Arsenal has to do work when you reach your first Champions League final since 2006, as you were beaten 1-0 by Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday evening.
The Gunners were shaken by an early goal and quickly learned that this was not the same PSG page that limp in October on a tame 2-0 defeat in North London, and tried to get a hold of the competition until later in the first half after Ousmane Dembele opened the goals.
They gathered after half -time, but counted late, whereby PSG was missing the chances in the last 15 minutes. As a result, the team of Luis Enrique will only need a result at home next Wednesday to get into the final of the next month.
How the game unfolds
Mikel Areta was interested in igniting the Emirates before the game and encouraged the supporters to “bring their boots to the stadium on Tuesday evening”, although it may have needed a few more than 60,000 time to slow this PSG team in the first 30 minutes.
It was a deafening start to the semi -finals, in which the visitors immediately tamed the liveliness of the home, which further ignited a relentless end of the year. The Skything Pass from Nuno Mendes broke through the Arsenal defense structure and found the feet of Dembele. After the Frenchman widespread after Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the Frenchman PSG put the lead with an excellent end to the first end of the post.
Rockted, the Gunners fought as a result of a Parisian exhibition. Her technical championship was fully equipped when they mocked about Arsenal’s work without a ball and almost doubled their lead by Marquinhos and the sophisticated desire.
After half an hour of threatening PSG superiority, the hosts began to gain a foothold in the process. Her set pieces gave visitors something to think, while Bukayo Saka’s increasing influence undoubtedly worked in favor of Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli would have been offside if he had converted Saka’s cross from left, but the Brazilian voted his run perfectly when he received Myles Lewis-Skelly’s passport behind Marquinhos. The wing player telegraphed his efforts and was not able to get the ball from his feet at the end, but he still forced Gianluigi Donnarumma an excellent rescue.
Nevertheless, there was a feeling of arsenalbuilding dynamics during the break.
With all its brilliance in 2025, PSG showed a certain susceptibility at the beginning of the second half. They came twice in the league phase in a quick episode against Manchester City, while Nice had a quick start on Friday evening after the break. The Gunners were almost the next team that took advantage of the sleepy Parisians, but Mikel Merino’s head -equalizer was excluded after a long Var check for the offside.
It seemed as if the side of Enrique were available for a time of suffering, especially after Leandro Trossard Donnarumma had forced to save wonderful fingertips, but they continued to produce sufficiently longer passport sequences to keep the more floating hosts in check. Enrique’s men then started to come strong when the first leg approached his conclusion, and Arsenal fought to win back possession and keep it when they did it.
While the side of Areta’s team fluctuated and swung, PSG continued to make it better. Joao Neves blazed from the edge of the box before Bradley Barcola and Goncalo Ramos replaced the chances of the gilded edge to possibly put the tie beyond the Gunners.
Declan Rice had a free kick in a promising position in death, but the visitors ensured that they did not succumb to the midfielder’s dead ball magic. In the end they saw their 1-0 win with a little comfort.
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We knew that this PSG team was something special and a little different from previous, mentally frail iterations, and their glory manifested themselves according to their early goal.
Dembele was encouraged by Enrique’s use as a liquid false nine, and his fingerprints were all over her opener. He was not only the man who ended the excerpt, but it was also the position of the French behind Mikel Merino and in front of the Arsenal defense, which made it possible to choose Nuno Mendes with a decisive pass.
He took on his role in the utmost, often made an advantage of +1 in the middle of the park and occasionally hoped to get ownership of his central defenders in the PSG half. Their interchangeability makes it almost impossible for them to slow down, and the Arsenal players spent a large part of the opening of 30 minutes to look over their shoulders. Her revered press was always time and time.
PSG’s technical genius made it possible for them to start the overall control, but their ability to win duels meant that it took a while for the hosts to sniff. Their opening stated the tone, but the way they ended the competition was just as impressive. As an arsenal in despair, her willingness to keep the ball over longer periods.
This is an incredibly mature team.
Let’s not even think of the Euro 2020.
During the PSG run to the semi-finals, Donnarumma, who has certainly not been criticized since moving to the French capital, saved two punishments in Angeld to eliminate the Premier League champions, and a few outstanding stopover in the middle of an Aston Villa-Anturm to ensure that his team was presented.
The Italian was rarely called on Tuesday evening in North London, but his two moments in both sides of the half can prove to be crucial. Martinelli’s efforts at the end of the first half were telegraphed, but it still required a large right hand from the high -towering goalkeeper. That was a good rescue, but his second great prevention of the night was even better. Donnarumma has always come so sharp to tap Trossard’s drive beyond his long post.
His duty to shot has long been praised, and Donnarumma has backed up the goods here. In addition, there is a feeling that he improves the high ball when dealing with the high ball, and he was calm enough with his feet to contribute to the quiet possession of PSG.
The last hour of the game was undoubtedly more balanced, although it felt that Arsenal had triggered the ideas in the final phases of the competition. Donnarumma was not tested after Trossard’s efforts to save the night in 56 minutes.
He didn’t have many options, but would have turned to his bank earlier? Ben White may have delivered an alternative threat to the right, while Martin Odegaard was quiet and was worth an earlier distance. The captain had a hard season, and some supporters will undoubtedly ask whether he should be included in the start -XI next week.
They competed against a great opponent on Tuesday, but before the first leg, this had a feeling in N5 that this could possibly be their year after the 15-time winners were killed. To reach the final, you have to win in Paris against a team that does not allow you.
The Arteta side is not the one who hand in control and you have to be decisive in moments next week. Slide pieces were a problem for visitors and a direct game plan should work in favor of Arsenal. There is space to use behind this PSG backline, but you cannot allow the tie to escape your claws early in the second leg. Parc of the Princes will be rough.