dumfries still has a lot to do.
05:24He's made a brilliant contact.
05:26And Rafinha on the line can do nothing about it.
05:30Barcelona nil.
05:31Inter two.
05:38Lamine-Yama.
05:43Oh, lovely little shimmy.
05:45Brilliant!
05:47Barcelona, desperate for some inspiration.
05:51And they find it.
05:55Lamine-Yama does it again.
05:58Yet another moment of instinctive genius.
06:02that is much needed.
06:06And it is absolutely fantastic.
06:11Barcelona one.
06:13Inter two.
06:14tribunals.
06:15Tobiasi, for Lamine-Yama.
06:18I'm out.
06:22Away from Di Marco.
06:25Back inside Di Marco!
06:26And he's hit the crossbar.
06:27well that might arguably have been an even better goal
06:35Jan Sommer makes a brilliant save
06:38that's an error, Bastoni's giving it away
06:48great block, it's come to Lamine Jamal though
06:52and Dani Olmo, good save by Jan Sommer again
06:55well Bastoni's error dropped into Milan right in it here
07:00and they are indebted to Jan Sommer once more
07:03it's a good save from Jan Sommer to deny Dani Olmo
07:09I see Pedri
07:16nodded unselfishly, it's 2-2, Ferran Torres
07:22with a big thank you to Rafinha
07:25Barcelona are level
07:2717 minutes after they went 2-0 down
07:32it is 2-2
07:34in by Pedri
07:39great awareness from Rafinha
07:42no one picked up Ferran Torres
07:45and Sommer had no answer this time
07:50Barcelona 2-2, Inter Milan 2-2
07:54here's Torelli
08:00Patrice is inside I think
08:04that's a nice little ball into Jan Bissek, he's onside too
08:08and it flashes through everyone
08:10and Di Marco puts it over the bar
08:12well a real opportunity here for Inter
08:16last time I haven't played a Champions League semi-final since the famous defeat to Liverpool
08:243-0 up from the first leg, 4-3 down at the end of the second
08:28this is worth chasing
08:30did well with that Turem, it's a nicely weighted ball
08:34and Denzel Dumfries turning it square, his claiming hand ball
08:37Ronaldo Rao slid in
08:39it's going to be a corner kick to Inter
08:41didn't hit his hand anyway
08:45with the delivery
08:50go the heads and it's in
08:52Denzel Dumfries has got another one
08:55and this incredible semi-final takes another twist
09:04Barcelona 2-2, Inter 3
09:08it's a great leap
09:10it took a little flick off Olmo but it's gone
09:14over the top of the diving goalkeeper
09:17goodness me
09:21well the last time they met in Champions League action was
09:25the group game in the New Cap two and a half years ago
09:28it finished three each
09:31we're not there yet but we might be
09:40oh what a strike by Rafinha
09:48Barcelona 3, Inter 3
09:54known goal for the unfortunate Jan Sommer
09:59but it is three each and it's a fantastic strike from Rafinha
10:04Inter's lead this time lasted one minute
10:10Niquetari has done well
10:17that's a lovely ball for Marcus Turem
10:19Marcus Turem
10:21can he finish he can't it's a great block actually
10:24Kovacic did really well
10:27well the young defender made up the ground quickly on Marcus Turem
10:33he's got four in the middle to aim for
10:47that's a lovely ball it's a brilliant ball
10:49and Mkhitaryan's put it in the net and the flag has gone up
10:53well it will be checked obviously
10:59it's a fabulous ball for Mkhitaryan let's have a look here
11:05yeah he looks off
11:08it's being checked
11:10the on pitch decision is offside
11:14it's going to be tight
11:16offside is confirmed
11:18half a boot
11:20from Mkhitaryan that's all it was
11:23oh beautifully around the corner
11:35Ferran Torres here
11:37Lamine Yamal scooping
11:39off the bar
11:40well a little bit of impudence from Lamine Yamal
11:45which didn't quite land in the back of the internet
11:48and we're into added time
11:53only three
11:56which has not gone down very well with the home fans
11:59Dijon
12:04Yamal
12:06Dijon
12:08Rafinha
12:09tries to hit again and Jan Sommer
12:13with a big save
12:15well he hit it beautifully again Rafinha
12:20that is really travelling
12:21in the scheme of Jan Sommer saves tonight
12:25it's not the best
12:25it's it's decent it's one you would expect him to make
12:29and an extraordinary first leg of this semi-final
12:35comes to an end
12:36with the two teams all square
12:38a quite magnificent 90 minutes
12:41the second leg is one not to be missed
12:44Barcelona three
12:45into three
12:47it was fantastic match for
12:50for the fans
12:52for everyone who loves football
12:54at the end it's the first
12:57the first match
12:58the first leg
12:59the second leg is in
13:00in Milan
13:03and
13:03yeah we have to win it
13:05we have to win it
13:06it's the final before the final
13:07it's really nice and really good
13:09that we scored three goals
13:10it was important
13:11and we defend
13:13we defend well
13:14in the end
13:15Barcelona have always the chances
13:17to score goals
13:18so
13:18good point I think
13:20first Champions League semi-final in 25 years
13:24to feature four first half goals
13:25it was brilliant wasn't it
13:26it was amazing
13:27and really
13:27a lot of what we expected before
13:29Barcelona are the best team going forward in Europe
13:31they score for fun
13:32and I think Inter
13:33when they're ready to defend
13:35happy to defend
13:36happy not to have much of the ball
13:37but being a threat
13:39on set pieces
13:39like we saw on the Dumfries goal
13:41and also
13:42try to exploit the high line
13:44that Barca have
13:45that everybody's trying to exploit
13:46and maybe Inter could have done it a bit more
13:47but I think it's pretty much where the two teams are at
13:50right now
13:50they do score for fun
13:52in the Champions League
13:53they allow other teams
13:54to score
13:54as well
13:55don't they
13:56I mean they are
13:56they are this season
13:57in the Champions League
13:59the great entertainer
14:00yeah this is an underrated quality
14:01in a football team
14:02but Barcelona are a lot of fun
14:04they are brilliant going forward
14:05they are floored at the back
14:07and that
14:07I guess you can weight it as you want
