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00:00A warm embrace between the two coaches down there, Luis Enrique and Mikel Arteta.
00:09It's not a night for the faint-hearted, brave players are needed here tonight.
00:13Can Arsenal deliver?
00:15Well, Luis Enrique changed virtually all of his team at the weekend in preparation for tonight.
00:30The most significant news is that first-leg scorer Ousmane Dembele is fit, but only a sub.
00:35His hamstring injury means that Bradley Barclay starts the match.
00:40That's the only change from last week.
00:42Barclay and Joan Neves are the only starters who played at the weekend.
00:46Six of the starting line-ups started the semi-final second leg last season
00:50against Borussia Dortmund.
00:52And William Pasho and Ashraf Hakimi have started every game
00:57in the Champions League this season for PSG.
01:12The referee tonight, by the way, is Felix Zweier.
01:17It's the German keeping the peace between the French and the English
01:21and the captains, Marquinhos and Martin Erdogan.
01:25So Mikel Arteta changes two players from the defeat against Boardman.
01:31Yurian Timber is fit to start at right-back and replaces Ben White.
01:35And Mikel Marino's back up front in place of Leandro Trossard.
01:37Thomas Partey was suspended last week, but he's back in midfield tonight.
01:41His return huge for the Gunners.
01:43Arsenal also have Italian internationals Jorginho and Ricciardo Calafiore back on the bench.
01:48Both players have missed significant time.
01:52And the Arsenal players prior to kick off, just going over to their supporters.
02:12And there they are in one of the corners here at the Parc des France.
02:17in one of the corners here at the Parc des Princes.
02:20PSG boasts one of the most talented teams in the competition,
02:24but there's pressure on them tonight.
02:25This trophy is their holy grail,
02:28and their players need to deliver tonight.
02:31Declan Rice says that Arsenal have no fear,
02:34and in Madrid they found big performances and heroes all over the pitch,
02:39and tonight they need it to happen again.
02:42The stadiums have fever pitch for the biggest game of the season so far
02:46for both of these clubs.
02:48Ali McCoy, what an atmosphere in here.
02:50Fantastic, we've sampled it before.
02:52Good evening, everyone.
02:53I mean, we've been here a couple of times this season, Dan.
02:55Mother pro Aston Villa, and they haven't let us down
02:58in terms of the quality that we've watched,
03:00and I fully expect to see him again tonight.
03:02What an atmosphere.
03:03Two fabulous sides on the pitch.
03:05Let's go on with it.
03:07The smoke from the pre-match pyrotechnics has just about cleared.
03:12It's one of the most atmospheric arenas in all of European football,
03:16an old place that's seen so much,
03:18and Arsenal tonight want their own slice of Champions League history here
03:22against the favourites for the competition.
03:24Well, they certainly are.
03:25I mean, the improvement in this side since January probably
03:29has been quite remarkable.
03:30Lewis and Ricky's side full of confidence, full of goals,
03:33full of ability.
03:35They're certainly, for me, and I include Barcelona in it,
03:37PSG have certainly been the team in Europe since the turn of the year.
03:43And Arsenal have got a massive task.
03:45Not impossible.
03:46First opportunity to break here with the Kaiosaka,
03:50so there's a bit of defending to do on that side
03:52for Nuno Mendes, and Saka immediately wants to have a go at him.
03:55What a battle that is over there.
03:56Yeah, and I don't mind that.
03:59I know he didn't win that particular one,
04:01but that's something he's going to have to do,
04:03I think, on a regular basis, Dan.
04:04Because Nuno Mendes is some player.
04:11But I know which area in the park he prefers to play,
04:14and it's further up.
04:15So if Saka could keep him occupied in that left-back position,
04:18that would be a bonus for Arsenal, Dan.
04:19Here's the first touch tonight for Deziree Douai.
04:22Straight away wants to go at Lewis Skelly,
04:24Martinelli Backwell are winning the free-kick for Arsenal.
04:28Both teams lost at the weekend,
04:29PSG for the third time in six games,
04:31although the weekend loss was with a very different team than tonight.
04:35Arsenal have lost their last two,
04:37so both managers here tonight
04:38will be hoping for better than they've had recently.
04:42Arsenal battling history,
04:43as well as one of Europe's best club sides,
04:45only twice in Champions League history.
04:48As a team reached the final
04:49after losing the first leg of the semi-final,
04:52Arsenal have never progressed in Europe,
04:54having lost the first leg at home.
04:57But they've got to forget about all of that tonight
04:59and provide the kind of performance we saw
05:01when they went to the Bernabeu
05:02against Real Madrid in the previous round.
05:05There's Luis Enrique,
05:07aiming to emulate his achievements at Barcelona
05:09when he won a treble with them.
05:12And he's won three of his four matches
05:13as a coach against Arsenal.
05:16William Saliba, a Frenchman in France,
05:22and such an important player tonight for Arsenal.
05:27Timber.
05:31Makai Osaka.
05:34That's defended on that side by Khabar and Scalia,
05:36but he's now lost the ball,
05:38and Timber's got it for Arsenal.
05:39Chipped into all!
05:40And what a chance that was!
05:42Declan Rice!
05:43That was almost the perfect start
05:44inside three minutes.
05:47Man, that's your reaction, isn't she?
05:49She'd score.
05:50He gets up well.
05:52Oh, if it's on target, it's a goal.
05:54It's a great ball,
05:55and he wins the header very, very cleanly.
05:57Another six inches to the right-hand side,
06:00and it's in the back of the net.
06:01That is a big, big chance.
06:04You want him at the back post,
06:05you want him arriving in the box,
06:06that's where you want him.
06:09He'll be disappointed to miss, Ali,
06:10but that's just going to give them
06:12a little bit of confidence, Ali,
06:13that they can generate chances.
06:15Of course.
06:18Incidentally, I thought he was incredible
06:20in the Bernabeu up against Real Madrid.
06:23Declan Rice, I know he spoke about his two goals,
06:25the home leg, Irma.
06:26Martino looking to get the other side of Hakimi here.
