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Match Of The Day - Season Episode 79 - 02/05
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00:45We're down to the last four in the Champions League.
00:47Action from both semifinals on the way.
00:50Stephen Warnock, Nader Manua and European football expert Rory Smith are with us.
00:55An absolute all-timer from Paris to come later on,
00:59but we're going to go straight to Madrid for Atletico against Arsenal.
01:03Mikel Arteta looking to end his club's long wait to lift the European Cup
01:06and Diego Simeone in the other dugout looking to do the same.
01:12Diego Simeone has spent 15 years turning Atletico Madrid into one of Europe's toughest sides.
01:19Two La Liga titles and two Europa Leagues, part of eight major trophies.
01:25A dynasty built on discipline and structure.
01:29But in the Champions League, heartbreak.
01:33To final defeats, both to the biggest rivals.
01:37And once again, it's devastation for a clip of Madrid.
01:41With more agony last season.
01:43Did Julian Alvarez's penalty clip his left boot after it left his right?
01:48Now, a new look at Atleti are back in the final four.
01:53This time, Simeone's side are more fluid, more open, with wingers.
01:58Adam Ola Lutmann.
02:00The Tylers' Julian Alvarez leads the line.
02:03Alvarez!
02:04Oh, my word!
02:06The timeless Antoine Griezmann pulls the strings.
02:10Real are gone.
02:11Arsenal await.
02:13And Diego's dynasty could be three games away from its defining glory.
02:19Your commentator is Guy Mowgli.
02:22One year ago, Arsenal got this far, but no further.
02:27TSG were always a challenge one step beyond.
02:31This time, well, the Gunners have a great opportunity to reach the Champions League final for the first time in
02:3720 years.
02:39The Atletico Madrid line-up for this first half of the challenge shows four changes from their La Liga win
02:45against Atletic Bilbao on Saturday.
02:48Slovakian defender David Hanchko is back from an ankle injury.
02:52Johnny Cardoso replaces the injured Pablo Barrios.
02:55And there are returns after missing the last two games for the former Premier League pair of Adam Ola Lutmann
03:01and Julian Alvarez.
03:03For Arsenal, two differences from the weekend against Newcastle.
03:06Gabriel Martinelli and Victor Jokeres come in with Everett Yeza on the bench and Kai Havertz ruled out by a
03:13groin strain.
03:14But Kai Osaka continues his comeback to fitness as a sub, as does Riccardo Calafiore.
03:21Great opportunity for Arsenal.
03:24But for it to come to fruition, they'll have to be absolutely on top of their game this weekend next.
03:32Madweke getting through the gap.
03:36And his view was obscured by Martinelli's attempt to finish.
03:43Really clever from Noni Madweke.
03:45Stood it up.
03:46Over all the structure and defenders.
03:50Maybe Martinelli would have been better.
03:52Leaving it well alone for Incappier.
03:57Strange form, Atletico Madrid lately.
04:00They defeat Atletic Bilbao on the weekend.
04:023-2 at home.
04:04That came after a run of four La Liga defeats in a row.
04:09Here's Matuno Chari.
04:11Chari to fire it across towards Alvarez.
04:15Alvarez stepping away from the tackles.
04:17Oh, that's a brilliant effort.
04:20Well saved, David Ryan.
04:23How Alvarez had the strength and awareness to get this sort of quality shot away is beyond me.
04:31And Ryan watching like a hawk every step of it.
04:38Griezmann.
04:40Rogeri.
04:42He's headed over the bar by Alvarez.
04:47One shot save, one header too high.
04:50Nineteen goals this season.
04:53Nine of those have come in the Champions League.
04:57Which is a club record in a season.
04:59Koke.
05:01Luckman beat to it.
05:02Odegaard takes over.
05:04Matweke now.
05:05Matweke having a look at goal.
05:08Not far away from it.
05:10I think Oblak knew it was going wide.
05:13Well that's a great sign for Arsenal.
05:15If not only Matweke is willing to have one look up.
05:19And only think about the shot.
05:21And the chance to square the ball.
05:22Zubi Mendy was there.
05:23Martinelli was close.
05:25Looking at that.
05:26Maybe Oblak wasn't so sure.
05:28He went for it.
05:33Alvarez has gifted Arsenal a ball.
05:35Giving it to Zubi Mendy.
05:37Zubi Mendy again.
05:38Jokeres goes down.
05:40And the referee gives Arsenal a penalty.
05:47Atleti players surround the referee.
05:49Simeone's fingers wagging too.
05:51In front of the fourth official.
05:52Jokeres positioning was excellent.
05:55Getting in front of the defender.
05:57Waiting for the contact which was inevitable.
06:00Look at Hatchko's hands.
06:01They're wrapped around Jokeres.
06:05It is an Arsenal penalty.
06:08Victor Jokeres is on the spot.
06:11It's a huge moment in this semi-final time.
06:16Jokeres fires in.
06:21Advantage Arsenal.
06:27Pressure penalty.
06:30Absolutely thump-toe.
06:35Hit it so hard it practically went through Yen Oblak.
06:40Straight through the hands of Oblak.
06:42Look how wide apart they are.
06:48Arsenal are likely to have to weather a storm in a football sense and a very real sense.
06:54There's been thunder and lightning around in the air.
06:57I think the rain's coming.
06:58We'll just have to wait and see to find out whether the weather forecast is as accurate as a Victor
07:03Jokeres penalty.
07:04It does come.
07:06We're told it's coming hard.
07:08The referee's going to give that as a foul.
07:12If he gave it for Jokeres in the penalty area first half, he's certainly going to give it against him
07:17for this one.
07:18Cardoso just moving like Jokeres did, I guess, to win the penalty in between opponent of ball and making sure
07:25the contact was there.
07:27It's going to be Alvarez who's going to take on the shot.
07:30Oh, side netting strike.
07:34Many in the Metropolitano thought he'd pulled off a wonderstrike there.
07:40And he got the curl as he intended.
07:42Just a little bit more needed.
07:44Don't think the keeper's getting there.
07:45Diego Simeone, he will have a plan.
07:48Those black suited sleeves.
07:52Lovely little touch there from Antoine Griezmann.
07:55And now it's Ademona Lugman.