14:09I suppose
14:10what happened tonight
14:11was that
14:12an Italian team
14:13that are famed for their defence
14:14one of the best defences
14:14in the Champions League this season
14:16scored within 30 seconds
14:18and normally what that leads to
14:20is the non-Italian team
14:21piling the pressure on
14:22and Inter defending
14:23and the way it played out
14:25I suppose it depends
14:26whether you want to weight it
14:27that Barca are basically
14:28too good to stop
14:29or Inter didn't defend very well
14:31because it's one of the two
14:32ok well
14:33so who do you think
14:34had a more uncomfortable night then
14:35the Inter defence
14:36against Laminia Mal
14:37or you three
14:39having to smile at the camera
14:40for five seconds
14:41at the start of the show
14:42I'd say the Inter defenders
14:44and it's a very close call
14:45it is very close
14:46from what I was watching
14:48but anyhow
14:48Laminia Mal
14:49was excellent
14:50outstanding
14:50and we worried
14:52when we were watching the game
14:53like probably everyone else
14:54who was watching
14:55that
14:55Jamal wouldn't make this game
14:57he limped off early on
14:58in the warm up
15:00and he struggled a little bit
15:01early on in the game
15:02and he was very well
15:03marshaled by Bastoni
15:05Di Marco
15:05and then Mkhitaryan as well
15:07who made himself
15:08very useful
15:09on that side of the pitch
15:10you do have to double up on him
15:12you have to make life difficult
15:13for him
15:14and they did that extremely well
15:15but this guy
15:17is a different class
15:19he makes the right decisions
15:21for such a young player
15:23and this is just outrageous
15:26I mean that finish
15:27we've seen it so many times
15:29for him
15:29where he just guides it
15:31into that far corner
15:32just caresses it
15:33into a position
15:34and this is the one
15:35where you think
15:36you're showing him the line
15:38and then he chops you
15:39inside
15:40and he almost scores
15:41a wonder goal
15:42it's a brilliant save
15:43from the goalkeeper Sommer
15:44just gets a touch onto it
15:45pushes it against the bar
15:46but at the bottom of the picture
15:48here he is again
15:49always wanting the ball
15:50always wanting
15:51to take the defender off
15:53stand off him
15:53he'll cross it
15:54he'll find a decent ball
15:56into the area
15:56and that's the problem
15:58when you are a full back
15:59who's playing against him
16:00is
16:00what is your decision
16:02going to be
16:02are you going to go tight to him
16:04then he can run you
16:05are you going to stand off him
16:06then he can pick a pass
16:08but he's got that pacing behind
16:09as well
16:10and he's got that ability
16:11just to pick the right pass
16:12at the right moment
16:13lovely way to pass
16:14and a lovely save again
16:16from Sommer
16:17who was outstanding
16:17on the night
16:18the understanding
16:20of him and Rafinha
16:21that little over
16:22into that position
16:23and then these moments
16:24where tight situations
16:25a lovely little Maradona turn
16:27to get himself
16:27out of that
16:28passage of play
16:29and you're looking at
16:30that outside of the ball
16:32outside of the foot pass
16:33but Chappers
16:35he's just brilliant
16:35he's just a delight
16:37to watch
16:37and he tries to
16:38dink it into that far post
16:40whether it was a ball
16:40for Rafinha
16:41whether it was meant
16:42but this guy
16:43is just a genius
16:43and a Ballon d'Or
16:44future winner
16:46but from a full back's
16:47point of view
16:47look
16:47he likes to
16:49get in on his left foot
16:50he likes to score
16:51that goal
16:52that so many wingers
16:53nowadays like to do
16:54but he's so strong
16:55on his right foot as well
16:56which is the nightmare
16:57for you as a full back
16:58yeah because
16:59what you're always thinking
17:00is
17:00he's going to come inside
17:02he's going to come inside
17:02so you're overcompensating
17:04for that ball coming inside
17:05but he's got this
17:06lovely ability
17:07with his left foot
17:08to drag it long
17:09and I grew up
17:11getting coached
17:11by Steve Highway
17:12and he's of that era
17:13where that was his skill
17:15that was his ability
17:16to drag a ball long
17:17and then be able to
17:18cross it with his right foot
17:19but you can tell
17:20he's worked on his right foot
17:21he knows that
17:22that's a strong asset
17:23of his as well
17:24the other thing Jules
17:25when you look at
17:26his career stats already
17:27which are impressive
17:28what I find
17:29really interesting about them
17:31is
17:31he made his debut
17:32two years ago
17:33and he's played
17:34100 games
17:35so in an era
17:35where we obsess about
17:37how much players play
17:38how much young players play
17:39they've basically gone with him
17:40maybe partly through necessity
17:42go and play football
17:44absolutely
17:44and he hasn't missed
17:45many games
17:45he has hardly been injured
17:46I don't know if it's a good thing
17:48to play so many games
17:49so early though
17:50to be fair
17:50and only the future will tell
17:52and I hope for him
17:52that he can play
17:53for many many more years
17:54he's not 18
17:55yeah
17:55you looked at what's happened
17:57to Pedri and Gavi
17:57at Barcelona
17:58there are warnings there
18:00because Pedri's missed a lot
18:01of football with injury
18:02having had that year
18:03where they basically
18:04just made him play constantly
18:05and Gavi's been in and out
18:07of the team as well
18:07so you would like Barca
18:08to take a little bit more care
18:10with Lamin
18:10it's tough because he's so good
18:12yeah they need him
18:13and it's the responsibility
18:14he takes
18:15look at the goals
18:15he's scored
18:16it's tonight
18:16he's scored in the
18:17I don't want to put it up Jules
18:18but the semi-final of the Euros
18:20oh yeah
18:20against France
18:21France it was
18:22and the Spanish
18:22the Spanish knocked them out
18:24that's right
18:24did they?