06:32It's a massive night for the two Arsenal-wide players
06:34against the two players that are regarded at the moment
06:37as the best full-backs in the world.
06:40So many key battles all over the pitch,
06:42little cameos that we've got to keep an eye on.
06:45It's always the case when we get to this stage
06:47of this competition.
06:48Now then, let's see what Partey can do
06:50with the first long throw-in here
06:52for Arsenal tonight.
06:53It's a great save by Donnarumma.
07:01It's a fantastic save.
07:03What a save.
07:04From point blank range,
07:04Martinelli can't believe he didn't score.
07:06He just reacts.
07:08I love Arsenal's style.
07:09They're just putting him under pressure.
07:11Crosses.
07:12Oh, he makes it well.
07:14Brilliant save down at his left-hand side,
07:16Donnarumma.
07:18Oh, I think it actually comes off his knee in the end.
07:21He just makes a contact on it.
07:22Goalkeeper makes a great save.
07:24But the fact of the matter is
07:25they're asking questions of the PSG defence,
07:29trying to unsettle them.
07:30Long throw-ins, a couple of crosses.
07:32Absolutely ideal.
07:33Take them out of the comfort zone.
07:35Martin Keogh has made it to the commentary position.
07:37Martin, that's two really good early chances for Arsenal.
07:39Yeah, great start to the game.
07:41Particularly there, that ball coming into the box
07:43and attacks.
07:44Just that goalkeeper again.
07:46You just hope he's not going to be man of the match.
07:48Another fine save from him.
07:49Martin Odegaard out to the Kaio Saka.
07:52Arsenal have made the better start.
07:53They look really confident out there.
07:56Saka's crossed.
07:57This time it's going to work its way through to Martinelli.
08:02In he goes again.
08:04And they're asking a lot of questions defensively here
08:06of Paris Saint-Germain in the early stages.
08:08Declan Rice did say in the press conference
08:10we have no fear coming to the Parc des France tonight.
08:13They've started that way.
08:14I've got to say,
08:15I know it's ridiculously early in the game,
08:18but what an opening five minutes from Arsenal's point of view.
08:26It's Paris Saint-Germain's eighth game
08:28against an English team
08:29in the competition.
08:32And they're sixth in a row having played
08:34against Liverpool and Villa
08:35in the previous rounds.
08:36That's all in this season's Champions League.
08:39Seventh meeting between the two clubs tonight.
08:41The two previous times the Gunners came here,
08:43they're left with a one-all draw
08:44and the two games this season were both
08:47at the Emirates.
08:49played in there to Muguri and Thimber,
09:07who'd stayed forward.
09:10Now Mikayo Saka's on the move again for Arsenal,
09:12cutting in.
09:13Plenty of support up there for him as well.
09:15Gabriel Martinelli
09:20gets away from Hakimi.
09:22Good play by Martinelli.
09:24Hakimi recovers.
09:25And that's going to be a corner.
09:27I'm going to tell you what they're doing.
09:29Uri and Thimber,
09:29the start of the position is very, very high upfledged
09:32and it's extremely clever
09:33because he's playing inside Saka
09:36and he's forcing Nuno Mendes to pick him up.
09:39Therefore, Saka's getting space
09:41out in that right wing.
09:43It's a tactic because he's obviously pushing up
09:45and making him mark him
09:46and it gives Saka a three-row.
09:49But he's pleasing that Martinelli
09:50has started the game so well
09:52and he's really going after his opponent.
09:53So Arsenal's first corner tonight,
09:59so good from situations like this.
10:01Can Declan Rice
10:02get the delivery right here?
10:04Hoy sit towards the back post.
10:06One thing we do know with Donnarumma,
10:08he'll go for those all night.
10:09Whether he gets them
10:10is another question,
10:11but he's going to be decisive like that.
10:13You can guarantee
10:13there's one or two of the Arsenal boys
10:14who get in his way,
10:15who get in his road,
10:16not make it an easy right throw.
10:17He's another long throw coming.
10:18I'm liking this from Arsenal.
10:19Absolutely.
10:21Feels like the kind of night
10:22where the first goal's important,
10:24but if you watched last night's game,
10:25that went out the window, didn't it?
10:29So Tate to deliver long again.
10:31Again, there's good distance on it
10:33and again, it's going to fall here
10:34for Martin.
10:34Oh, he's saved it all!
10:35My goodness.
10:36That's astonishing.
10:37He's hit that so well, Erdegaard.
10:40And Donnarumma
10:40with another exceptional save.
10:43I don't even know
10:44how quickly he sees it, you know.
10:46I think that is
10:47an absolutely remarkable save
10:50because he sees it late.
10:52Patio and Vitinha in front of him
10:53and it gets down to his left-hand side.
10:55That's a remarkable stop.
10:56Here's the wingspan
10:57of this goalkeeper.
10:59You know, already looking like
11:00man of the match here.
11:02Incredible save.
11:03He may well have injured himself here.
11:07Erdegaard couldn't have hit that any cleaner.
11:09No.
11:09It's a beautiful strike,
11:10but the quality of the save
11:11because he, as I say,
11:12he sees it late.
11:14He's got a couple in front of him.
11:16He sees it very late.
11:18It's an absolutely wonderful save.
11:20From the back it's an even better save,
11:22isn't it?
11:22When you see that angle
11:23from the back of the net,
11:24that's an even better save.
11:25Such a big man as well.
11:26He's got a long way to get down to it
11:28and what a fine save.
11:31There's a bit of concern for him here.
11:32That's Safinov,
11:33who played at the weekend,
11:35who would be coming on
11:36if there's an issue here.
11:37It's a big moment,
11:38this for Paris Saint-Germain.
11:39I mean,
11:39they don't want to lose Donnarumma.
11:41Struggles to keep clean sheets in Ligue 1,
11:44but when he plays in the Champions League,
11:45and this season in particular,
11:47he's been exceptional.
11:48But this is early concern
11:53for Luis Enrique.
11:57I just wonder if he perhaps
11:58jarred the shoulder on the way down,
12:00because he was stretching his mark correctly,
12:02he makes a brilliant save.
