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Paris Saint Germain vs Arsenal Full Match - UEFA Champions League Final (1st Half)
30 May 2026
30 May 2026
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00:00:07I did my best to notice when the call came down the line
00:00:13Up to the platform of surrender I was brought but I was kind
00:00:20And sometimes I get nervous when I see an open door
00:00:27Close your eyes, clear your heart
00:00:34Cut the code, are we human or are we dancing?
00:00:43My sign is vital, my hands are cold
00:00:48And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
00:00:54Are we human or are we dancing?
00:01:03Will your system be alright when you dream of home tonight?
00:01:10There is no message we're receiving
00:01:14Let me know, is your heart still beating?
00:01:25I got soul but I'm not a soldier
00:01:29I got soul but I'm not a soldier
00:01:33I got soul but I'm not a soldier
00:01:59I got soul but I'm not a soldier
00:02:07Yeah!
00:02:08One, two, three, four!
00:02:16Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine
00:02:20Gotta, gotta be down because I want it all
00:02:23It started out with a kiss, I didn't end up like this
00:02:26It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
00:02:29Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab
00:02:32While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
00:02:36And they're going to bed and my stomach is sick
00:02:39And it's all in my head but she's touching his chest
00:02:42Now he takes off her dress
00:02:45Now let me go
00:02:54I just can't look
00:02:57It's killing me
00:02:59And it's taking control
00:03:07Jealousy
00:03:08Turning snakes into the sea
00:03:11Swimming through sick law
00:03:14Alibis
00:03:15Joking out your alibis
00:03:18But it's just a
00:03:20Destiny is calling me
00:03:24Open up my eager eye
00:03:28Cause I'm Mr. Brightside
00:03:44Well I never
00:03:50I never
00:03:57I never
00:04:01I never
00:04:02I never
00:04:05I never
00:04:22And in case this stadium needed any more encouragement, what an amazing performance there from the Killers.
00:04:27They're going to make their way off the pitch and we're going to turn things around very quickly for the
00:04:31Champions League final.
00:04:32You can see that Arsenal walking down out onto the pitch. These moments are ones that they will savour.
00:04:39I can only imagine how they're feeling and ask the professionals alongside me.
00:04:42Moments like this, Martin. What does it take from a player to get themselves in the right mindset for the
00:04:47Champions League final?
00:04:49It's like an incredible moment for any player to play in a Champions League final, this enormity.
00:04:55The fans, by the way, have won the battle here. I think it's three quarters of the ground full for
00:04:58Arsenal fans.
00:04:59And as soon as you've got to draw off of that and go out and do something very special that
00:05:03no other Arsenal player has been able to do before.
00:05:06It's going to be so different today, Jack, because you've got a team that scored goals for fun and a
00:05:11team in Arsenal that just don't concede. What's going to happen?
00:05:14Yeah, it's going to be interesting. Yeah, I think don't underestimate Arsenal going forward.
00:05:18Don't underestimate when, if we can write the first 15 minutes, which of any final you have to do, you
00:05:23have to make sure that you're tight, you're compact, you win your duels.
00:05:25And then when the game opens up, we don't want to open it up too much because they're really good,
00:05:29but we're OK as well.
00:05:31Let's have a little look at how these two teams are being cheered on in their home cities.
00:05:35The Emirates, who had an amazing occasion a couple of Tuesdays ago when they actually won the league.
00:05:40This is how it looks at the moment. Wow, that is special. We expect nothing less in North London.
00:05:45And here at the Parc des Princes as well with a big screen and their fans cheering them on as
00:05:50well.
00:05:50OK, guys, I think it's about that time, isn't it?
00:05:54The Champions League final and the trophy that you can see being brought out onto the pitch by one Thierry
00:05:59Henry and Presnel Kimpembe.
00:06:01Two very special players in their time.
00:06:04And I bet they can't wait for this as well. What a battle we are expecting between Arsenal and PSG.