18:26but he's scored
18:27I think he's scored twice
18:27against Real Madrid
18:28already this season
18:29you know
18:29he stands up in big moments
18:31Rory spoke about
18:32the sort of vulnerability
18:33of Barcelona
18:35in fact they both did
18:36about the vulnerability
18:36of Barcelona
18:37which we saw tonight
18:38both in the high line
18:39and actually against set pieces
18:41yeah well
18:41we just looked at Inter Milan
18:43and we were thinking
18:44well what are they going
18:44to be able to do
18:45how are they going to be
18:46able to hurt Barcelona
18:47this was right at the start
18:49of the game
18:49within the first couple
18:50of minutes
18:51it's a lovely ball
18:52from Barella
18:52into the path of Dumfries
18:54who makes that run
18:55and straight away
18:57you're thinking
18:57that is a 2v1 situation
18:59or a 2v2
19:00doesn't quite work this time
19:02but then they keep it alive
19:03and then you see
19:04this brilliant ball
19:05from Dumfries
19:06into Turam
19:08that is outrageous
19:09I mean that is a finish
19:10of the highest quality
19:11but then Inter Milan
19:13have scored six goals
19:14from set pieces
19:15in the Champions League
19:1515 in Serie A
19:17so the warning signs
19:18were there for Barcelona
19:19from set pieces
19:21they weren't alive
19:22to the situation
19:22but you look at this line
19:24and they're constantly
19:25trying to step up
19:26they're constantly
19:27trying to take that gamble
19:28thinking we can take it
19:30but they're not looking
19:31at the runners from deep
19:32and you can see
19:32Inzaghi there saying
19:33play that pass
19:34it's on
19:35make sure you hit it
19:36sometimes it doesn't
19:37even matter
19:38it sounds daft
19:38if it doesn't quite make it
19:40it's the intent
19:41it's the damage
19:42it does psychologically
19:43to a back line
19:44knowing that they're
19:44always getting pushed back
19:45look at the numbers
19:46in forward areas
19:47six attacking players
19:49trying to get on the end of it
19:50and we're talking about
19:51an Inter Milan team
19:52who we were saying
19:53we'll go to Barcelona
19:54we'll sit back
19:55we'll be pragmatic
19:56they were in stages
19:58but the second half
19:59there was such a belief
20:01that they could get in behind
20:02and Dumfries caused
20:03so many problems
20:04and when you're talking
20:05about a tight call
20:06I mean what a ball this is
20:08and Mkhitaryan
20:09he doesn't need to
20:10actually go that early
20:11but we're talking
20:12a big toe
20:13we are
20:13literally a big toe
20:15he's gone too early
20:16but they're the vulnerabilities
20:17that Barcelona have
20:18at the back
20:19and Inter Milan
20:20will take a lot of heart
20:21from that
20:21knowing that they can hurt them
20:22they have conceded
20:24five from corners
20:25in their last eight
20:26have Barcelona
20:27so there is that
20:27vulnerability as well
20:29you can't see the second leg
20:30being any different
20:31can you?
20:32I don't see any reason
20:32why it would be
20:33or how it could be really
20:34because the strengths
20:36of the teams
20:37they don't match
20:39so Barcelona were playing
20:39constantly down their right
20:41Inter's big threat
20:42is down their right
20:42Dumfries is their threat
20:43he's a different type of player
20:44to Lamin
20:44but he's their big threat
20:46their strengths
20:47and their weaknesses
20:47are kind of opposite
20:48so I think it should be
20:49just as entertaining
20:50favourite goal of the night?
20:52Charam
20:53I'd go Charam
20:54Charam
20:55do you always have to be different?