12:04There's a sight of the PSG fans,
12:06and indeed Luis Enrique will be a delighting whip.
12:09It's not very often
12:10you get a standing evasion
12:11for getting back on your feet,
12:12but Donnarumma's just had one in here.
12:16Arsenal need to keep this early pressure on,
12:18it's been one-way traffic
12:19at the opening nine minutes.
12:37And it comes from Bakaio Saka,
12:39it was towards Kivior,
12:41near post.
12:43It's a bit of a hack of a clearance
12:44from Fabian Ruiz.
12:47Certainly haven't settled to this point,
12:49Paris Saint-Germain Martin.
12:50No, and I think the time
12:51that Arsenal are taking
12:52in their delivery for set pieces
12:54is really creating a drama
12:55and a nervousness in his defence.
12:57In actual fact,
12:58the throw-ins from Partey
12:59have been more dangerous
13:00than the corners.
13:01They've taken them out of the comfort zone,
13:02they're not used to this.
13:04You play them in the game,
13:05you want them,
13:05they want you to play it,
13:06they'll beat you.
13:06It's another good one.
13:09This time Marquinhos took the responsibility,
13:11there's Erdogan again.
13:14Lifted in towards Marino in the middle,
13:16Tashos header.
13:17He's got to weather this early storm,
13:21Tarris Saint-Germain,
13:22a storm they maybe didn't expect.
13:24Lewis Skellet,
13:25that's no foul,
13:26and now the Tarrisians
13:27with a chance to run forward
13:29for the first time.
13:31Hakimi.
13:31And that's straight forward
13:35for David Wright.
13:36Do you know who he did really well there?
13:37William Saliba.
13:38He didn't come out,
13:40he kind of jockeyed,
13:41gave himself 5-10 yards
13:42and allowed Declan Rice,
13:43he saw Declan Rice
13:44coming back,
13:45making a great run defensively.
13:47Declan has got that energy,
13:48hasn't he,
13:48to get up and down
13:49in that midfield.
13:54I think one thing
13:55we shouldn't overlook tonight
13:56is the pressure
13:57of the Paris Saint-Germain players.
13:59They've won everything else,
14:00but this is the competition
14:01that they can't get their hands on,
14:02they can't lift this trophy
14:04and they're expected
14:05to go through tonight.
14:06They couldn't have it
14:07last season when we were here,
14:08Ali, and Dortmund came to town.
14:10They were full of pressure that night.
14:16Kibioras on his longest run of starts
14:18as an Arsenal player,
14:19this is his ninth in a row,
14:21deputising for Gabriel.
14:24Looking to get Martinelli
14:26in behind Hakimi down this side.
14:30Good on the ref,
14:32good on him.
14:34Delighted to see that.
14:35Went down far too easy,
14:36he was looking for it.
14:37That's just the sort of decision
14:38that they were getting
14:39in the first leg
14:39with the different referee,
14:42I know.
14:44I think I'm adding things up correctly.
14:46I think this is the fourth long throw-in
14:47for Thomas Partey,
14:49inside 12 minutes.
14:50into the danger area once more.
15:02Partey moving away from Desiree Douai,
15:05but only picking out Bittinia.
15:0612 members.
15:13That will be a throw-in.
15:14You're kind of waiting at this stage
15:15for someone in blue and red
15:17just to put the ball a little bit
15:18and slow the game down.
15:19They're not being alluded.
15:21It's the first thing you've got this year.
15:23They are not being alluded
15:24just because Arsenal have been brave,
15:25wanting to press,
15:27and it's coming off for them.
15:28It's the first thing you've got this year.
15:58almost inside right,
16:00and it's forcing Nuna Mendes,
16:01it's forcing Barrett Scali
16:02to come all the way back on Saka.
16:04Excellent.
16:04I'll tell you another thing as well,
16:05you spoke about it earlier today,
16:07when we chatted about this,
16:08Declan Rice has to make runs into the box,
16:10and he's doing it a lot so far.
16:11Yeah, that engine, obviously,
16:12we just saw him defend,
16:13he'll go both ways.
16:15Hakimi not really been able
16:16to get on the ball at all.
16:17It's all.
16:19Martinelli on this left-hand side
16:20has really started the game well.
16:23So yet another throw-in
16:25to Thomas Partey.
16:28Hoisted in dangerously once more,
16:35this time Kibar and Scali
16:37are with a defending.
16:42Martin Erdogan.
16:43Lewis Skelly toward the guard,
16:53but intercepted by Hakimi.
16:56I noticed again when Lewis Skelly
16:57arrived tonight,
16:58he got the headphones on
16:59and was FaceTiming,
17:00and he was doing the call tonight,
17:01facing the ultras,
17:02behind Donnarumma's goal at the moment,
17:04taking it all in,
17:05milking the night,
17:06looking like he's been here before.
17:08Saka's made the run,
17:13and he's got the other side
17:14of Kibar and Scali here,
17:16goal kick.
17:18You know, you compare this tie,
17:19the first one,
17:20they scored within four minutes,
17:22and they really impressed us.
17:23Arsenal equally as good
17:24in the away leg here tonight,
17:26and they need to score,
17:27Fletch.
17:41Not allowing them to play out at all,
17:43are they?
17:44Not allowing them to play out.
17:47What's been really interesting,
17:48as I said,
17:48opening 50 minutes as well.
17:50It's been brilliant.
17:51Timbers taking Varad Scali
17:53all the way back.
17:53Dewey and Barca have been in rules
17:58that they're unaccustomed to defensively as well,
18:01which is right up Arsenal Street, obviously.
18:05All of that right in front of the two coaches,
18:09a little cool there from Mikel Arteta
18:10to Ashraf Ikimi,
18:12it's Arteta's first semi-final
18:13in this competition.
18:15There's a coach,
18:16second European semi-final
18:18with the club,
18:18having led the Gunners
18:19to the Europa League last four
18:21back in 2021,
18:22but the stakes so high tonight,
18:24Martinelli,
18:25Marino,
18:28Odegaard.
