Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are finally catching up to fans' high standards
Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are finally catching up to fans' high standards
Arsenal Football Newsletter
Arsenal Football Newsletter
The two clubs will go head to head in the showpiece fixture of Europe’s elite club competition on May 30 at the 67,155-capacity Puskas Arena in the Hungarian capital of Budapest.
It is a rematch of last season’s blockbuster Champions League semi-final tie, when PSG won 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium before holding off a spirited Arsenal fightback in Paris in the second leg to triumph 2-1 on the night and 3-1 on aggregate.
PSG went on to win their first European Cup by demolishing Inter Milan 5-0 at the Allianz Arena.
It was another successful night for the French giants in Munich on Wednesday, with Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembele’s third-minute strike in a 1-1 draw with Bayern that, after Harry Kane’s last-gasp reply, sealed a 6-5 aggregate victory after last week’s nine-goal epic at the Parc des Princes which they won 5-4.
Arsenal had already booked their place in the final after Bukayo Saka’s late first-half goal saw them defeat Atletico Madrid 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night, winning the tie 2-1 on aggregate following a tense and controversial 1-1 draw in the Spanish capital last week.
It will be only Arsenal’s second-ever appearance in the Champions League final and first since 2006, when they were edged out 2-1 by Barcelona in heartbreaking fashion at the Stade de France.
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