20:59Next
20:59Arsenal
21:00in their first
21:01Champions League
21:01semi-final
21:02for 16 years
21:03against a Paris Saint-Germain
21:04side
21:04looking to make it
21:05a hat-trick
21:06of knock-out victories
21:07against English opposition
21:08The City of Light
21:12is heavy on the raw
21:13and the raucous
21:14against all the odds
21:23what delights await us
21:25next Tuesday
21:26we are ready to Liverpool
21:27last week in Paris
21:29went their way
21:30in scoreline only
21:32it's all level in the tie
21:35and saved by Donnarumma
21:39and on they go
21:41they're a team these days
21:43they're a talented team
21:45completely against the run of play
21:48Nuno Mendes
21:52puts Paris Saint-Germain
21:533-1 up
21:54Villa Park
21:56is at full pelt
21:58and it's a huge ask now
22:01for Aston Villa
22:01and Aston Villa
22:08are out of the Champions League
22:10Paris Saint-Germain
22:12into the semi-final
22:14At the Emirates
22:17for this one
22:18Guy Mowbrick
22:19For only the third time
22:22Arsenal
22:23walk out to contest
22:24the semi-final
22:25of Europe's
22:27Premier Club competition
22:28and they're walking out
22:30to one heck of a noise
22:31this fittingly
22:33takes the atmosphere
22:34from the quarter-final
22:35against Real Madrid
22:36on
22:37to the next level
22:39this is the Gunners line-up
22:41out to take another
22:43positive step
22:43towards history
22:44with Mikel Moreno
22:46the answer
22:47to the question
22:48of who would move
22:48into midfield
22:49in the absence
22:50of the suspended
22:50Thomas Partey
22:51Leandro Trossard
22:53takes over in attack
22:54the PSG team
22:56is just as familiar
22:57to many
22:57having beaten
22:58Manchester City
22:59and knocked out
23:00Liverpool
23:00and Aston Villa
23:02on their way here
23:03the only either or
23:04was Bradley Barcola
23:05or Desiree Due
23:06and it's the teenager
23:07Due who gets the start
23:09it's a rapid
23:10tricky
23:11powerful forward line
23:12but then the same
23:14was also said
23:15of Madrid
23:15there's Martinos
23:20there's Martinos
23:20Mendes
23:26smart pick out
23:29now Dembele
23:30gets on a charge
23:31here's
23:33Kvaletskeliot
23:34having his first run
23:37at the Arsenal defence
23:38at the first chance
23:39it's taken
23:40what a brilliant finish
23:42that is from Dembele
23:44the Emirates is rocked
23:48PSG are rocking
23:50and rolling
23:51just three minutes in
23:52never mind
23:55six games
23:56without a goal
23:57Dembele's
23:58sense of timing
23:59is precise
24:01so is his accuracy
24:03all started
24:05all started with that ball
24:05out of defence
24:06from Nuno Mendes
24:07Dembele going back
24:09into his own half
24:09to collect it
24:10Vanetskeliot
24:13well he had
24:16those in red and white
24:17in the penalty area
24:18terrified
24:18as he charged towards them
24:19Yuri and Timba
24:20couldn't cut out the pass
24:22look at the room
24:23that Dembele has
24:24and he fires the ball
24:26into the floor
24:27just to make it
24:29all the more difficult
24:30for David Ryan
24:30Arsenal nil
24:33PSG one
24:34Dembele has now scored
24:46eight goals
24:47in his last nine
24:47Champions League games
24:48he's on the ball
24:51again
24:52finding Fabian Ruiz
24:53it's out to
24:54Cadizcalia
24:55this time
24:59it's three
24:59and he's got through
25:00all of them
25:01before hitting the ground
25:02in dramatic fashion
25:04and he is furious
25:05he's charging after
25:06the referee here
25:07and it's a good job
25:08that the ref was
25:09moving the other way
25:09at a brisk pace himself
25:11because
25:11had Fabian Ruiz
25:12had caught him up
25:13he could have been
25:14in a spot of bother
25:14was there anything
25:17in this
25:17there is a bump
25:19there from Timba
25:20and his arm
25:21comes around the midriff
25:22of the PSG winger
25:24I think he's one of those
25:25if it's given on the field
25:26it doesn't get overturned
25:28but if it's not given
25:29there's not enough
25:29to overturn it either
25:31and I don't think
25:32he helped himself
25:33in the way
25:34that he felt
25:35Douay
25:40brilliant
25:41Kivior's gonna have
25:43to be strong
25:43against Hakimi
25:44and he's not strong enough
25:45to be able to fall on the ball
25:55of course
25:59Arsene Wenger's
26:00in the house
26:01that he built tonight
26:02Arsenal's manager
26:03for 22 years
26:04three Premier League titles
26:06seven FA Cups
26:07this is the one
26:09he would have wanted
26:09the most
26:10it evaded him
26:11but I suspect
26:12if Arsenal
26:13do manage to do it
26:14this year
26:14he will get
26:15just as much pleasure
26:16as though he was
26:17still the manager
26:17up towards Dembele
26:22Dembele is there
26:23before Saliba
26:23now trying to
26:25twist and turn him
26:26Saliba
26:27halts the progress
26:29but
26:29it's not all over yet
26:31and this is Douay
26:33and he makes
26:33a bit of space
26:34for himself
26:34super stop
26:35by Raya
26:36Ruiz
26:38off the post
26:39and scrambled away
26:41and now the flag
26:42goes up for offside
26:43there might not have
26:46been a need
26:47for all that drama
26:48there was a need
26:50for it to start with
26:51there's no offside
26:55here for Douay
26:56as it comes back
26:59off Raya
26:59Fabian Ruiz
27:00was the player
27:01who was standing
27:01offside
27:02when Douay
27:03took his effort
27:04what a good save
27:07that is by
27:07David Raya
27:08really important
27:09stop