00:06:10Let's get you up to your commentary team. Ali McCoy, Stephen Gerrard and Darren Fletcher.
00:06:16Thank you, Laura. Hello again, everyone. So the players all set in the magnificent Pushkas Arena.
00:06:23A stadium named Akraman, who won the European Cup three times with Real Madrid.
00:06:30The Paris Saint-Germain players joining the Arsenal players in the tunnel.
00:06:34Stephen Gerrard, you've stood down there.
00:06:36What were the final thoughts that went through your mind before you walked out on the big night with Liverpool?
00:06:41Well, look, I think you're thinking about your own performance. What have I got to do for the team?
00:06:45What does the manager expect from me from a personal point of view?
00:06:49What's the game plan, Darren? You know, what's the manager wanting us to do?
00:06:52How does he want us to start the game? But make no mistake, the nerves, the excitement, the thrill, it's
00:06:58all there.
00:06:59The hairs on your neck are standing up for sure.
00:07:00It's the final moments of contemplation for the players, the biggest night in the careers of some, a chance for
00:07:08football immortality for others.
00:07:13It's a brand new night for Arsenal, Ali, but Paris Saint-Germain have been here before.
00:07:18Oh, they certainly have, but it's amazing.
00:07:21The vast majority of people reckon if it's a proper game of football, you'd fancy PSG.
00:07:26But you know something, probably out all the teams, and I mean all the teams, they wouldn't want to play
00:07:31Arsenal, you know.
00:07:33So here they come, walking out into the stadium, filled to capacity.
00:07:39And they're chasing the biggest and best trophy European football has to offer.
00:07:45And it's been glittering and gleaming in Budapest this week.
00:07:50You can walk by it, but you can only touch it if you win it.
00:07:58It's the best in England against the best in Europe.
00:08:02Will it be a first time for Arsenal or back-to-back wins for the Parisian Maestros?
00:08:07The players are ready.
00:08:08It's time for the 2026 Champions League final.
00:08:54It's a magnificent scene.
00:08:58It's the first for lots of the Arsenal players tonight.
00:09:02Kai Havertz, the only star to play in a Champions League final before.
00:09:05And it's very much a Champions League final tonight.
00:09:08The Champions of England against the Champions of France.
00:09:24So the big news for PSG is the availability of right-back Ashraf Hakimi.
00:09:29He's fit to start for the first time since the first leg of the semi-final.
00:09:33Ousmane Dembele also fit to start after recovering from a slight calf issue.
00:09:37It means Luis Enrique starts the 10 outfield players who started last season's final against Inter.
00:09:43Hakimi, Dwayne, Khabar at Scalia all scored on the big night 12 months ago in Munich.
00:09:48The difference is Matvei, the difference is Matvei, Saffinov in goal.
00:09:52It's a massive night for him.
00:10:00The European Champions here to try and defend their trophy.
00:10:14And can the Champions of England make it a magnificent double?
00:10:19There's the referee tonight, the German Daniel Siebert.
00:10:22He's got Bastian Dankert as the VAR.
00:10:25The captain's down there, Martin Urdegaard on the left and Marquinhos on the right.
00:10:44Well, there were numerous selection of decisions for Mikel Arteta to make important choices for the Arsenal manager.
00:10:50The full-backs are Mosquera and Hincapié over the fitter game, Timber and Calafiore.
00:10:56Teenager Myles Lewis Skelly is preferred to Martin Zubimendi in midfield.
00:11:01It's Urdegaard for Eza, Trossard over Martinelli.
00:11:04And Kai Havertz starts ahead of Victor Jocares up front.
00:11:08Timber is a sub, as is Mikel Moreno.
00:11:11Has Mikel Arteta got those big decisions right?
00:11:18So PSG here with players who lit up the Allianz in last season's final,
00:11:22the likes of Due, Kovar, Etzcalia and Dembele.