07:57Straight at Ryan.
07:59Griezmann's effort.
08:00And his second one is saved somehow.
08:04Top reactions from Ryan.
08:09First save from Ryan.
08:10He was ready for whatever came next, but Gabriel did it for him.
08:14Can't he go deep with that?
08:16Really deep.
08:17And Saliba puts him behind for another one on the other side.
08:22That was a follow-up attempt from Antoine Griezmann.
08:26Could only kick out at the frame of the goal in frustration.
08:36Griezmann.
08:37Now to Llorente.
08:39Handball shots.
08:41Strong handball shots.
08:43They're not going to let that go lightly.
08:46Referee didn't see it, but the cameras will have done if it happens.
08:56It's Ben White.
08:59It was a shiver from Llorente.
09:01Look how far the hands away from the body.
09:03That is going to be an Atletico Madrid penalty.
09:08The hand left dangling.
09:09The ball hits the hand.
09:11Penalty.
09:11Atletico is coming.
09:23David Reier gets his instructions.
09:25I don't think he's faced a penalty at all this season.
09:29The last one was in last year's Champions League semi-final.
09:35And PSG in the second leg.
09:37And he saved it from Vitinha.
09:41Julien Alvarez.
09:42He's scored his last four penalties.
09:45He's 9 out of 10 for Atletico all told.
09:48He's put in a 9 out of 10 performance so far tonight.
09:51This might take him to top marks.
09:56And it does.
09:58Reier could only watch.
10:00That's an exceptional conversion of the penalty.
10:04And it might just be the kick that turns the tide.
10:11That's fantastic.
10:13Reier.
10:15Was grasping thin air.
10:17Just a slight wave of the right hand.
10:19See you later.
10:20Not getting near you.
10:22He got to 25 Champions League goals in 41 games.
10:26Faster than any other Argentinian player.
10:28Which means yes.
10:30Faster than Messi.
10:31He got to 25 in 42 games.
10:33And faster than Sergio Aguero.
10:34He took 48.
10:39Lockman.
10:41Out of his feet to Griezmann.
10:43Reier was beat by that.
10:45In comes Cardoso.
10:47Now it's Ruggieri.
10:48Griezmann again.
10:51Deflected wide.
10:53Arsenal clinging on.
10:56The storm has come.
10:59What an effort that is.
11:01From the evergreen Antoine Griezmann.
11:06That was a test that was too ambitious.
11:10Icaffier has now taken a bit of a fall.
11:12Which has not impressed the referee.
11:16Does that mean there's a gap down his side?
11:18Well Alvarez is playing it that way to Llorente.
11:22Llorente in.
11:23Lugman.
11:24Lugman.
11:24Run straight at Raya.
11:26To Ben White's immense relief.
11:30What a chance this was for Lugman.
11:32He caught White napping.
11:39Here's Rick Van Rijs.
11:40Can he move into an advantageous position?
11:44Heid Saka.
11:48Eze.
11:50Got there first, did he?
11:51He did.
11:53Penalty again for Arsenal.
11:57That came out of nowhere.
11:59We'll have a look here.
12:01Saka into Eze.
12:03Look where his boot is.
12:04It's on the ball.
12:05That prevented Henschko's boot getting onto the ball.
12:08He had to go through Eze.
12:09Yeah, it's only a tiny touch.
12:11But by the standards of everything we see in the top leagues, it's a touch enough.
12:18Well, I wouldn't want to make this decision.
12:20Is that enough to force Eze off Balenton to the floor?
12:26Here we go.
12:28No penalty.
12:30Oh, Mikan Arteta will be livid.
12:37Simeone is relieved.
12:39It's come up on screen now.
12:41Athletic player number 17 did not commit a foul on the opponent, but there you go.
12:46Short sweep.
12:47Well, that'll be talked about.
12:52Eze.
12:56It's not getting stronger again.
13:01Mosquera.
13:02Eze, it's come back to Mosquera.
13:05Up in the air from Oblak.
13:07Saka into the mix.
13:10Trossard.
13:13An absorbing first leg.
13:15It's been tense from the start.
13:17Second leg will only be worse.
13:19Atletico Madrid won.
13:21Arsenal won.
13:23I mean, the whole sequence starts the story.
13:25I mean, it's a clear contact.
13:26You make the decision.
13:27You cannot overturn that decision when you have to look at it 13 times.
13:31It's just at this level, it's completely unacceptable.
13:34Obviously, it's a wrong decision and it changes the course of the time.
13:37The referees, in the end, he chucked it and he decided that it wasn't and we agree with him.
13:45I think in the first half, we controlled the game quite well, I think, and had a few good opportunities
13:52to score, managed to score out of one of them.
13:56And then, I think in the second half, they started much better.
14:00Maybe deserved to get a goal eventually.
14:04And, yeah, tough game.
14:05We know it's a tough place to come.
14:07But, yeah, it's only half time.
14:08We are in an incredible position.
14:10Semi-final of the Champions League.
14:11We have to play in front of our people.
14:13It's in our hands.
14:14And that's it.
14:16And now recover and full on.
14:18But there's only one place to start.
14:20And, Stephen, we're going to start with you on the Eza penalty, which was given on the pitch and then
14:25obviously overruled.
14:27And there was a little bit of discord and disagreement when we were watching this live, wasn't there?
14:31Yeah, I think this is going to split opinion.
14:33I really do.
14:33I think there's going to be a lot of people watching at home thinking, I can see contact.
14:37I think when you see the initial sort of angle here, you do think there is a touch on Eza's
14:44foot.
14:45And you see it as he steps across there.
14:48I just don't think there's enough contact, if any, contact.
14:52Now, that one looks like there is enough.
14:54And it looks like there's clear contact.
14:56But you've got to challenge for the ball at some point.
14:59You've got to go toe-to-toe, if you like.
15:02That one there is the one that you watch and you think there's not enough contact.
15:07And Eza almost expects it to happen and invites the challenge and then goes down.
15:12And so, for me, I don't think there's enough to give a penalty in that incident.
15:17I think you've described that very, very well, but, like, in a kind of safe way.
15:20Because you don't think it's enough to give a penalty.
15:22But I think for most people, the discussion is around, is it enough to overturn the penalty?