18:30Just caught in two minds
18:32there, the Arsenal captain,
18:33whether to go to Saka
18:34or whether to go inside,
18:36and now here comes the Pacey-Douet
18:38charging forward
18:39for Paris Saint-Germain.
18:42First time they've had the ball,
18:44really,
18:44with players
18:45inside the Arsenal half,
18:46and it's taken
18:47almost 16 minutes.
18:48this is Vittinia,
19:08very much the heartbeat
19:09of the Paris Saint-Germain midfield.
19:10William Fasho,
19:17who like Akimi,
19:18the right-back,
19:19has started every game
19:19of the competition
19:20this season
19:21for TSG.
19:26Arkinios,
19:27third Champions League
19:28semi-final for him,
19:29and he picks out
19:30Khabar and Scalia.
19:31On it goes to Dwayne.
19:34Khabar and Scalia,
19:35early chance,
19:36he's in the post,
19:37he's so dangerous.
19:39And we could have had
19:40three or four goals already,
19:42we've only played
19:4216 and a half minutes.
19:44I know,
19:44but the link up
19:45from Dewey and Vladec-Skele
19:46is unbelievable,
19:47it's fantastic.
19:48It comes up to the Georgian,
19:50he lays it off first time
19:51to the little fellow
19:52who knocks it back,
19:53he bends one,
19:54it's just brilliant football.
19:56Great ball for Marquinhos
19:57as well,
19:57wasn't it?
19:58Diagonal just varied it
19:59up a little bit.
20:01Absolute passage of play,
20:03let's just change
20:03the mood in here.
20:06Hakimi,
20:09JoĂŁo Neves,
20:10and now Vittinia.
20:14Such an elegant player,
20:15Khabar and Scalia,
20:16makes everything look easy
20:18out there.
20:18It's a joy to watch.
20:29There's the Georgian
20:30out wide
20:30and looking for that
20:31run of Dwayne.
20:33One question
20:33I've got in my mind
20:34tonight
20:35is that
20:36the front three
20:37very exciting
20:37goals,
20:38assists,
20:38all that kind of thing,
20:39but they're just like
20:40that bit of explosion
20:41without Dembele
20:41on the pitch.
20:43Well,
20:44I mean,
20:44there's a lot of pace
20:45on that right-hand side.
20:45Khabar Askelius is the one
20:47who's come in in January.
20:48I think he's transformed
20:49along with Dembele,
20:50but Dembele's numbers
20:51are ridiculous
20:51since January.
20:53and he is a miss,
20:54but they've got good
20:55back-up here.
20:56That big cut there
20:58was brilliant.
20:59It really was.
21:00Lovely one-touch football.
21:03First minute,
21:03Scali,
21:04a little bit of roomy
21:04cuts inside.
21:05And there's the first card
21:07tonight.
21:15Oh,
21:15it's shown to Nuno Mendes.
21:16Just something there
21:23that Mikai Osaki
21:24just took away
21:25in his memory bank
21:26and his full-back's
21:27now on a yellow card.
21:28He catches him,
21:29he stands on his foot.
21:30It's a fair decision.
21:32Julian Timbers can buy him
21:33and he stands
21:34on his right foot.
21:35Now,
21:36you're absolutely right,
21:36if you're getting the ball
21:37to Saki before,
21:40get it out to him
21:41as quickly as possible
21:42and if you can't isolate him
21:43and Nuno Mendes.
21:46Saki back to Declan Rice,
21:50he's got plenty to wait,
21:51but that's not the best
21:52of balls,
21:52but it's only clear
21:53to Martinelli.
21:54Hit well,
21:54straight to Pasho.
21:56Oh,
21:56he'll think about
21:57the counter-attack.
21:59And it's Hakimi,
22:00but Luis Skelly,
22:01excellent.
22:01Really good.
22:03How about that
22:04for a bit of confidence?
22:05The way he uses his body
22:06is ridiculous.
22:09Nuno Mendes
22:10is there,
22:11Julian Timber
22:12quickly on him.
22:12They're not giving
22:13the Paris Saint-Germain
22:14players a second.
22:14Excellent start
22:17by Arsenal,
22:18no foul on Saka.
22:19I think the good aspect
22:20as well is the referees
22:21letting the gameplay.
22:22Yes,
22:23very different
22:23from the first leg.
22:24I mean,
22:24you saw that booking,
22:25I'm not sure
22:26he'd have been booked
22:26with the first game
22:27referee you had that night.
22:32Really is quite
22:33succeeded here.
22:34The noise,
22:35relentless.
22:35I'm enjoying
22:45the high press
22:45from Arsenal.
22:46If you look at it,
22:47there's Odegaard,
22:47Saka,
22:48Marino's up there.
22:50I don't think
22:50there's any alternative,
22:51Ali.
22:52No, I agree.
22:52If you don't go
22:53and do that,
22:53they just go right
22:54way through you.
23:00Odegaard finds
23:00the pocket.
23:01Timber.
23:17It's William Saliba.
23:20Saka can go
23:21at Nuno Mendes
23:22over there.
23:24Back to Partey.
23:26Luis Skelling.
23:27Martin Odegaard!
23:42Odegaard to
23:43scamper forward
23:44and glide through
23:45and it's opening up
23:46here for Martin Odegaard.
23:47He had the chance
23:47to take the shot,
23:48goes instead
23:49to Declan Rice.
23:51Now Martinelli.
23:53A key of his challenge,
23:54corner to Arsenal.
23:55It's good football,
23:56but I was going to be
23:57slightly critical.
23:58They've got to get a shot away.
23:59Well,
23:59and Odegaard maybe
24:00could have threaded
24:01that through,
24:01couldn't he,
24:02for the runner.
24:02Timber on the right-hand side.
24:05But very good
24:06approach play,
24:07then nonetheless.
24:08It's a brave performance
24:09from Arsenal so far.
24:12It's been a succession
24:13of Arsenal's set pieces.
24:16And they've scored
24:17so many goals
24:18over the last couple
24:18of seasons
24:19from situations
24:20like this one.