00:11:25The most fearsome trio in club football.
00:11:28Arsenal legends will be made tonight if your contribution turns into a match-winning one.
00:11:42So we're all set here in Budapest.
00:11:44Arsenal's big night is here.
00:11:46History beckons for them as well as PSG.
00:11:50It's time for the 2026 Champions League final.
00:12:12So it's like a full start with the 2026 Champions League final off and underway in the Pushkas arena.
00:12:19Paris Saint-Cermain here for a second successive season,
00:12:22bidding to be just the second team in the Champions League era to retain the trophy.
00:12:27Arsenal here for the first time in 20 years and for just the second time in club history.
00:12:32And they're hoping to become the seventh English club side to be crowned European champions.
00:12:39Great atmosphere, Ali, we expected that.
00:12:41Yeah, we certainly did.
00:12:42Fantastic atmosphere out there, Dan.
00:12:44Interesting enough.
00:12:44The kick-off, we all said that, you know, Arsenal's greatest opportunity might be a set player.
00:12:50They're going to have to be physical.
00:12:51They're going to have to win their challenges and try and bully PSG.
00:12:55The kick-off there, the first thing they do is they look for a challenge.
00:12:58They put a high ball in and they're looking for contact.
00:13:03Well, there's a man who can do something tonight that none of the great Arsenal managers of the past have
00:13:09been able to do.
00:13:10Michael Arteta was a player at Paris Saint-Cermain as a teenager, a huge night for him.
00:13:16And the first opportunity here for the Gunners through Declan Rice to put some pressure on the European Champions.
00:13:31It's headed in there by Gabriel.
00:13:33I think the first part of the set-piece worked okay when nobody made the run.
00:13:37You and I were speaking last night, Dan, and the first thing you would say is,
00:13:42we mentioned the set-plays before, there's not a lot the PSG will be able to do when corners are
00:13:47given against them.
00:13:48But I guarantee you, three kicks, they'll have as high a line as possible and keep the Arsenal forwards
00:13:54and indeed their centre-backs away from the goal and they'll defend the high line.
00:14:00It's an Arsenal team unbeaten in the Champions League this season.
00:14:03Ironically, the last team to beat them in the competition were Paris Saint-Cermain in the Celtics last season.
00:14:09And both teams won their league for the 14th time prior to the final.
00:14:15Here's Bitinia and they must have been absolutely delighted, Stephen, when Hakimi declared himself fit for the final.
00:14:22Yeah, he's so important, brings vast experience.
00:14:25Quality player, interesting there from PSG from the goal kick from Safranov.
00:14:29Same as what they've done against Bayern Munich, kicked it out of play.
00:14:32I think that's respect for Saka.
00:14:34So they can really nullify Arsenal's threat on this right-hand side.
00:14:39This is Trau Nebes, part of this magnificent central midfield three.
00:14:45For Paris Saint-Germain, a team without weakness in many, many ways.
00:14:50Weaknesses have to be found, though, by Arsenal in this Champions League final.
00:14:57The one thing you would say to counter that, of course, Darren, Arsenal in the Champions League so far haven't
00:15:02had any weakness at all.
00:15:04Some great results.
00:15:07But this will, without doubt, be the toughest test, you would imagine.
00:15:12This is Desiree Douai, who was the man of the match at the final last year.
00:15:16He scored a couple and made another one.
00:15:18Playing in his second successive Champions League final at the ripe old age of 20.
00:15:25And the fact that Miles Lewis Skelly starts tonight means he's the second youngest Englishman to start a Champions League
00:15:31final.
00:15:31Only Trent Alexander-Arnold with Liverpool back in 2018 was younger.
00:15:36Yeah, Fabian Ruiz.
00:15:40Nuno Mendes.
00:15:46How big is the Lewis Skelly call over Zubi Mendy-Steven in central midfield tonight?
00:15:50I think it's huge.