15:26That's the issue.
15:27Yeah, because when we first saw it, and this is myself included, I thought, oh, you know, it's a penalty.
15:33But the more I sort of watched it back, like, that bit there makes it look like it's going to
15:37be really clear and obvious.
15:38And he's going to be stepping onto Eze's foot, onto Eberia's foot.
15:40But the fact is, like, it doesn't finish that way.
15:43Then you start to see some more angles and you start to sort of doubt yourself.
15:47And I think in some ways, the video system referee has probably done a good job by allowing the referee
15:50a chance to see it again.
15:51Yeah.
15:52And the referee could have said it's still a penalty.
15:54But the fact that he didn't means that he didn't see enough.
15:56Had he stuck with his decision, do you think, you know, it wouldn't have been perhaps on field, you know,
16:02and not gone and looked again.
16:04Do you think that would have been the fair decision?
16:07Would that have been right?
16:08Would you have been happy with that?
16:09I've got a bit lost now with what we're meant to be doing with penalties.
16:13To me, that isn't a clear and obvious error, which I think is still the bar.
16:16They may have changed it several times since this programme started.
16:19But that's not a clear and obvious error.
16:20You can see why he's made that decision.
16:22There is one angle where it looks like there's contact.
16:23Yeah.
16:23And there's a couple where, to be honest, you can't really tell because the shot's not right.
16:28I'm surprised it was overturned.
16:31Sorry, overturned by him, by the referee.
16:33Because you're talking about the VAR now.
16:35You're surprised that the VAR have called a no.
16:37No, no, it's the referee's decision.
16:38But it does seem to be the case that if the VAR calls the referee over.
16:41We could spend a lot more time on this.
16:42We've got loads of penalties.
16:43Oh, OK.
16:44What's next?
16:44Yeah.
16:45Well, we're going to go straight to Ben White's handball, actually.
16:47And, Nadim, you can have a little look at this.
16:49Because there is consistency in the inconsistent interpretation of the rules, isn't there?
16:54Yeah, there's a disappointing consistency with the way that UEFA handballs are given.
16:59And I think as far as the game goes, if your arm is anywhere away from body at all,
17:04it doesn't matter whether it flicks off your leg, you know, flicks off somebody else.
17:06If it hits your arm, it seems like the referee is going to give these decisions.
17:10And they seem very quick to be able to do so.
17:11And even we saw yesterday with Alphonso Davies, he's come off his leg and he's hit his arm.
17:17Ousmane Debele is adamant that's a penalty.
17:19If we're in the Premier League and we see that, that's not going to be given as a penalty.
17:22I think most people say that's not a penalty.
17:24But in Europe, the consistency is there.
17:26Because that was yesterday, this was today.
17:28And if there's another one in the next few games, we'll be given again.
17:30And to be fair to Arteta, he did say after the game that UEFA have been really consistent,
17:34that that is a penalty in UEFA competitions, which I think most of us probably disagree with.
17:38But what's strange for me is that it relies on a really strict interpretation of IFAB's rules,
17:43the body that sets the actual laws.
17:46UEFA seems to have taken that really literally, which I don't think they have to do.
17:50That's a conscious choice.
17:52But that feels to me like a punishment outweighing a crime.
17:54And it's not consistent with how we see the Premier League operate, is it?
17:58But obviously, we're going to break up the penalty incident, Stephen, actually.
18:02There is another one to come, don't worry.
18:03But you are going to look at the fact that actually the second half played out very differently for Atletico
18:07because of a tactical tweak.
18:09Yeah, and at half-time, they decided to take Simeone off and bring on Robin Lamont.
18:15And they went to a back five.
18:17And you see here, Luckman and Llorente were the wide players.
18:19Griezmann and Alvarez become the forward two.
18:22The link up between these two players.
18:23And it was almost 4v4, if you like, going forward.
18:27And it caused Arsenal problems.
18:29Luckman got in here.
18:30You see, Griezmann had an opportunity.
18:32As it falls back to him, it's a really good block from Gabriel.
18:35But the way that they set themselves up, they had the two wing-backs,
18:40but Ruggieri on this left-hand side and Llorente on the right.
18:43And Ruggieri's got brilliant movement.
18:45He's got athleticism.
18:46But Luckman's position, that touch is absolutely brilliant.
18:49But it causes a problem now for right-sided centre-half, right-back.
18:53They're scared of Luckman.
18:55And then Ruggieri plays that ball in.
18:56Griezmann hits the bar off this opportunity.
18:58So they were spreading the back line of Arsenal as much as they could in certain situations.
19:05And then you see the two forward players really stretching the game here.
19:08You'll see the way that Atletico players drop deep.
19:12And now you've got runners in behind.
19:14And you've got spaces in behind that midfield.
19:17Lovely little ball from Griezmann in behind.
19:19And then runners beyond.
19:20And it just felt that Atletico made sure that they isolated in 1v1 situations.
19:26Luckman possibly should do a little bit better here.
19:28Maybe has a little bit more time.
19:30But when you look at Luckman in 1v1 situations, he's just brilliant in here.
19:34Arsenal defend it well.
19:35But watch the way that they ring-fence it.
19:37They make it so difficult to get out.
19:40And then you'll see here, Anko steps in, wins the ball back.
19:43And then they're on the attack again.
19:45And then they get a strike and a goal from Molina.
19:47But the way that Arsenal sort of struggled in this second half was much to the credit of Diogo Simeone.
19:55Well, they were absolutely taken out of the game, weren't they?
19:57They were nullified.
19:58Any kind of threat that came from them.
19:59Look at that.
19:59You know, that is incredible.
20:00That is between the 45th and the 84th.
20:03Because actually they rallied a bit in the last 10 minutes or so, didn't they?
20:06Yeah, the Eze penalty actually seems to take the sting out of Atletico a little bit.
20:09They lost their way a little bit for maybe five or ten minutes after that.
20:12And had a bit of another sort of surge right towards the end.
20:16But I think in that sort of half an hour period, Simeone will have seen enough, particularly from Griezmann, to
20:22think they can hurt Arsenal in London.
20:24The question might have been, Julian Alvarez went off injured.
20:26If he doesn't play, that's a massive boost for Arsenal.