24:22That's Nicolas Jova,
24:23the set-piece coach.
24:25Hoping that one of these
24:26can pay dividends
24:27at some stage,
24:28whether it's a Partey throw-in
24:29or an Arsenal corner.
24:31This time,
24:31it's Declan Rice.
24:36Martin Odegaard
24:37was lining one up again.
24:38Douay made the challenge.
24:39That's good as well
24:40from Marquinhos.
24:43Saka that wins it back
24:44for Arsenal.
24:46Marino.
24:48Whipped in,
24:48but that's too close
24:49to Donnarumma.
24:58Slip there by Hakimi,
24:59which gives the ball back
25:14to Declan Rice.
25:16Mikel Marino,
25:17a different role
25:18for him tonight
25:18with Thomas Partey
25:19back in the team.
25:20There's a bit more balance
25:21about the Arsenal
25:21line-up tonight.
25:23That's a bit sloppy though.
25:24Bradley Barker
25:25can have a run
25:26and he's got Douay
25:26up there with him.
25:27It's Douay for Paris
25:28Saint-Germain
25:29against Saliba.
25:30That's Tate really
25:31at David Ryan
25:32but they can't give
25:33the ball away
25:34like that.
25:35That's poor from Saliba
25:35but you know
25:36somebody just about
25:37gets himself out of the hole
25:38when his position says
25:40that's a really poor ball.
25:41He's on his heels
25:42but he doesn't
25:43come up himself.
25:45Again,
25:45he doesn't come up himself.
25:47Just not enough power
25:48behind the shot
25:49but it was very slack.
25:51You don't want to give
25:52these guys any encouragement
25:53they don't need any.
25:54No,
25:54and that's the worry
25:55for Arsenal isn't it
25:56as well as they played
25:57is that counter-attack.
25:58I just think the timing
25:59of Arsenal's press
26:00is so much better tonight
26:01than it was
26:02in that first match.
26:07A little flip back
26:08from Kabaratskele
26:09but Saka was there
26:09sharpest for the Gunners.
26:14Timberwell forward again
26:15he's just about the furthest
26:16Arsenal player on the pitch.
26:17That's posing the problem.
26:19Kabaratskele is hating it,
26:20absolutely hating it.
26:21Mendes isn't liking it either
26:22because he can't get
26:24marking Saka the way
26:25he wants to.
26:26Fair play.
26:29Marina.
26:39It's that advanced
26:39starting position for Timber
26:41then out it goes here
26:42to Martinelli.
26:44Luis Skelly's gone up there
26:45with him.
26:48Erdegaard.
26:49Miles-Lewis Skelly
26:53moving to be a better cross
26:55from that.
26:57Bruno Mendes quickly across
26:58him.
26:59Oh he's got the decision.
27:01It's gone his way.
27:03Just a reminder that tomorrow
27:04we've got more semi-final action.
27:07It's the Europa League and the
27:08Conference League second legs.
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27:11against Athletic Club.
27:12Spurs three one up heading to
27:14the Arctic Circle against Bodo
27:15England and Chelsea four one up
27:17against JuergÄrd and Fiorentina
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27:27Winners tonight play
27:27into Milan
27:29after that humpdinger of a semi
27:30against Barcelona
27:31last night.
27:33We've just seen that chance again.
27:35That's a big chance.
27:35to be brutally honest
27:37it's a poor finish
27:38if somebody
27:39is there to do
27:40his quality.
27:41Dan Martin
27:42should be
27:43certainly get a better
27:44effort away than that.
27:47It's very sloppy
27:48by Marquini
27:49or straight to
27:49Miles-Lewis Skelly.
27:53Loops away from
27:53Bradley Barkley
27:54but then man
27:55had no ideas.
27:57This is
27:57Fabian Ruiz
27:59and Fittinia.
28:01Arsenal working
28:02so hard though
28:03without the ball.
28:04Fantastic.
28:05It's a game
28:09that's being played
28:10at a frantic pace.
28:12Wonderful to watch.
28:26I'm sure
28:27looking to play
28:27the ball in behind
28:28Saliba
28:28but he'd always
28:29make it favourite
28:30there
28:30the flag was up anyway
28:31so
28:31free kick to Arsenal.
28:35Paris Saint-Germain
28:42had a 30-game run
28:44this season
28:44where they only
28:45lost once
28:45that was against
28:46Liverpool here
28:47in the Champions League.
28:48Brooklyn Rice has been
28:52penalised there
28:53with a challenge
28:54on Kibar and
28:55Scalier
28:55and he's going to
28:56get the yellow card.
28:58He just takes a
28:59heavy touch
29:00doesn't he?
29:00The touch is too heavy.
29:02Kibar and Scalier
29:03is all over him.
29:04Just that heavy touch
29:08on the left foot
29:08there from Declan.
29:11He should probably
29:11bite the bullet
29:12there and just
29:12stand up Martin.
29:13they can't really
29:14have any complaints
29:15with that.
29:17I was going to make
29:18the point that
29:19since that 30-game
29:20sequence
29:21they've only won
29:21two of their last six
29:22so I know
29:24they've got the league
29:24wrapped up
29:25whether there's a
29:25legacy of that
29:26they've just eased
29:27off a little bit
29:28but
29:28if it's not
29:30then it's something
29:32Arsenal can
29:32certainly look to
29:34capitalise on tonight.
29:35They were able
29:35to make ten changes
29:36at the weekend
29:37so
29:38I would suggest
29:42if they played
29:42Nice and Strasbourg
29:43and had to win
29:44the games
29:44they would.
29:48Sticking your neck
29:49out there.
29:50Yeah.
29:50Brave of me again.
29:53Stop hanging about there.
29:54So free kick to PSG
29:56Patinia
29:56is over it.
29:57They've sent
29:58Marquinhos
29:58in there.
30:02William Pasho
30:03the other centre-back
30:04as well.
30:05That's headed away
30:06by Partey.
30:07Ball for Fabio
30:07Ruiz.
30:08Good hit!
30:08Oh what a goal!