27:09Arsenal could be
27:15in now
27:15big chance
27:16taken away
27:18from them
27:18now there's
27:21a little bit
27:21of afters
27:22in the box
27:22involving
27:23Mourinho
27:23and Marquinhos
27:25Kivior's
27:32pullback
27:33well to me
27:34it just looks
27:34like a
27:35perfectly timed
27:36intervention
27:37from João
27:37Neves
27:38Mourinho
27:40getting ready
27:40to shoot
27:41didn't know
27:42that João
27:43Neves was
27:43coming in
27:44on his blind
27:44side
27:45at just
27:45the right
27:46time
27:46for PSG
27:47it's a great
27:49tackle
27:50Rice
27:53William
27:56Tacho
27:56will get
27:57there first
27:57but there
27:58are two
27:58after him
27:58and he
27:59was too
27:59casual
28:00Martinelli
28:01nicked it
28:02Saka
28:03Mourinho
28:05a little bit
28:07of momentum
28:07is lost
28:08now
28:08Trossard
28:09tries to
28:09rev it
28:10up again
28:10Saka
28:12Saka
28:19gets
28:20through
28:20and plays
28:21the ball
28:21over
28:22too high
28:25for Donnarumma
28:25but just
28:27a little bit
28:28too far away
28:28from Martinelli
28:29as well
28:30but it's
28:32no surprise
28:33who is
28:33the man
28:34for Arsenal
28:35if there's
28:36going to be
28:36a recovery
28:36tonight
28:37it is
28:38Bakayo
28:38Saka
28:39Louis Skelly
28:43lovely ball
28:46through
28:47Martinelli
28:48is in
28:48for Arsenal
28:49and it
28:50wouldn't
28:50come kindly
28:51enough
28:51for either
28:52Odegaard
28:52or Trossard
28:53big save
28:56by Donnarumma
28:57big chance
29:00goes begging
29:01for Gabriel
29:01Martinelli
29:02Arsenal
29:07get the
29:08second
29:08half
29:09of the
29:09first
29:09leg
29:09underway
29:10at the
29:13start
29:14of the
29:14week
29:14the
29:14number
29:15crunchers
29:16at
29:16Opta
29:17made
29:18Arsenal
29:18favourites
29:19to become
29:19European
29:20champions
29:20giving them
29:21a 32%
29:22chance
29:23PSG
29:24fourth
29:25out of
29:26four
29:2622.3%
29:28Molino
29:29down
29:30after an
29:31aerial
29:31challenge
29:31with
29:32Jo Neves
29:32he's got
29:33a yellow
29:34card
29:34Declan Rice
29:38which has
29:39drawn a
29:40huge
29:40cheer
29:40from
29:41all
29:42home
29:42fans
29:43surely
29:44won't
29:44shoot
29:45from
29:45here
29:45in
29:50come
29:51the
29:51runners
29:51Rice
29:53with the
29:53floater
29:54and
29:55it's
29:55headed
29:55in
29:56for
29:561-1
29:57Mikel
30:02Marino
30:02on the
30:03end
30:04of it
30:04first
30:09action
30:09of the
30:10second
30:10half
30:11hard to
30:16tell if
30:16they did
30:16all get
30:17back on
30:17side
30:17but the
30:18only
30:18point of
30:19order
30:19is
30:19did
30:20Marino
30:21there
30:24is a
30:24lengthy
30:25check
30:25now
30:25though
30:26the
30:26offside
30:27question
30:27is being
30:28asked
30:28and
30:29asked
30:29again
30:29where's
30:37Marino
30:38at the
30:39point
30:39of
30:40the
30:40rice
30:40ball
30:41in
30:41very
30:42difficult
30:42to
30:43tell
30:43in
30:44the
30:44melee
30:44it's
30:47it's an
30:47anxious
30:48wait
30:48for
30:48Arsenal
30:49it's an
30:51anxious
30:52wait
30:52for
30:52Arsenal
30:53Slavko
30:53Vincik is
30:54getting the
30:55message
30:55now
30:56and I didn't like
30:58the way he was
30:59moving from an
30:59Arsenal point of
31:00view
31:00it's been ruled
31:02out
31:03offside is the
31:04verdict
31:05could tell
31:06as soon as you saw him
31:07start to walk back
31:08towards that goal
31:10you put your right leg
31:11in
31:12your right leg's
31:13off
31:13Rice
31:16Dembele made up his mind
31:21for him
31:21and Rice goes on
31:23and finds Trossard
31:25that was brilliant from Rice
31:26Trossard
31:27super save
31:29when he's at his best
31:33there are many better
31:34than Gianluigi Donnarumma
31:36half tops on
31:41half tops off
31:42has been pushing 27 degrees
31:45in the capital today
31:46Marcola
31:49touch to Joe Neves
31:53Marcola
31:53squeezes it through
31:55for Ramos
31:55and Marcola gets into the box
31:57to put the shot wide
31:59oh they've had chances
32:01PSG
32:01they still look likely
32:04to be taking a first leg
32:05lead back to Paris
32:06and it could
32:07and he will think should
32:09have been
32:10oh so much more comfortable
32:11over the top four
32:17Gonzalo Ramos
32:19it's a lovely touch
32:20and he's hit the bar
32:21oh what an effort
32:22another one
32:23caught Raya out
32:26but couldn't keep it down
32:28it's not all over yet
32:33far from it
32:34there's a huge night
32:35in Paris to come
32:36next Wednesday
32:37one goal separates
32:40these two
32:41full time tonight
32:42Arsenal 0
32:43PSG 1
32:44I think emotions are
32:48at that level
32:49in those kind of matches
32:50that it's difficult to analyze
32:52a match like that
32:54very difficult to play
32:55a great atmosphere
32:57but I think we show
32:59the kind of team
33:01we are
33:02we're disappointed
33:03with the results
33:04obviously we put so much
33:05into the game
33:06it's true that
33:07the first 10-15 minutes
33:09we struggle
33:09to get momentum
33:11and to get the dominance
33:12that we wanted
33:12to find
33:14especially because
33:15we were in very efficient
33:16the moment
33:17we regained the ball
33:18and where we want it
33:18and that causes a few issues
33:20but regardless of that
33:21we didn't have anything
33:22apart from the goal
33:23it's a very individual moment
33:25that's the margins
33:26in this level
33:27and after that
33:28I think the team went
33:29better and better
33:30and better
33:30and disappointing
33:32not to get a draw list