20:29He had four shots and eight touches in the opposition box, Griezmann.
20:32So, yeah, he really did in those 40 minutes or so come to life, didn't he, for them.
20:36It all started for Arsenal from Jokeres and a penalty that he won and then scored.
20:43Let's have a look at his first half, shall we?
20:45For sure, yeah.
20:46I think his first half was really good.
20:47And it's what Arsenal needed because it's a tough place to come.
20:49But you need some of that strength, some of that physicality and the direct play that he has here running
20:53down that left-hand side.
20:54Like Llorente, the full-back for Atletico Cheson there.
20:57He's big, he's strong, but Jokeres is stronger.
20:58What I like is the fact that it finishes with a great ball back to Odegaard.
21:02In a different moment, maybe Odegaard scores that.
21:04But here we see how he wins that penalty.
21:06He finds himself in a good position and immediately opens up his body for the goal.
21:10And the defender's in the wrong position.
21:12Jokeres, with the strength that he has and the positioning that he has, means that he has to be fouled.
21:16And then once he gets up, he's got a chance to go and take that penalty.
21:19I think Oblak, the goalkeeper, has probably created somewhat of a gap between his arms there.
21:23Yeah.
21:24But the strike from Jokeres certainly was there.
21:25And at half-time, Arsenal were winning 1-0.
21:27And I think, for the most part, it's down to Jokeres.
21:29And they are going to need him.
21:30Obviously, Havertz is out now.
21:32And they've got a very, very important few weeks ahead.
21:36So, a performance like that and the contribution that he made tonight is heartening, obviously, for Mikel Arteta, isn't it?
21:42Yeah, it is to a certain degree.
21:43I just think he's more suited to away games.
21:45I think he's better at being your focal point, holding the ball up, drawing fouls him, making life difficult.
21:50When you're going to be asked to dominate the ball at home in the next game,
21:54is he capable of doing that?
21:56Is he capable of scoring that important goal?
21:58He scores a lot of penalties, Jokeres, but he needs to make sure he's getting in better positions to score
22:04from open play.
22:04He's on 19 goals now.
22:06The only players ahead of him are Thiago and Haaland, who's way, way, way ahead.
22:10And that's what they brought him in to do, wasn't it?
22:12Score 20-plus goals this season.
22:13Yeah, it's funny.
22:14That's what we sort of thought they might need to get over the line of the title, was a $20,
22:18$25 season strikeout.
22:19It's only 12 in the Premier League.
22:20It depends where you want your $20 to be.
22:23It just feels as though he is a little bit short of that kind of absolute elite level from this
22:28first season.
22:29Maybe next season he's better when he's settled a little bit more.
22:31But at the moment, I'm not sure he's quite in that class that maybe Arsenal fans were expecting.
22:36Is that scoreline a scoreline that Mikel Arteta tonight will feel comfortable with taking back to the Emirates next week?
22:41I think so.
22:42I think so.
22:43I think we showed earlier how much they suffered in that second half.
22:45And the fact that they came away from the game with a 1-1 draw, knowing you're going to have
22:4860,000 of your own fans in that second leg next week.
22:52I think overall they'll take it because he knows he wasn't perfect, but they can get better.
22:55OK.
22:56Brace yourselves, guys, and settle in for this one.
23:00I mean, this is why you've stayed up, isn't it?
23:01Holders PSG taking on six-time winners Bayern Munich ahead of last night's game.
23:06They were the two highest-scoring teams in the competition, and they did not let us down.
23:11Commentary comes from Steve Wilson.
23:14A match-up which would have been fit for the final again.
23:18Bayern have actually won each of their last five UEFA matches against PSG, including a win here on match day
23:25four this season.
23:27But Paris Saint-Germain won the FIFA Club World Cup meeting in Atlanta in July, when Luis Hernandez and William
23:34Pacho were sent off,
23:35and Musiala broke his leg and dislocated his ankle.
23:39Safe to say that there is history.
23:41The only real decision for Luis Enrique was Barcola or Due.
23:46As expected, he's gone with Due, so no changes from the second leg victory at Anfield.
23:51Barcola on the bench, where the return of Fabian Ruiz from a knee injury has bolstered their options.
23:58The last club to successfully defend the Champions League was Real Madrid eight years ago.
24:04Vincent Kompany, who is suspended for tonight's game after three yellow cards, makes two changes to the XI, which saw
24:11off Real Madrid in the second leg of the quarterfinal.
24:14The fit again, Musiala for Gnabry and Alphonso Davies for Lima at left back.
24:23After huge anticipation, it's arguably the two most informed sides in Europe who meet up in the semi-final first
24:34leg.
24:37XIA EMRI, KRAVIC CARESCALE, here's danger.
24:41Davies got his head on it, Luis Diaz has it for Bayern and he'll charge away downfield.
24:47Luis Diaz ploughing a bit of a lone furrow, but Olise is to his right-hand side and he looks
24:52to use Michael Olise.