30:20What a time to score
30:21your first ever
30:22Champions League goal.
30:23Fabio Ruiz
30:24with an absolute beauty.
30:26His first goal
30:27in European football
30:28in any competition
30:29for more than four years
30:30and you can't hit a ball
30:32any sweeter than that.
30:34No, it was a beautiful strike.
30:36I just said again
30:37how important is it
30:38to score when you're ahead
30:39and you're playing well.
30:40Arsenal sadly
30:41have failed to do that
30:42and they've been punished.
30:44I'm aware of that
30:45at Schellier
30:45has hit the post
30:46but this is brilliant.
30:48The chest
30:49the movement
30:50to take it away
30:51from Martinelli
30:52there
30:52is fantastic.
30:54It really is
30:55because it opens
30:55the whole thing up.
30:57Martinelli's body movement
30:58means he can't go across
30:59back to his left
31:00to his right hand side.
31:02That there
31:02to wrong foot
31:03Martinelli
31:04is beautiful
31:04and it opens
31:05the whole thing up
31:06for him
31:06and what about that
31:07for a hit?
31:08A real sucker punch
31:09from an Arsenal point of view
31:11but it's a wonderful strike.
31:12The way he lets it
31:13as you say Ali
31:14his timing
31:15his patience
31:16he lets it run
31:16across his body
31:17and then bang
31:18he pulls the trigger
31:19what a strike.
31:21I'm just wondering
31:22Martin Alasky
31:23defensively
31:24the header
31:24from Thomas Partey
31:25could it have been better?
31:26could it have
31:28carried it away
31:29from the goal?
31:30Puts it into a real
31:31danger area there
31:31you've got to be
31:32trying to flick that out
31:33away from the goal.
31:35Ruiz had the
31:36presence of mind
31:37the quality
31:38to pick his spot
31:39so patient
31:41and what a wonderful strike.
31:43Totally against
31:44the run of play.
31:45Big games
31:46big nights like this
31:48big players
31:48to step up
31:49Spanish international
31:50Fabian Ruiz
31:51and he's taken
31:54a Paris Saint-Germain
31:55chance
31:56to double the lead
31:56now on aggregate
31:572-0
31:58Arsenal find themselves
31:59behind
31:59and they've got to
32:01forget about that
32:01they've got to respond
32:02as best as they can
32:05inside a stadium
32:06that's just gone up
32:06a few notches.
32:15Martinelli
32:16hoisted in by
32:18Martin Odegaard
32:18headed down in there
32:19towards Uri
32:20and Timber
32:20cleared as far as
32:21Salih
32:22but
32:22now Saka
32:24here's
32:37Kovar and
32:38Scalier going through
32:39now is Bradley
32:40Barclay
32:41it's a good chance
32:42it's a big save
32:43that
32:43if it becomes
32:453-0 to Paris Saint-Germain
32:46it feels like
32:47Mission Impossible
32:48that's just kept them in it.
32:49Fletcher
32:50Wiemann's got to go back
32:51to the goalie
32:51he's got to head south
32:52back to the goalie
32:53he cannot play it blind
32:54into that area
32:55away with one there
32:57Barclay does really well
32:59to come back on it
33:00the challenge is good as well
33:02it's an excellent challenge
33:04I've got to see
33:04for Declan Rice
33:05and a good save
33:07but the full back
33:08has to go back
33:09if Declan Rice doesn't make
33:10that tackle
33:11then the tie is completely gone
33:12wonderful effort there
33:14from him
33:14Bue takes the PSG corner
33:18and there was a foul in there
33:21anyway
33:21free kick
33:21to Arsenal
33:23conversation down there
33:27between Luis Enrique
33:28and one of his staff
33:29that's the danger though
33:32isn't it
33:32Luis Skelly
33:33in that midfield position
33:34trying to build things
33:35but he's away from
33:36his left back position
33:37and then the counter attack
33:39comes
33:39I could see the whole
33:40thing unfold
33:41it scared me watching
33:43I was praying
33:44he was going to go back
33:45to the goalkeeper
33:45this is Mikel Moreno
33:53over there with Kavar and Scalia
33:54now Martin Erdegaard
33:56Timber
33:59Erdegaard
34:01I mean the other
34:06semi-final tells you
34:07that 2-0
34:08has done a great lead
34:09into Milan
34:10had it twice
34:10and had to go through
34:12the ringer against
34:13Barcelona
34:14Arsenal have to score
34:15the next goal in the tie
34:16here's Declan Rice
34:25that is a fantastic challenge
34:27totally committed there
34:30wasn't he
34:31yeah
34:31one thing I have to say
34:32here about this new PSG team
34:34Kavar and Scalia
34:35the work rate
34:36that he is putting in
34:37is ridiculous
34:37you wouldn't have seen
34:38the likes of Neymar
34:39prepared to do that
34:41well the days are long gone
34:43Martin aren't they
34:43where the front three
34:44used to watch the game
34:45when PSG didn't have the ball
34:47they've all got roles
34:48and Luis Enrique
34:49can play the kind of football
34:50he played
34:51as the coach at Barcelona
34:53it works so well
34:54they've become a better team
34:55the longer the season's gone on
34:56now Kavar and Scalia
34:58want to try and escape down there
35:00when he's run out of room
35:01I mean the early phase
35:03of this competition
35:03the league phase
35:04they were down amongst
35:05absolutely
35:06scrapping to get through
35:07in fact they didn't get through
35:08did they until match day 8
35:10here's Tipple with a chance to cross
35:13Declan Rice in the PSG box
35:14and then on he goes
35:16from Marino
35:18quite enough that
35:19Arteta immediately jumped up
35:21to the edge of the technical area
35:22to give encouragement
35:23it's a really clever finish
35:26because it's an awkward one to take
35:28and he knows his only attempt to score
35:30is to kind of hook it
35:31with a little bit of pace
35:32back across himself
35:34just off target
35:35but believe me
35:36it was a clever finish
35:37he wouldn't sit down for him
35:38Ali would it
35:38talking about not sitting down
35:42Martin
35:42I'm not sure too
35:43but he's sitting down in here
35:44ourselves included
35:46if you're a PSG persuasion
35:4812 and a half minutes to go
35:52in the first half
35:53Intermall