00:15:52I think to put your trust in a youngster in a game of this magnitude, of course, it's a big
00:15:56decision.
00:15:56But, in session speaking to Mikhail Arteta before the game, saying that he thinks it could be very man-to
00:16:01-man in the middle of the pitch.
00:16:03I think Miles Skelly gives them a bit more legs, a bit more energy.
00:16:06Get round the pitch a bit more from Zubi Mendy.
00:16:12It's an opening four minutes here, Ali, where Paris Saint-Germain have had the ball, but can't get out of
00:16:16their own half.
00:16:17Yeah.
00:16:18That's all got a good shape to about them.
00:16:19They've got a high press, but the one thing you can't afford to do, you can't afford to defend deep
00:16:24if you're going to be high-press.
00:16:25You can't allow any gaps in front of your defence, or indeed in front of your midfield, and so far,
00:16:31very early stages, but they're doing it really well.
00:16:33They've got the free kick there, Arsdale, for a good spot, Paddy and Ruiz, who then threw the ball away.
00:16:38And in normal circumstances, you would get a yellow card for that, and you'll see, but leaning it there.
00:16:42He's fortunate, isn't he?
00:16:44I agree with Ali, very fortunate.
00:16:46Yeah, whether he thinks it's a free kick or not, you can't be throwing the ball away.
00:16:50Giving the ref an opportunity to Buckei earlier, you don't want that.
00:17:01And it goes by Declan Rice, taken down by Kai Havertz, lovely touch by the man who won the Champions
00:17:07League final for Chelsea back in 2021 against Manchester City.
00:17:12And he's got a bit of daylight here, Havertz, he's in on goal, it's the first chance at the final,
00:17:16and he takes it!
00:17:33In a season of seismic moments for Arsenal, there's another one.
00:17:39They lead in the Champions League final inside six minutes.
00:17:43And the man who was the Champions League final goal scorer, winning goal scorer five years ago,
00:17:49Fiesden in front against Paris Saint-Germain.
00:17:52What a start for the gutters.
00:17:53Incredible start.
00:17:54They get a little bit fortunate with the break.
00:17:56I think it's Mendes, he's playing him on in the left-hand side, the left-back position.
00:18:00There.
00:18:01He's well, I think he's definitely well onside, but the finish is absolutely different class,
00:18:06because he's looking up to see if there's anybody inside to square it to.
00:18:10He realises, guys, that there isn't.
00:18:13A little bit of luck there.
00:18:14Does it come off his arm?
00:18:15Surely not.
00:18:16They're not giving that, surely.
00:18:17Away he goes.
00:18:18He's had his little look, and boy, does he lift it into the roof of the net.
00:18:22Goalkeeper probably thinks he's going to go low.
00:18:25Lifts it high.
00:18:26Unstoppable.
00:18:28I think the power beats the goalkeeper, the accuracy.
00:18:32The keeper goes down very early.
00:18:34We spoke about that prior to the game.
00:18:36Is this Safanot, you know, is he on the level of the rest of this PSG team?
00:18:41I thought the keeper could have stayed bigger there, Ali.
00:18:44Might be right, Stephen.
00:18:48Takes it well.
00:18:49It's not up a debate.
00:18:50What a finish.
00:18:51Lifts it high on the roof of the net.
00:18:52What a start for Arsenal.
00:18:53Well, the good news for Arsenal is that prior to this match,
00:18:56he'd scored in 33 games for Arsenal.
00:18:59They've won 30 and drawn three.
00:19:00They've never lost a match when Kai Havertz has scored.
00:19:03And if that runs tonight, it's going to be an historic night for them.
00:19:07And 1-0 for the Arsenal.
00:19:08It's got a nice ring to it.
00:19:1011 1-0 wins in all competitions this season.
00:19:13And the big challenge now for Paris Saint-Germain is to break them down
00:19:17as we see the goal again scored by Havertz.
00:19:19What a big moment.