24:55Harry Kane
24:57Kimmich
24:59And touched off beautifully for Luis Diaz
25:02William Pacho
25:03It's a penalty kick
25:04William Pacho lunged at Luis Diaz
25:08And the referee
25:09Sandro Scherer says penalty
25:11It's a brilliant run by Luis Diaz
25:16Kimmich
25:18Touched off to
25:20Luis Diaz
25:22William Pacho says he got the ball
25:25Well he certainly did get the ball with the second movement
25:28But not with the first
25:32Penalty to Bayern Munich
25:35And you know what this means
25:37It means Harry Kane
25:42Scores for the 54th time this season
25:48And more importantly gives Bayern the lead in the semi-final
25:56Absolutely no doubt about it at all
26:00Sending Safanov the wrong way
26:03Harry Kane and Bayern strike first
26:06In this semi-final
26:11Do it not top it
26:13No foul
26:13Here's Harry Kane
26:15Olisse to his right
26:16Olisse
26:18Massive moment
26:19Off the line by Marquinhos
26:21After Safanov had half-smothered the shot
26:29Olisse goes to ground
26:31And it's no foul
26:32Well it was very nearly two in two minutes here
26:35That is such a crucial stop
26:37Took all the pace off it
26:39Allowing Marquinhos
26:41To make sure it didn't sneak in
26:43That's a really really big let off for Paris Saint-Germain
26:53That's a great ball
26:54Dembele will reach this
26:55Dembele for PSG
26:57He's put it way wide of goal
26:59Way wide of goal from Ousmane Dembele
27:03Well you can scarcely believe
27:06That he's missed it
27:07And missed it by so much
27:17That's a good ball
27:18Crayon Scalia is in behind
27:19Stana Schinstein
27:20Dembele in the middle
27:21Crayon Scalia will come inside if he can
27:23And he can
27:26Can't he just
27:27He's done it again
27:30Crayon Scalia with another
27:31Brilliant goal
27:34What a great ball by Due
27:36To knock it over the top of Stana Schinstein
27:38Knew he was in trouble here
27:40And knowing what Crayon Scalia is going to do
27:42Is very very different from stopping him doing it
27:46That is fantastic
27:47PSG won, Bayern won
27:50We've only played 25 minutes of this semi-final
27:54We could easily
27:56Easily
27:57Have had two goals apiece
28:02Luis Diaz
28:03Luis Diaz
28:10He lifts it
28:13He's got away from Nuno Mendes again
28:15He's done that two or three times
28:17Takes on Marquinhos
28:18Goes along the by-landing
28:20Hits the post
28:21And Safanov clutches it
28:22But he's so full of pace
28:24So full of tricks
28:25So full of confidence
28:26Got away from Nuno Mendes
28:27And from Marquinhos
28:29Kept the ball in play
28:30And it rebounded onto the post
28:32Of Sran Neves
28:33Now here's Desiree Due
28:34And that is only just why
28:37He wants a corner
28:38What about this game?
28:40You cannot take your eyes off it
28:41Brilliant from Desiree Due
28:43I think he has a case there
28:45It just flicked off the toe
28:46Of Jonathan Tarr's boot
28:48And it is a corner
28:49To Paris Saint-Germain
28:52Dembele is going to take this
28:56And it's in
29:00Joe Neves with the header
29:02Paris Saint-Germain 2
29:04Bayern Munich 1
29:06And they've turned it around
29:09The European champions
29:13Joe Neves with the header
29:16He makes that run
29:18And Musiala didn't really go with him
29:21Didn't get tight enough
29:23It's a brilliant header
29:25And Neuer could not quite get his fingertips to it
29:3035 minutes into this enthralling semi-final
29:34Which is promising
29:36To become one of the classics of its type
29:41Dembele's pass is glorious
29:42It's Desiree Due
29:47Well some of the football
29:49In the first half of the first leg
29:51Of this semi-final
29:53Has been from another planet
29:55From both sides
29:56Absolutely brilliant
30:06Oh Lisa in a really good position
30:08Oh Lisa
30:10Brilliant
30:16What a game
30:17What a game
30:20It's 2-2
30:24And these two sides
30:26Are really serving up
30:27Something sensational here
30:28For both the best form
30:30Of defence's attack
30:31And this has been
30:33One of the best
30:34First halves of football
30:35You could ask to see
30:43Carat Scalia
30:46Dembele
30:48And they're claiming a penalty
30:50Alfonso Davies with the block
30:52Carat Scalia
30:53Saved by Manuel Neuer
30:56Sandro Oshera is clearly
30:57In communication with
30:59Carlos del Ferro Grande
31:01The VAR
31:03Wow
31:05Do you know what
31:06In Europe this might be given
31:09The Spanish VAR
31:12Thinks this
31:13Is a penalty
31:14I mean that movement
31:16Of the left arm
31:17Away from his body
31:18Is making himself bigger
31:19Which you're not allowed to do
31:20But it does flick off his midriff
31:23He's giving it
31:26It's a penalty
31:27To Paris Saint-Germain
31:28In the last seconds
31:30Of the first half
31:31More drama
31:34In this game
31:35Dembele
31:38Facing Manuel Neuer
31:42And it's in
31:47The fifth goal
31:48Of the first half
31:50Of the first leg
31:51Of an unbelievable
31:54Champions League semi-final
31:56Paris Saint-Germain
31:58Three
31:59Bayern Munich
32:00Two
32:02The first ten minutes
32:04Of the second half
32:05Have gone by
32:06Without the score
32:07Being added to
32:09Which is
32:09Somewhat surprising
32:10Given the first half
32:12Vittina
32:12With a lovely ball
32:13Hakimi
32:14Dembele
32:15Is in the middle
32:16Pulled back
32:17Oh they both missed it
32:18But Carat Scalia didn't
32:21And for the first time
32:23Tonight
32:24One of these two
32:26Brilliant sides
32:27Has a two
32:28Goal advantage
32:30Carat Scalia with the finish
32:32Paris Saint-Germain
32:34Four
32:35Bayern Munich
32:36Two
32:38Well it's a great ball
32:39Into a great run
32:41And Hakimi
32:43With yet another assist
32:45By the way
32:45Pulling it back
32:47Into the path
32:47Of Dembele
32:48And Zaya Henry
32:50Who both jumped over it
32:51And Carat Scalia
32:53Sweeps it into the
32:55Bayern net
32:56And it's
32:574-2
33:02Musial
33:03Kane
33:03Brilliantly done
33:05Konrad Leimer
33:06What a move this is
33:07The pass though
33:08Was just away from
33:09Luis Diaz
33:09And it's clear to
33:10Desiree Due
33:13And PSG on the counter
33:14Are as good as anybody
33:15If not better
33:17Due
33:20Dembele
33:21Oh he's done it
33:24He's beat Neuer