33:33we try to play in our way
33:34we score the first goal
33:36in the first two or three minutes
33:38and playing the way
33:40we try to play
33:40I'm happy
33:42we suffer a lot
33:43sometimes of the match
33:45we could score even
33:46the second goal
33:47but I think
33:48there is
33:50still a match
33:51a second match
33:53and it's going to be
33:54very tough
33:55I've not seen the goal back
33:57well the disallowed goal
33:58from Mikel
33:59but I think we needed that left
34:01and we showed
34:02from the 20th
34:0425th minute
34:04from the first half
34:06that we can win
34:07against any team
34:08and we showed that
34:09this season
34:09that we can win
34:10in an away game
34:12as well
34:12so we're going to go
34:13to Paris next week
34:14to win the game
34:15Well let's head over
34:18to Steven
34:18who's having a closer look
34:19at Luis Enrique's side
34:21Yeah
34:23Chapa's one of the great things
34:24that Paris Saint-Germain
34:25do so well
34:26is rotation in midfield
34:27and it frees up
34:28forward players
34:29it's going to take you
34:30back to the Paris Saint-Germain
34:31game when they visited
34:32Anfield
34:33and this was one of the
34:34main things that they did
34:35Juan Neves
34:37in this position
34:38just looking to come out
34:39onto that left hand side
34:40the right side
34:41of Liverpool's defence
34:43and it's just going to cause
34:44a little bit of an issue
34:44but as we play it on here
34:46what it's now going to do
34:47is
34:47it's just going to create
34:49a space for
34:50Dembele to creep into
34:51and pick up the ball
34:53and he's brilliant
34:53at doing that
34:54Dembele
34:54but it's the rotation
34:55that allows him to do it
34:57and as we play it on again
34:58you can now see that
34:59Dembele has got the ball
35:01he's now running
35:01at the back line
35:02and because they've got
35:03those midfielders
35:03in forward areas
35:04it just creates a problem
35:06for Liverpool
35:06in defence
35:08a little bit fortuitous
35:09the way it goes through
35:10to Dembele
35:10but it caused a problem
35:11and then we go to
35:13last night's game
35:13and a similar pattern
35:15occurs
35:16where now you've got
35:17Fabian Ruiz
35:18who's now running down
35:19into the same position
35:20and you've got
35:21Kvarek Skelia
35:22on the left touchline
35:23as well
35:24it creates an issue
35:25but what it is going to do
35:27is
35:27it's going to create
35:28that space again
35:29for Dembele
35:30to pick up the ball
35:31in that area
35:32and then drive
35:33Arsenal now have an issue
35:35in the right back position
35:36Jurien Timber
35:37has now got a 2v1 situation
35:39so what's he going to do
35:40he's now going to react
35:41to that position
35:42and make sure
35:43that he goes with the man
35:44and stays with the runner
35:46from midfield
35:47that's now going to be
35:48an issue for him
35:49because you've got
35:50Kvarek Skelia
35:50running down the left hand side
35:52and he's going to find the ball
35:54so that run
35:54drags Timber
35:55into the centre half position
35:57it now frees up
35:58a 1v1 situation
36:00that gap between
36:01Kvarek Skelia
36:01and Timber's too big
36:03lovely ball
36:04into the path of Dembele
36:05and that finish
36:06into the bottom corner
36:07a little bit fortuitous
36:09off the shin
36:09he won't care
36:10it's a really good finish
36:12but then what we see again
36:13in the second half
36:14is the same pattern again
36:16as they work it
36:17into that left back position
36:19we see that run
36:20from the midfielder
36:21and it's Ruiz again
36:22who finds himself
36:23hugging that left hand
36:24touchline
36:25and it creates this gap
36:27in midfield now
36:28for a position of
36:29where Dembele
36:30will now drive in
36:32and pick up the ball
36:33and that straight ball
36:34will come through
36:35into him
36:36and it's such a good rotation
36:38they've worked on it
36:38time and time again
36:39to free up that space
36:41and that press is now
36:42beaten
36:42it allows Paris Saint-Germain
36:44comfortable possession
36:45on the ball
36:45it allows now space
36:47but what it has done
36:48is it's disjointed Arsenal
36:50it's brought them
36:50out of position
36:51they can't get across
36:53they can't plug those gaps
36:54and it's very easy
36:55on the eye football
36:56from Paris Saint-Germain
36:58very difficult for
36:59Arsenal to defend against
37:01and that is something
37:02that we have seen
37:03time and time again
37:04from Paris Saint-Germain
37:05throughout this competition
37:06and it is a common theme
37:07and that's why
37:08arguably Chappers
37:09that's why they've been
37:10so successful
37:10in the competition
37:11Thank you
37:13the French paper
37:14is very happy
37:15with how Paris Saint-Germain
37:16have done
37:17L'Equipe says
37:18they're closer to the stars
37:20La Parisienne says
37:21that they have
37:22one foot
37:23in the final
37:24and there is a sense
37:26when you watch
37:26Paris Saint-Germain
37:27that they feel
37:28that they belong
37:30now
37:30not like they're
37:31the newcomers here
37:32that they should be here
37:34Yeah yeah
37:34I think so
37:35I think they've showed
37:36especially in the second half
37:37of this campaign
37:38because as we talked
37:40about it on this show
37:41many times earlier
37:42on in the season
37:42it was difficult
37:44at the start
37:45for them to get going