00:19:20Well, it puts it right at the goalkeeper's head, right?
00:19:23Which is almost...
00:19:25I agree with Stephen, his hands are too low,
00:19:27but at the same time, if he gets him up there, he's doing really well.
00:19:30It's a brilliant finish.
00:19:32I mean, how's that decision looking right now at this moment in time?
00:19:34We've over half-hearts before Jocher is.
00:19:36Well, he's scored seven times this season, four of them in the Champions League.
00:19:40This has been his competition.
00:19:42And when you cast your mind back to 2021,
00:19:44the goal he scored that night to win it
00:19:46was the first goal he'd ever scored in the competition.
00:19:48So he's clearly the man for the big occasion.
00:19:50This is a competition that he loves.
00:19:52And you cannot, cannot make a better start in a final than Arsenal have just made.
00:20:03Well, I don't want to tempt fate, but I'll throw another one.
00:20:06And I think the last 11 teams that have scored first in a year for the Champions League final have
00:20:10won it.
00:20:12Well, we build it as irresistible force meets immovable object.
00:20:18If Arsenal's immovable object can stay intact, and there's a long time still to go,
00:20:25then it could be the greatest night in club history,
00:20:27but they've done what they needed to do at the start.
00:20:29But here's a very dangerous player coming forward from PSG,
00:20:32Desiree Due.
00:20:33Desiree, in towards Dembele, that's a good header in there by William Saliba.
00:20:38And it opens up a little bit now for Leandro Trossard.
00:20:44Speed from Hakimi, who you would expect to be slightly must be,
00:20:47based on the fact he's not played since the first leg of the semi-final against Bayern.
00:20:52First thing you see, I think the hamstring looks okay.
00:21:15The French team with the highest scorers in the competition,
00:21:19Arsenal post the best defence, and they've got this unbeaten record.
00:21:24And overall, it's the eighth meeting between the teams who first played against each other in a cup in this
00:21:28cup,
00:21:29semi-back in 94, they've both got two wins apiece.
00:21:32The two victories that PSG have against Arsenal both came in the semi-finals last season.
00:21:38Khabar and Scalia beaten to it there by Declan Rice.
00:21:41Arsenal play with confidence here, and with the lead in the early stages.
00:21:51You are not getting one second on that ball.
00:21:55I'll tell you, the pace of people closing you down is remarkable.
00:22:08Here's the PSG captain, Marquinhos, and now his central defensive colleague, Pasho.
00:22:15Khabar and Scalia.
00:22:37This is 2A.
00:22:40Arsenal-Neves.
00:22:43They've had 69% of the ball.
00:22:45In the opening ten minutes here, Paris Saint-Germain,
00:22:47but they've posed absolutely no threat to this point to the Arsenal goal.
00:23:00This goes 2A.
00:23:01The darting run, it was almost slipped in there to Khabar and Scalia.
00:23:05Does nearly break for him.
00:23:06What a challenge for Gabriel.
00:23:08What a challenge.
00:23:09Brilliant tackle.
00:23:10He had to get the spot on.
00:23:12When you see the leg come round, it is.
00:23:14Oh, different class.
00:23:16He had to time it perfectly, and he did.
00:23:23Swung into the Arsenal box, Fabian Ruiz can only direct it into the side netting.
00:23:33It's the wrong option there.
00:23:34I think he's got to head that back across.
00:23:40And you've got to go back 12 years to find the last team who conceded first in the final and
00:23:44went on to win it.
00:23:45That was Real Madrid against Atletico Madrid.
00:23:48And Kai Havertz, now the fourth player to score in a European Cup or a Champions League final for two
00:23:52different clubs.
00:23:56And the most recent to do it was Cristiano Ronaldo.
00:24:06Havertz looks really up for it tonight, up against Marquinhos and using his size over there, Ali.
00:24:11Certainly didn't mind that.
00:24:37Just switch the wingers.
00:24:39Just come on to this side for now, do I?