35:53I'm waiting for the winners
35:54in Munich in the final
35:55in three and a half weeks time
35:57and Luis Enrique's team
35:59with a decent advantage
36:00Declan Rice
36:12it's a free kick
36:21he saw it at the referee
36:21yeah but it's clever
36:23because it's probably just enough
36:25the referee not to give a free kick
36:26but it's a short
36:27here we see it
36:32there you are
36:33that's a shot
36:34it should be a free kick
36:35yeah
36:35but you know what I mean Mark
36:36sometimes the referee will think
36:37there's not enough in it
36:38but
36:39but a letter of law
36:40I think it's a free kick
36:41yeah
36:41just a bit of a heavy touch
36:43from Declan wasn't it
36:44we saw Declan there
36:45charging out
36:46it's important
36:46a word on Udegaard as well
36:48by the way
36:48the amount of work he's doing
36:49he's pressing
36:50he's the trigger for the press
36:51and he's getting back into that
36:53midfield to help out too
36:54just on that free kick
36:56I can guarantee that Martin
36:57would have given it
36:58that's beyond debate
37:00I think you'll find
37:02Martin would have committed it
37:04I was capable of that as well
37:08Marino's found a bit of space
37:10now he's found Udegaard
37:11scampering around the ball
37:13and the PSG players
37:14I think they realised
37:17after the first 10 minutes
37:18they've got to do a bit more
37:19they've been a lot better
37:21without the ball
37:21since then PSG
37:22yeah
37:22I mean what are 35 minutes
37:31you think about it
37:32I've got to say
37:33my own opinion
37:34I think Arsenal have been
37:35absolutely brilliant
37:36and they could have been two down
37:38still looking hard to win the ball back
37:52but they're going to be penalised there
37:53Fabian Ruiz
37:56the player down
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38:25one back
38:35over there by Vikaio Saka
38:36quickly on the move now
38:37for Arsenal
38:38of course
38:40some of the deflection
38:41Tasso decided to get involved
38:43see that's the problem
38:45I don't know what you think
38:46that's brilliant from Saka
38:47forces forward
38:49plays a ball to Declan Rice
38:51and I'm looking
38:51and there's nobody in the box
38:52yeah
38:53because exactly that
38:55you've got to get the numbers
38:56haven't you
38:56into that area
38:57in the final third
38:58and commit bodies there
38:59it's an Arsenal team that's only been beaten once away from home
39:20in the Champions League this season
39:22that was in the San Siro against Inter Milan
39:24who are waiting for the winners of tonight
39:27in the final
39:28that was back on match day four
39:29they've got their last four games
39:30away from home
39:32including in the Bernabeu
39:33in the previous round
39:34and they've got it here
39:36with Declan Rice
39:37promising
39:37hits it straight at William Pasho
39:39Urnigaard
39:41now Martinelli
39:43Martinelli's done really well
39:47he's managed to keep the ball
39:49and then he delivers the cross
39:50it's just a fraction deep
39:51though for Saka
39:51shot comes in from Timber
39:53straight at Khabar at Scalia
39:54Hakeemi's done well
40:04now he spots the space
40:07and he loves to run forward
40:08with Paris Saint-Germain right back
40:10Desiree Douai
40:13across comes William Saliba
40:18it's excellent use of the chest from Zrao Neves
40:24he's got it back again from Hakeemi
40:26Khabar at Scalia
40:30William Saliba there in the nick of time
40:33it was great use of the chest
40:36but also a brilliant little head
40:37they flick on from Hakeemi
40:38it was but they recognised that Saliba was in trouble
40:41and as soon as he plays the ball down the line
40:43they're on to him
40:43I think you have to say that Arsenal are throwing the kitchen sink at this
40:48they're certainly not going to look at themselves at half time
40:51and think they haven't given everything
40:52it's gone back well
41:01Thomas Partey but then he's loose with the pass
41:04straight to Khabar and Ruiz
41:05some of the pressing has been excellent
41:08for both teams actually
41:09those two saves early on
41:18by Goddard-Rubber
41:19absolutely vital for TSG
41:21looks like that one doing his left hand seat
41:24that was in a market and stuff
41:39he's had a fantastic season
41:42has been Desiree Dwey
41:44a lot of focus
41:44Ali in the last couple of weeks
41:46has been on Lubin-Yamal
41:47but from the Paris Saint-Germain perspective
41:49he's their bright star for the future
41:51what a wonderful young player he is
41:53some of the wide talent we've seen recently
41:55that includes Saka
41:56Bariskelia
41:57Rafinha
41:59Yamal
42:00Dwey
42:01he's been brilliant
42:02he's very much the senior man at 19
42:05Dwey
42:07can't buy a Dwey shirt
42:08to the club shop here
42:09they're all gone
42:10Kept the ball well there TSG
42:20despite not looking too comfortable with it
42:22Akemi
42:24Dwey
42:30on back by Thomas Partey
42:33but Marquinhos there
42:34nobody's played more games for this club
42:37than the Brazilian Marquinhos
42:38moving towards the last five minutes
42:50of the first half here in the Park
42:52this is Bradley Barkeler
42:54given away though by Hakimi to Lewis Skelly
42:58but Joao Neves outworked him to win it back again
43:01it's Dwey
43:02little back heel by Dwey
43:04swept away for Arsenal by Timber
43:06I heard a guard looking to get there
43:10but Pasha was sharp
43:11it will be an Arsenal throw-in though
43:12just the second time the young Arsenal full-backs get caught in position
43:17I mean it's great closing again
43:19as well Neves is
43:21but as you said earlier on there guys
43:26the speed at which these players are getting closed down is remarkable
43:29no time on the ball at all
43:32they're so good at what they do TSG
43:34Arsenal have to be absolutely perfect
43:36you feel that didn't you
43:38they feel they win it back
43:39two or three passes
43:40and if they get something wrong
43:41they get punished
43:42lovely play from Mikel Moreno to fight Dachlan Rice