33:26In his near post
33:27It's 5-2
33:30Is the game
33:31That keeps on giving
33:33PSG 5
33:36Bayern Munich 2
33:39And Vincent Kompany
33:41Stuck in the heavens
33:42Can do nothing about it
33:45From there
33:46Due does really well
33:49Dembele
33:49Is clearly onside
33:51He still has an awful lot
33:52To do
33:53And Manuel Neuer
33:55Is beaten
33:56For the 5th time
33:59Tonight
34:00And Dembele
34:01Opens up
34:03A 3 goal advantage
34:14Diaz
34:15Vakini
34:15Couldn't
34:16Shake off
34:17Luis Diaz
34:18And
34:20It is a free kick
34:21To Bayern
34:22For that
34:23Challenge
34:25Vakini
34:26Trying to grab
34:27Luis Diaz
34:28Who wouldn't be grabbed
34:29Bayern free kick
34:31Joshua Kinnick
34:33To take
34:34Kinnick with the delivery
34:36And in
34:38Did Upamecano get a touch
34:40It's got in
34:41And he's claiming it
34:43Kinnick with the free kick
34:45Upamecano with the tiniest glance
34:49Yet another goal
34:515-3
34:54Upamecano for Bayern
34:58Karritz
34:58Scalia
34:59Who is of course
34:59Now on a hat-trick
35:01Lupamecano
35:02Did well
35:02To take it from
35:05Here's Kane
35:07Kane
35:09Oh brilliant
35:10Touch from
35:11Luis Diaz
35:11Luis Diaz
35:16The flag is up
35:18The flag is up
35:19This is going to be checked
35:22Guadalupe
35:23Porres Ayuso
35:24Says
35:24Offside
35:25This is going
35:27To
35:27VAR
35:28To be checked
35:29This is going to be such a tight decision
35:32It's a fantastic finish by Luis Diaz
35:39It's a goal
35:40It's a goal for Bayern
35:42A goal for Luis Diaz
35:45PSG 5
35:46Bayern 4
35:48Bayern have scored twice
35:50In 4 minutes here
35:52Well Harry Kane's ball into Luis Diaz
35:56The control
35:57Is fantastic
35:58The finish is every bit as good as the control
36:03And we have nine goals
36:05And counting
36:12Fabio Ruiz
36:13That's a good ball
36:14It's Pitina
36:15Three up here
36:17Four
36:17With Hakimi getting up there as well
36:19Semi Mayulu makes a great little run
36:22And hits the woodwork
36:28Mayulu here
36:29It's a tremendous hit
36:31Smashing the woodwork
36:38And the referee blows his whistle
36:41And anybody who has seen
36:44This first leg of the semi-final
36:47Is unlikely to forget it in a hurry
36:49And the good news is
36:51There is a second leg to come next week
36:53It's finished in the Parc des Princes
36:56Paris Saint-Germain 5
36:58Bayern Munich 4
37:02It was amazing
37:03Yeah
37:04I think the best match I've ever managed
37:07As a coach
37:09Amazing rhythm
37:10Both teams trying to play
37:12Offensive football
37:13Trying to show
37:14Their quality
37:16I think everybody has fun
37:19Looking at the match
37:21Happy because we won
37:25Bayern Munich and they only lost
37:27This season three matches
37:28It means
37:29We did it great
37:31Nine goals
37:32We'll have to watch it back
37:33To really digest what happened
37:36But overall the fact that
37:38We were 5-2 down in the tie
37:40Away from home
37:40And we found a way to claw
37:41Claw it back to 5-4
37:43And take it into the Allianz
37:44With everything to play for next week
37:46I'm really proud of the boys
37:47Everyone is giving everything
37:48So
37:50I don't know
37:50We always speak about
37:52You know
37:52What do you want to give to your fans
37:54I think
37:54From the moment you give this
37:57It's very very tough
37:58To disappoint
37:59And then after
38:00It's about the result
38:01But
38:01We had chances
38:03A lot of chances
38:04And
38:07It's still a home game
38:08So
38:08We have still time
38:10To score those chances
38:12An incredible game
38:13I mean
38:14Superlatives don't really do it justice
38:15But try
38:16Give me some
38:17With 24 hours reflection
38:20Honestly
38:20I can't say
38:21I don't know what to say
38:22It's just memorable
38:23Isn't it
38:23You know
38:23That's one of the best performances
38:25In games
38:25That I've seen from an attacking standpoint
38:27And what I love
38:28Is like Vincent Kompany
38:29Who wasn't even able
38:30To be on the sideline there
38:31As a defender
38:32Legend of defending
38:33In the Premier League
38:33He's seen his side
38:34Concede five goals
38:36And he can see
38:36By the look in his eyes
38:37Very confident for the next week
38:38He's doubling down
38:39He's doubling down
38:40Tripling down
38:41The highest praise I can give
38:42Is that I felt quite guilty
38:43Sending my son to bed
38:44At half time
38:46He said the second half
38:47Will never be this good
38:48Son
38:48Honestly
38:49I'll tell you about it
38:50In the morning
38:50Okay
38:51We're going to have
38:52A little bit more detailed look
38:53About how these sides
38:54Contributed to such
38:55An epic encounter
38:56Stephen is at the screen
38:57He's having a look
38:58At it from the buy-in
38:59Side of things
39:02Yeah Gabby
39:02We're going to look at
39:03One of the most formidable
39:04Frontlines in Europe
39:05And it's by Munich's
39:06Frontline
39:07They're absolutely incredible
39:08At the way that they move
39:09The way that they play
39:10The way that they interchange
39:13You'll see here
39:14The forward three here
39:15Are highlighted
39:16And it's not the usual three
39:17You've got Musiala
39:18Kane and Alise
39:19Diaz is that little bit deeper
39:21Where he's tracking
39:22And Hakimi
39:22But what is very evident
39:24Is that you get
39:25Two wide players
39:26So this time
39:27You've got Alise
39:28And you've got Musiala
39:30You've got Diaz
39:30Through the middle
39:31And you've got Harry Kane
39:32Just sitting in that
39:33Playmaker role
39:34If you like
39:34As he plays this ball
39:35Into midfield
39:36Now you'll see
39:37There's a flat back four
39:38From Paris Saint-Germain
39:39And Marquinhos
39:40Has got a problem
39:41But he's got two runners
39:42Now Paco
39:43And that spaces him
39:44Behind him
39:45It causes him
39:45So many problems
39:46Little one-two
39:47And that's what draws
39:49The penalty
39:50For Bayern Munich
39:51This time
39:52Musiala
39:53Winning the ball
39:53You see Harry Kane
39:55Dropping deep
39:55Runners beyond him
39:56You've got Alise
39:57And Musiala
39:58Alise probably should do better
40:00With that opportunity
40:01But this is the one
40:02Where you look at