00:24:41They've got Kavara Scali here as well.
00:24:43This is Fabian Ruiz.
00:24:44It's a good ball through the six-yard box, but he's not really given the PSG players time to get
00:24:49in there.
00:24:49No.
00:24:50A little bit similar to the Havertz goal.
00:24:52He looks up, he knows there's nothing in there, and he decides to go for the back post.
00:24:57That's the second time he's made the wrong decision there.
00:25:00Just needs a bit of a composure, a bit of time, allows teammates to enter the box.
00:25:10I'll tell you, Arsenal, understandably, will take their time with everything now, even at this early stage in the game.
00:25:20It's interesting that they're not playing out there, not taking any risks, no need.
00:25:23Even out of possession, they're really compact.
00:25:26Everyone all in, moving around the pitch.
00:25:30Making it really difficult for PSG.
00:25:33Sikker working hard against Nuno Mendes, he's going to be pulled back though for the foul.
00:25:38Miguel Arteta not happy.
00:25:39No, I think he's a little bit unlucky there.
00:25:41I think it's good defensive work from the winger.
00:25:47So one thing that is the same as 20 years ago, the last time that Arsenal played in the Champions
00:25:52League final.
00:25:52They led that night through Sol Campbell.
00:25:55They'd had the goalkeeper sent off by that point.
00:25:58Went on ultimately to lose to Barcelona.
00:26:02A late Belletti goal was the difference that night.
00:26:04They've got to change the course of history, and if they can do that, they will be Premier League and
00:26:10Champions League double winners.
00:26:12What an opportunity.
00:26:31Gabriel and Havertz just in each other's way a wee bit there.
00:26:34There's communication there, hasn't it?
00:26:36You've got to talk to one another.
00:26:38Tell you what, you don't see very often, Ali.
00:26:40You come back to a final 12 months on, and the ten outfield players that started the pre-season.
00:26:44The leadership are there again, and there was no doubt that that was going to be the team if everybody
00:26:47was fit.
00:26:48Yeah, absolutely.
00:27:08Here's Marquinhos.
00:27:12Now, the Ballon d'Or winner, Ousmane Dembele.
00:27:18Fabian Ruiz.
00:27:21Now Hakimi, who's always high on that side, the right-back.
00:27:26Marquinhos slips it in, Hakimi had made the run.
00:27:29And that's defended well on that side.
00:27:31Just switched off cross-hand.
00:27:33By Piero Hincapia.
00:27:33Just switched off down, Steve, for the first minute, you can't do that.
00:27:38Particularly somebody like Hakimi will get in behind you, and he'll do it all evening.
00:27:48It's a strange corner straight to Saka.
00:27:50He didn't deal with it initially.
00:27:51The PSG players suggested it bounced up and hit him on the arm.
00:27:57Marquinhos is just asking the question of the referee.
00:28:03He just seemed to lose a little bit of concentration in there, Saka, as he tried to clear it.
00:28:10Well, that's good play from Mosquera to dispossess Fabian Ruiz.
00:28:13Now then, Martin Odegaard.
00:28:14Good run made by Trossard, but he was tracked all the way by Hakimi.
00:28:18And Safin off there for PSG.
00:28:21It's brilliant there from Odegaard.
00:28:22He goes and closes down Jaunevers.
00:28:24He will look at the handball.
00:28:25Yeah, it hits his right arm.
00:28:27Probably hits his left too.
00:28:29Which allowed Mosquera to get back in defensively and make the challenge.
00:28:33Let's not beat about the bush here.
00:28:35Arsenal's currency clean sheets.
00:28:36They've had 32 in all competitions this season.
00:28:3933 makes them European champions.
00:28:41This is what they do best, isn't it, situations like this.
00:28:46You're absolutely sports on.
00:28:52It's a Paris Saint-Germain team that's scored 127 goals in all competitions.
00:28:58Five players into double figures.