37:46they were not efficient enough
37:47especially in front of goals
37:49but really since mid-December
37:50they've been on another level
37:52and I think they believe
37:53on their day
37:53they can beat anybody
37:54because they can beat
37:55any pressing
37:56they can press that
37:57everybody
37:58their counter pressing
37:59is great
37:59they've got Dembele
38:00the best goal scorer
38:02in the big five leagues
38:03in 2025
38:03nobody has scored
38:04more goals than him
38:04they've got youth
38:05they've got intensity
38:06they've got great
38:08organisation overall
38:09like Stephen said
38:10they've got patterns
38:11of play that are very
38:11efficient too
38:12that it's very difficult
38:13to play against
38:14and they have a goalkeeper
38:15in good form
38:16really good form
38:17at 26 years old
38:18maybe the best form
38:19of his career
38:19and we know that
38:21Donnarumada is good at
38:22what he's good at
38:22really
38:23he's on his line
38:24those reflexes
38:25even for a big guy
38:26he's six foot five
38:27he's got a very large
38:28wingspan
38:29but he goes down
38:30very quickly
38:31especially on his left
38:32which is his favourite
38:33side
38:34and we see Martinelli
38:34there
38:35maybe even
38:35giving you a few clues
38:37on where he would put
38:37the ball because he
38:38opens his body so early
38:39and then on Trossard
38:41maybe the most impressive
38:42save for me
38:43the second one
38:43because Trossard
38:44doesn't give you
38:44really that clue
38:45he could go
38:46on his left foot
38:47this one
38:48he could have gone
38:48across goal
38:49he could have gone
38:49at a near post
38:50and it's a great save
38:51again
38:51but then in the air
38:53it's more difficult
38:53as we saw on the
38:54Merino goal
38:54that was disallowed
38:55he doesn't come out
38:56he's in the middle
38:57of nowhere
38:57a bit airwalled
38:58are they having him now
38:59because he's been
39:01a bit up and down
39:02yeah
39:02but
39:03I think
39:04for the fans
39:05there's still
39:05those mistakes
39:06that he made
39:06at Real Madrid
39:07when Benzema
39:08scored the three goals
39:09when Pochino
39:10was the coach
39:10there's a few things
39:11but he's got one year
39:12left on his contract
39:13and right now
39:14the feeling at the club
39:15is they want to extend him
39:16because he's amongst
39:16the best goalkeeper
39:17in the world
39:17even if there's those
39:18fragilities on set pieces
39:20and with the ball
39:21at his feet as well
39:21you wanted to mention
39:22Jean Neves
39:22yeah I was there last night
39:23as was Jules
39:24and Jean Neves
39:25I think there might be
39:26two of him
39:26he is just
39:27I don't want to kind of
39:29cry conspiracy
39:30but he was everywhere
39:31and there were points
39:31where
39:32it didn't really make
39:33any sense
39:33how quickly he turned up
39:35there was the tackle
39:36that was the highlight
39:37of the night really
39:38the timing of his tackle
39:39but then he was
39:40starting attacks
39:41he was running the midfield
39:42and he does illustrate
39:43kind of the reality
39:44of this PSG team
39:45as Jules said
39:46they are younger
39:47there's no Mbappe
39:48there's no Neymar
39:48there's no Messi
39:49but they brought
39:50Joane Neves
39:50for 50 million euros
39:52from Benfica
39:53after one and a half seasons
39:54it's still a very expensive
39:56very well tooled project
39:58they've got real strength
39:59and depth
39:59he's a genuine star
40:01in the making
40:01Mikel Arteta mentioned
40:03that they struggled
40:03in the first 20 minutes
40:05and then there was a tweak
40:07that was made
40:07and he wouldn't elaborate
40:08on the tweak
40:10so you will
40:11I'll try to
40:12well I hope so
40:13in the first 20 minutes
40:15or so
40:15you can see the possession stats
40:16here and Arsenal
40:17were really struggling
40:18and then
40:19he made a little
40:20tactical tweak
40:21so in the first
40:22sort of 20 minutes
40:23or so
40:24he was set up
40:25in a 4-4-2
40:26at the moment
40:28Declan Rice
40:31is a little bit deep
40:32he pushes up
40:33but what you can't do
40:35is you can't break
40:36that shape too early
40:37Saka breaks that shape
40:38and now it just opens up
40:39that left hand side
40:40and once you've
40:41disjointed that shape
40:42now it's a knock-on effect
40:44and everyone now
40:45is chasing the tail
40:46trying to catch up
40:47with that shape
40:48and it's very difficult
40:49to do
40:49especially with the speed
40:51that Paris Saint-Germain
40:52moved the ball
40:52so what he did is
40:54he moved Odegaard
40:55a little bit deeper
40:56and he set up
40:56in a 4-2-3-1 system
40:58and he left Trossard
40:59up the pitch
41:00just to pick
41:01between the two centre-backs
41:02who was going to have it
41:03and then Odegaard
41:04stayed with Vitinha
41:05nice and deep
41:06look at him now
41:07he's now the deepest player
41:08and then he breaks free
41:10once he knows
41:11that he's not going to get the ball
41:12then he pushes on
41:13to the next hole in the field
41:14and you can see him
41:15waving the players up
41:16and that just
41:17makes it more difficult
41:18for Paris Saint-Germain
41:19to pick a pass
41:20to find a way out
41:21but also what it then does
41:22is it allows Arsenal
41:24when they do regain possession
41:25to get their way up
41:26the pitch easier
41:27So you were in the stadium
41:29then last night
41:29how was it?
