Arsenal face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final in Budapest as they look to add their name to the list of English winners
06:30, 29 May 2026
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 5: Bukayo Saka of Arsenal celebrates with his teammates after scoring his sides first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Semi Final Second Leg match between Arsenal FC and Atletico de Madrid at Arsenal Stadium on May 5, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Gaspafotos/MB Media/Getty Images)
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Arsenal haven't lost a single match en route to this year's Champions League final(Image: Gaspafotos/MB Media, Getty Images)
Two decades have passed since Arsenal reached their first Champions League final but now they have an opportunity to go one step further and secure European glory for the first time. Premier League rivals Manchester United needed just one try to taste victory in the competition after its 1992 rebranding, though, and Teddy Sheringham has explained to the Gunners how they can replicate what his team accomplished in 1999.
Arsenal face reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest, with Luis Enrique's outfit going in as narrow favourites. United encountered similarly formidable opposition when they met Bayern Munich more than a quarter of a century ago and trailed going into the final five minutes before Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer helped them snatch an unlikely victory.
"You've got to back the English team in a game like this, even if it is Arsenal, but it's going to be a tough ask for them. You never know though," former England striker Sheringham told The Mirror via BOYLE Sports
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"We've seen that this Arsenal team knows how to win games. They do have an uncanny manner about them to grind results out of nothing."
So, who could assume those Sheringham and Solskjaer responsibilities? "If they need two players to step up in injury time as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and I did for Manchester United in 1999, I think it will be Eberechi Eze and Martin Odegaard to win it," the 60-year-old added.
"They are two quality players that know how to finish. Our two goals were scruffy goals to win the competition but those two boys strike the ball how the ball should be struck.
"I really like both of them as players and if the ball falls to them in the right manner, they can both score goals from anywhere within twenty five yards of goal. Inside the box, outside the box, they are both quite precise with their finishing so they could score the winners for Arsenal."
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Arsenal were knocked out of last season's Champions League by PSG, suffering defeat in both legs of their semi-final tie. The Premier League champions have remained unbeaten throughout their European campaign this season, however, and manager Mikel Arteta reflected on the final after his side wrapped up the league title.
"We need to [celebrate] because we need that energy to flow and going against that, I think it will be a big mistake," he said on Sunday.
"We've already talked about what we have to do in Budapest, how we're going to use all the incredible energy that we're all carrying towards that final and tomorrow we're going to start to prepare for it.
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"We can't wait to write for the new chapter in the history of our club and win the Champions League."
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