43:47Timber
43:50Pakaio Saka
43:53Arsenal's challenge now is to get red and white shirts into the Paris Saint-Germain box
43:57Mordegaard
44:01Timber
44:03away by Pasha
44:04not enough pressure again on the centre-back Ali Neely
44:08again I need to have fun about it
44:15but that's what the centre-floor is
44:17another option
44:19just going back to the point you both made a minute ago
44:31about the press and the kind of football we're seeing
44:32I'm just feeling the Champions League this season
44:34a lot of clubs have found another level again
44:37I mean it always delivers at this stage
44:38but some of the football we've seen this season has been absolutely unbelievable
44:42in this competition
44:43the speed of it as well
44:44energy that is required now
44:46I just feel that Saka now
44:52feeding the ball
44:54Mendy's been booked
44:55asking questions
44:57lovely touched by Martin Erdegaard
45:00Saka to go at Nuno Mendes
45:02low cross
45:03Mourinho didn't get a touch
45:04and nobody gambled behind him
45:06you know it's a great move
45:09he sticks out a left foot
45:11ideal one
45:12he just keeps it going with his right
45:14but there's no way he can reach it with his right
45:15just in front of his left foot there
45:18nobody coming in behind as you say
45:19there's that header Martin
45:21I mean the touch and the finish is beautiful
45:25but he's got to keep it going hasn't he
45:27yeah for sure
45:28he's got to swing that one out
45:29either for another corner
45:31takes that deflection on the way
45:33from Williams to Lieber
45:34and I'm not sure that made too much of a difference
45:36the speed and the power of the shot
45:38beautiful
45:39the way he creates it
45:40the space to unleash the shot is real
45:42gentlemen
45:43that last chance
45:46Mourinho there
45:47you just think what you'd give right now
45:49for a predator in the box
45:50for Arsenal
45:50you know
45:51you've been out the striker
45:52for such a long time
45:53it's interesting though
46:04but when you look at the team
46:05they're playing tonight
46:06I mean they've not got an orthodox number nine
46:08either really
46:08apart from Gonzalo Ramos
46:09and he doesn't play
46:10when it's Dembele, Kavar, Escalia and Douay
46:14they've got pace
46:15all three of them are exceptionally quick
46:17that's the biggest fear for a defender
46:20Raya looking for Saka
46:33and he's got him behind Nuno Mendes
46:35who didn't get a touch on that
46:36now then
46:36Saka cuts it square
46:40and they've got the rub of the green there
46:42PSG by where the Marquinhos clearance went
46:45yeah they did
46:46couldn't be fair to him
46:47they did get an upper back quickly
46:48now is Bradley Barkela
46:51looking to run it behind
46:52Miles Lewis-Skelly
46:53Douay available
46:55little drop on the shoulder
46:58from Douay
46:58hits the shot straight at
46:59Lewis-Skelly
47:00and that caught him
47:01where he didn't want to be caught
47:02no surprise he's gone down
47:05what about him dropping the left shoulder
47:08then coming back on to the right
47:10dear me
47:10he sold me a dummy
47:11never mind the Arsenal defence
47:13just drops the shoulder to go left
47:16bang he's away right quickly
47:17just the rib cage isn't it
47:22yeah but
47:22that seriously wins you that doesn't it
47:25you've got a taste of Barcola's taste
47:27on the counter
47:28it's crazy really
47:37when you think that
47:38Kabara's scale is the oldest of the three at 24
47:40you've got Bradley Barkela at 22
47:43Douay at 19
47:44Ben Pelé's hardly
47:46old is he
47:47I mean they've got this team
47:49they've built now
47:49that should
47:50should be around for a while
47:51this PSG team
47:52obscurity thoughts
47:55Martin what do you think the half-time message is going to be from Mikel Arteta
48:10just more of the same
48:11just be more clinical in front of goal
48:14just almost enjoy those moments
48:16obviously need to create more
48:18get more bodies into that final third
48:20but I think the game plan has been absolutely first class
48:23he's just
48:23haven't been able to completely execute it
48:26two minutes added on here
48:29Fabian Ruiz
48:33with the only goal tonight
48:34Ousmane Dembele with an early goal in the first leg
48:36at the Emirates
48:38so Arsenal 2-0 down
48:39so Declan Rice
48:57Martin strong in there
48:58for JoĂŁo Neves
48:59Martin Erdegaard
49:01here's Saka
49:04goes outside and plays another ball into the six-yard box
49:08and again there's nobody in there
49:09that's a ball
49:09that is a ball
49:10I just think Martell
49:12he's either got to
49:13he's got to go one way
49:14he's either got to go back post
49:15other side of Hakimi
49:16or get in front of him
49:17he's got to attempt to do one or the other
49:19Hakimi can be there
49:19Martinelli can be there
49:20but he's got him on toast
49:21Mendy at the moment
49:22Saka
49:23got to keep giving him the ball
49:25so last chance probably
49:30in the first half here for Arsenal
49:32another Thomas Partey throw in
49:34comes off the head of Fittinia
49:36and that was confident goalkeeping
49:38from Donnarumma
49:39Saka
49:41you
49:43you
49:45you
49:49you
49:49you
49:50you
49:52you
50:01It's the Leibas header, played forward by JoĂŁo Nemec.
50:11Kabara and Scalier have got that foul.
50:14It's going to take us to half-time, you'd suspect.
50:20It's the first half where the two early chances fell to Arsenal,
50:23Martin Eli and Erdogan denied by the brilliant Donnarumma saves.
50:27Kabara and Scalier hit the post, but Fabian Ruiz scored the only goal of volley,
50:31his first ever goal in the Champions League,
50:33took a deflection on William Saliba on the way through, but he hit it so well.
50:37Declan Rice with a saving challenge and a David Raya save as well
50:41to deny Paris Saint-Germain with another chance,
50:44but the mountain that Arsenal had in kick-off has gone steeper.
50:48They've got one foot in the Champions League final, PSG.