41:31Very noisy
41:32I think there were points
41:33in the game
41:34I don't know what Jules thinks
41:34there were points in the game
41:35where it felt like Arsenal
41:36were almost too emotional
41:37that all of that energy
41:39all that kind of dynamism
41:40that had come through
41:40the Real Madrid game
41:41had been really pointed
41:43for that tie
41:44but it felt a little bit
41:45frantic at times
41:46and I don't want to blame
41:48Mikel
41:48I'm not sure he helps
41:49there was a point
41:50where the fourth official
41:51was basically man-marking him
41:52to stop him going
41:53onto the pitch
41:53But that's what he does
41:54It's what he does
41:55but I think there are times
41:57European ties
41:58having played in non
41:59European ties
42:01they're long occasions
42:03you know
42:04a 1-0 defeat at home
42:05is not a great result
42:06for Arsenal
42:06but it's not a bad result
42:07because you go to Paris
42:08where PSG do have a history
42:10of kind of
42:11maybe bottling it
42:12a little bit
42:13you play on their nerves
42:17and you get back into the den
42:18they showed last night
42:19that they can cope with PSG
42:20there is a way
42:21there's like a pathway
42:21for Arsenal to beat PSG
42:22but they need control
42:24and composure
42:25and I think particularly
42:26in the first half
42:26they lacked that a little bit
42:28and Arteta sets that tone
42:29with the remonstrating
42:31and the demonstrations
42:32I'm not sure how helpful it is
42:33They felt a bit
42:34of adversity really
42:35they felt nervous
42:36and maybe those 20 minutes
42:37are down to PSG playing so well
42:39but also this young Arsenal team
42:40that's never been
42:41at this stage
42:42of a Champions League before
42:44So it felt nervous
42:45there last night
42:46you throw ahead
42:47then to next week
42:48and you tell me
42:49what it's going to feel like
42:50there from the Parisian
42:51point of view
42:52But PSG were there
42:53last season
42:54same stage
42:54they were second leg
42:55at home in the semi-final
42:56so again I think
42:57they are being more used
42:58to that kind of occasion
42:59for Arsenal
42:59they will have to go for it
43:00but not too quickly
43:02because like Rory said
43:031-0 is not bad
43:03if you stay a nil-nil
43:04the whole first half
43:05it's okay for Arsenal
43:06because then
43:07there will be more tension
43:08even from a PSG point of view
43:09that we know the one goal
43:10we go to extra time
43:11for example
43:12so there's still
43:13everything to play for
43:13If you break out
43:14your shape too early
43:15as Arsenal
43:15that just plays
43:16into Paris Saint-Germain's hands
43:17it's how you play
43:19your tactics
43:20and how you set yourself up
43:21if you can stay in the game
43:22for 40-50 minutes
43:24at nil-nil
43:24that gives you
43:26a great opportunity
43:27Which to a certain extent
43:28they did in Madrid
43:29didn't they?
43:29Absolutely
43:29That was exactly
43:31how they approached
43:31the Madrid
43:32Yeah and then you've got
43:33to think
43:33well can we nick
43:34maybe a set piece
43:35or something like that
43:36but they're still
43:37in this tie
43:37they've still got
43:38a big chance
43:39Arsenal
43:39What's the French
43:40for bottling it?
43:41It doesn't exist
43:42Right then
43:45if you missed
43:46any of the action
43:47this week
43:48all the highlights
43:48are on the iPlayer
43:49more analysis
43:50and reaction
43:51on the BBC Sport website
43:52and app
43:53EuroLeagues
43:54is on BBC Sounds
43:56live commentary
43:57of Athletic Club
43:58Manchester United
43:59on Five Live
44:00tomorrow
44:00and how to win
44:01the Champions League
44:02is on the iPlayer
44:03That's it
44:04thanks to Steve
44:05and Rory
44:05and Julianne
44:06we'll see you next week
44:07for the Second Legs
44:08and I'll see you next week
44:10and I'll see you next week
44:11and I'll see you next week