00:29:00Three of them on the pitch at the outset.
00:29:02Dembele, Kabaret, Scalier and Douay.
00:29:04So the threat will come.
00:29:07The chances will be generated.
00:29:10But it's this priceless Kai Havertz goal that Arsenal have to give them the lead in the Champions League final.
00:29:28Douay still out here on the left-hand side.
00:29:31Kabaret, Scalier out here with him.
00:29:33There's Fabian Ruiz.
00:29:34He just opens a bit of space on the other side for Hakimi.
00:29:37They've also got Dembele out there.
00:29:39They're essentially playing at the minute without a central striker.
00:29:41They've not got a centre-forward at the moment.
00:29:42It's Hakimi in that position right now.
00:29:46Here's Kabaret, Scalier.
00:29:48He was trying to flick it back there to Dembele, but it didn't work.
00:29:51But the movement just started to appear for Paris Saint-Germain.
00:29:54It was the right idea.
00:29:56It's them rotations, isn't it?
00:29:57Very difficult to defend the interchange so well.
00:30:05They've had 80% of the ball in the opening 18 minutes.
00:30:08Haven't really threatened them, no.
00:30:12Douay's got two here.
00:30:14Makai Osaka was back helping Mosquera.
00:30:16The Arsenal duo come away with the ball.
00:30:29Pesha wins his header against Havertz.
00:30:34Forward by Nuno Mendes.
00:30:36Luis Skelly lets it bounce.
00:30:38Gabriel was behind.
00:30:39And then William Saliba.
00:30:43Cool, calm and collected under pressure.
00:31:00If you are looking for an Arsenal omen tonight, a positive one,
00:31:04it might just be the referee.
00:31:06He's officiated in each of the last two rounds
00:31:08against Sporting and Atletico Madrid.
00:31:10Arsenal won both games 1-0.
00:31:12When he officiated his only PSG game against Athletic Bilbao in December,
00:31:16it turned out to be the only game they didn't score in.
00:31:19So maybe Daniel Siebert is the lucky charm tonight, Ali McCoy.
00:31:22Well, if you look at those stats...
00:31:27Still a bit sicko, though.
00:31:29I think people in North London are clinging to anything right now.
00:31:37It's a good point that Martin Bates, Stephen,
00:31:39when you look around the arena, so many more Arsenal fans here.
00:31:42I mean, they've been in force ever since we got to Budapest.
00:31:45They've been everywhere.
00:31:45Yeah, they were in the ground very early,
00:31:47an hour before kick-off in good voice.
00:31:53Appreciating the team's efforts so far domestically,
00:31:55but also getting right behind them for tonight as well.
00:31:58They're going to need it, Darren.
00:32:06Slice forward by Fabian Ruiz.
00:32:08Spinning ball, which Gabriel dealt with.
00:32:24This is the player you feel that PSG have got to get on the ball as much as they can.
00:32:27And Khabar Escalia, arguably at the moment, Ali,
00:32:29may be the best player in the world in terms of form.
00:32:32I probably wouldn't disagree with that.
00:32:34I notice Saka's doubling up straight away,
00:32:37giving Mascara a hand, which would be gratefully appreciated,
00:32:41I can tell you that.
00:32:52I'm looking in the middle of the box again, nothing.
00:32:56Fabian Ruiz actually makes a run and they're getting nothing.
00:32:59I know it's a ploy and I know it's a plan that won't really bother them,
00:33:02but there's not a lot of teams who play like that, I can tell you.
00:33:17I would make the suggestion as well, Ali,
00:33:20that it's very rare you get to 21 minutes in the match
00:33:23against Paris Saint-Germain,
00:33:25and the opposition goalkeeper hasn't made a save to this point.
00:33:28That's how well Arsenal have been organised
00:33:31on the defensive side of their game in the early stages here.
00:33:34I'll mention it again,
00:33:35the shape has been so far,
00:33:37midway through the first half,
00:33:39the shape has been great,
00:33:40particularly out of possession, which is very important.