40:02Musiala's position now
40:04He's that deeper player
40:05In that number ten
40:06If you like
40:06Then he realises
40:08Now Diaz is in that
40:09Deeper position
40:10So he has to make
40:11That centre forward position
40:12You've got Harry Kane
40:13On that far left-hand side
40:14Alise
40:15Outstanding on the night
40:16He just caused
40:18Mendes so many problems
40:19Time and time again
40:20He can go left foot
40:21Right foot
40:22Inside, outside
40:23Very comfortable
40:24And then you see Diaz there
40:25Just wringing that edge
40:26Of the area
40:27And we talk about
40:28Harry Kane being the
40:29Playmaker
40:29That number ten
40:30Well this time
40:30It's someone else
40:31It's Alise
40:32Alise drops deep
40:34Into that position
40:35Musiala
40:35Running in behind
40:36And Alise just creating
40:38That magic
40:38Brilliant finish from him
40:40And then
40:41The pass of the night
40:42Arguably the goal
40:43Of the night
40:44You see Harry Kane
40:44We talked about him
40:45Being in that number ten
40:46Position, that playmaker position
40:47Musiala
40:49Now playing as a centre forward
40:50Diaz in behind
40:52Marquinhos
40:52The way to pass
40:53The run
40:54And this
40:55The touch
40:55It's absolutely phenomenal
40:57It's brilliant
40:58From Luis Diaz
40:59He just gets
41:00Marquinhos in a position
41:01Where he's not comfortable
41:03Touch with the outside
41:04Of the foot
41:04You'll see Marquinhos there
41:05Trying to break
41:06The little feint
41:07It's beautiful
41:08It just sits Marquinhos
41:10On his heels
41:11And the finish is outrageous
41:13From Luis Diaz
41:14And they caused
41:15The Paris Saint-Germain defence
41:17So many problems
41:18All game
41:19But the thing is
41:20Is that
41:20It's this trio
41:21Who get all the credit
41:22But it's actually
41:23The four players
41:25And you take into
41:26Musiala
41:27And you've also got
41:27Serge Gnabry
41:28Who play a part in that
41:29It's a hundred goals
41:31In all competitions
41:32And we've still got
41:33Six more games
41:34To add to that
41:34And they can add
41:35To that tally
41:36Thank you Stephen
41:37Well newspapers
41:38In France and Germany
41:40Were understandably
41:41Full of praise
41:41For last night's spectacle
41:42No translation needed
41:44In L'Equipe
41:44Which calls the match
41:46Football total
41:47Or total football
41:49Adding that the return leg
41:51Should be another thriller
41:52The headline in build
41:54Is thanks for this
41:55Football night
41:55But the German tabloid
41:57Also says that
41:57Bayern gave PSG
41:58Too much space
42:01So Stephen's
42:02Very brilliantly
42:03Articulated how
42:04It's not actually
42:05A front three
42:05There's a four there
42:07Are you going to tell us
42:07The same thing for PSG
42:08About their attack
42:09Listen I like your front three
42:11But I'll raise your mind
42:12I'll be doing
42:13A bit of PSG action here
42:15Let's see it
42:15And I think
42:15It's really clever
42:17In terms of how they do it
42:18Because they're one of
42:18The best attacking sides
42:19In European football
42:21And in these three
42:22They're so dynamic
42:23So good on the ball
42:24But there's an awareness
42:24About running into space
42:25As well
42:26This here from
42:27Kralitzk earlier
42:27When he gets the ball
42:28And as soon as he gets it there
42:29He's thinking about end products
42:30And just a little touch there
42:32Takes us to the side
42:33What an incredible finish
42:34And this is how they play
42:35Throughout the game
42:36And it's not just the front three
42:37It's Hakimi
42:38The right back
42:38Always coming to support the play
42:40Through here now
42:41Desiree Dewey
42:41One of the quickest players
42:42On the pitch
42:42He finds the space
42:43And now here come the front three
42:45Again trailed on the far side
42:47By Hakimi
42:48And the danger they can bring
42:49In what feels like a split second
42:51And it always ends with a shot
42:53With an assist
42:54Or you know
42:54With a goal
42:55And it's so so impressive
42:56The energy that they have
42:58The skill that they have
42:58The timing
42:59The combinations
43:00Again this start off
43:01In their defensive third
43:02But we blink
43:03And before you know it
43:03Desiree Dewey is going through
43:05On the Bayern Munich goal
43:06And he's unlucky
43:07To just drag this shot wide
43:08But I'll be honest
43:09I would have hated
43:10To play against players like this
43:11They're so sharp
43:13So clever
43:13So composed
43:15And the organisation
43:16And the timing
43:16And understanding
43:17When to go
43:18When not to go
43:18And an appreciation
43:20For the pass here
43:20Hakimi goes down
43:21The right hand side
43:22And he plays it into the box
43:23First time finish
43:24For Clarice Kelly
43:25Second goal of the game
43:26And the quality that they have
43:27As I say
43:28It's breathtaking at times
43:29But they do put the work
43:31In this point
43:31Now it's Clarice Kelly
43:32But he looks forward
43:33Straight away
43:33And now here's real danger
43:36Because it's Desiree Dewey
43:37Because it's Usman Dembele
43:38And even though Bayern
43:39Have players back
43:40He's biding his time
43:41He's protecting the ball
43:42Then he gives the ball
43:42To the Ballon d'Or winner
43:44In Dembele
43:44And he hits a finish
43:45Straight through the legs
43:46Of the Meccano
43:47And that is a huge goal
43:49You know
43:49I know Stephen's front three
43:50Was really good
43:51But to be honest
43:52I think my front three
43:53Got five goals yesterday
43:55Hakimi is going to miss
43:56The second leg
43:57We don't know quite how long
43:58He's going to be out for
44:00Undoubtedly he will be a miss
44:02They do have other players
44:02To come in of course
44:03But let's have a word
44:05On Luis Enrique
44:06And what he has built here
44:08And he's now the fastest manager
44:10To get to 50 Champions League wins
44:12And that is an illustrious list
44:13He sits in there
44:14Of those behind him
44:17Can he do this
44:17With any other group of players
44:18Could they play that way
44:19This is just such a special
44:21Combination of players
44:22Not just their talent
44:23Their speed
44:24Their fitness
44:24Everything about them
44:25The fluidity
44:26You know
44:27Because his name is going
44:27To be banded around
44:28Isn't it
44:28With all the big jobs
44:30Over the next few years
44:31I think he needs players
44:33Of an incredibly high level
44:35Obviously
44:35I don't need to do it
44:36In like League 2
44:36Necessarily
44:37But
44:38The Premier League
44:39Obviously
44:39Yeah I think he could
44:40If you think about
44:40His Barcelona team
44:41Which is always a bit overlooked
44:42As we think of Barca
44:43As Guardiola's construction
44:45But the team that won
44:46The Champions League in 2015
44:47Was Luis Enrique's masterpiece
44:49The Messi
44:50Neymar Suarez
44:51$131 season
44:53Trio
44:54It was the same
44:55It was that sort of
44:55Interchanging of positions
44:56It was the fluidity
44:57It was the speed
44:58They did everything at
44:58And what he won't have
45:00If he came to the Premier League
45:01Is quite that help
45:02That he gets sometimes
45:03With the fixtures
45:04And how they're able
45:04To move games
45:06To create a bit more space
45:07Between Champions League's
45:08Fixtures
45:09Which they get in League 1
45:10And also
45:11To be able to rest players
45:13In the way he does
45:14And you look at
45:15How many minutes
45:16His top players have played
45:18And it's quite significant
45:20Isn't it
45:20In terms of their rest time
45:22Yeah and this is the
45:23This is the 11er
45:24Who started last night
45:24Zaire Emery
45:25Is a slightly strange one
45:26Because he's been playing
45:26As Fabian Ruiz
45:27Has been injured
45:28But everybody else
45:29You know you're looking at
45:30Kind of 16, 17 full games
45:32They've played in League 1
45:33This season
45:33Compared to the Premier League teams
45:35Particularly Arsenal
45:36Obviously being left
45:37In the Champions League
45:38That is a relatively easy workload
45:40Offset a bit
45:41By the Club World Cup
45:41Last summer
45:42Because obviously
45:42They made the final
45:43So they didn't have a break
45:44But then they had a very slow start
45:46To the league face
45:46Didn't they
45:46But they can kind of afford
45:48To take it easier
45:48A little bit in the league
45:49As well
45:50Because they are so much stronger
45:52So much richer
45:52Than all their rivals
45:53And you know
45:53The most league minutes
45:55Played outfield this season
45:56Of the teams left in the semi-finals
45:58The top four players
45:59Are all Arsenal players
46:00However for as much as
46:01That is a good point
46:01I think you look at
46:03Say those Arsenal players
46:03That played all those minutes
46:04They could have been rotated
46:05Better throughout the season
46:07Absolutely
46:07So for as much as
46:08Yes they
46:09You know
46:10Have played fewer games
46:11So why weren't they do you think
46:12I think there are some managers
46:13That like to maintain
46:14A consistent
46:15Not necessarily start in 11
46:16But five or six players
46:17And that's what we've seen
46:18With Arteta
46:18But then come the end of the season
46:20Maybe that's why
46:20Sometimes they'll fall away
46:22I don't know if it'll be this season
46:23But maybe that'll be
46:23Okay I feel like we've gone
46:24Too far away
46:25From what a brilliant game
46:26That was
46:27Sorry my bad
46:27No no
46:27I've led you down that path
46:29We're going to come right back
46:30Into the moment
46:31Because Rory's been going back
46:33Through the history
46:34Of the competition
46:35Because many people are saying
46:36This is the greatest
46:37Game in Champions League history
46:38Well there are some contenders
46:40On Rory's list
46:41And so let the debate begin
46:42I mean Stephen came in
46:44Today into the office
46:44And said the greatest game
46:45Of all time
46:45We're just putting it
46:46In Champions League
46:47Parameters here
46:48I just thought it was brilliant
46:49I mean the quality on show
46:51And the way that they
46:53They think so quickly
46:54On the pitch
46:55They react to things
46:56Whether it's defensively
46:57Offensively
46:58I thought the game
46:59Was absolutely brilliant
47:00I mean the standout game
47:01For me on Rory's list
47:02Is obviously Istanbul
47:03AC Milan versus Liverpool
47:05I think it's arguably
47:06The greatest final
47:07That we've ever seen
47:08Such a story around it
47:10But in terms of quality
47:11Of what we actually saw
47:12On the pitch
47:13I think last night's game
47:15Was just phenomenal
47:16Any contenders for you
47:17That could nudge it off
47:18Top spot
47:20Oh there's some really good ones
47:21There and some real
47:21Memorable moments
47:22Like for example
47:23The Barcelona game
47:25Against PSG
47:25Where this
47:26Is it Sergio Roberto
47:27Russell scores
47:27Were like one of the
47:28Last kicks of the game
47:28You can feel the raw emotion
47:30Around that
47:30But that's also a team
47:31Losing 6-1
47:32But I think that game
47:33Yesterday when it was
47:345-2 to PSG
47:35That should have been
47:37Game set and match
47:37But with the quality
47:38That Bayern have
47:39Instead we got two more
47:40Goals from them
47:41And now the tyres
47:41And the balance
47:43It felt like
47:44It's your list
47:44Yeah I mean
47:45I'm similar to Nadem
47:46To be honest
47:46I think PSG Barca
47:48Was the most kind of
47:48Breathtaking game
47:49That I've ever seen
47:50That 6-1 the Ramon Sade
47:51Last night felt like
47:52Watching Nadal Federer
47:53It was two teams
47:54Just going at each other
47:55Constantly
47:55Yeah a game for the ages
47:57A game from the gods
47:58I think that was my
47:58Favourite headline
47:59Well join us next Wednesday
48:00To see if Arsenal
48:01Can make their second
48:02Champions League final
48:03Ever 20 years on
48:04From their first
48:05And to see if Bayern
48:06And PSG can score
48:07Even more goals
48:08In the second leg
48:09Or maybe they'll
48:10Grind out a one-all draw
48:11From all of us
48:12Good night
48:42Good night
48:44Good night
48:47Good night
48:47Good night
48:48Good night
48:49Good night
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