00:33:42There's not a lot of gaps
00:33:44within front to back
00:33:46for the PSG boys to play in,
00:33:49which they revel in,
00:33:50which they're very good at.
00:33:51So they're denying them the space at this moment in time.
00:34:06Just able to keep that in
00:34:08one time back here
00:34:11for David Raya.
00:34:17Lillian Pacho with the header,
00:34:19Luis Skelly cushions it down,
00:34:20Marquinhos in there sharply on Trossard.
00:34:24This is Douay,
00:34:25Vitinha.
00:34:28Saliba didn't quite get there,
00:34:30Dembele's flick then picks out Kibar and Skelly.
00:34:33Mosquera for now has got to deal with him on his own.
00:34:41It's a couple of times he's tried that trick tonight,
00:34:43he's not walked yet.
00:34:48I think you try that when you're 1-0 up.
00:34:50Yeah, I think it's a lot more difficult though
00:34:52when you look up Darren
00:34:53and that 1v1's not there
00:34:54because Saka's there so quick.
00:34:56It's been really selfless so far.
00:34:58There's the high five,
00:34:59appreciating each other,
00:35:00working together.
00:35:02So the tricks break is taken.
00:35:06Midway through this first half.
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00:35:47Arsenal's Superman
00:35:48is the fellow who scored the first goal tonight,
00:35:50Kai Havertz, Ali.
00:35:51You know some of his last touches clear the one
00:35:53that is a talking point.
00:35:55Steven's right, goalkeeper should do better,
00:35:57but do you know he takes a brilliant touch
00:35:59after it comes off, Drossard,
00:36:01to get him 10 yards on his run.
00:36:03Lovely touch, lovely finish.
00:36:14What's that feeling like, Stevie,
00:36:15when you nick a goal in a Champions League final?
00:36:18Difficult to put into words, Darren,
00:36:20but that was a hell of a finish.
00:36:22The power, the accuracy.
00:36:25You know, arguably the goalkeeper
00:36:26could have had Zanz,
00:36:27you know, more in the middle,
00:36:28so he can affect it if it goes high,
00:36:31but take Nottingham away from the finish,
00:36:33exquisite.
00:36:36Some feeling.
00:36:39You're right, it's been interesting
00:36:40to hear a goalkeeper, coach,
00:36:42opinion on that,
00:36:43because the hands look right down by his side
00:36:45rather than maybe waist high,
00:36:46ready to go up or down.
00:36:49We spoke about it before the kick-off,
00:36:51Mikel Arteta had big choices to make,
00:36:53big decisions to make.
00:36:55The top managers have to make
00:36:57the big decisions in the big moments,
00:36:58and it appears the decisions he's made tonight,
00:37:00particularly Havertz over Jokeres,
00:37:02is the right one.
00:37:03I think with 24 minutes gone,
00:37:05he's made a couple of great decisions,
00:37:06to be quite honest.
00:37:10I think more importantly,
00:37:12he's got the structure and the shape
00:37:13and the tactics bang on the money, Darren,
00:37:15and it's not just having that shape
00:37:16and them distances,
00:37:17you've got to go to work,
00:37:18you've got to be honest,
00:37:19you've got to win your duels,
00:37:20you've got to do the dirty work for each other,
00:37:22and so far, so good for Arsenal,
00:37:24they've been superb.
00:37:28Off goes Myles Lewis Skelly,
00:37:30showing tremendous confidence
00:37:31and power to burst through,
00:37:33there's his captain,
00:37:34Erdegaard,
00:37:34and now Bukayo Saka.
00:37:38That's not a bad cross,
00:37:39Saffilov got there,
00:37:41and it was cleared away
00:37:42by Hakimi,
00:37:44goalkeeper injured in the process,
00:37:46but
00:37:48that was a heck of a move from Arsenal,
00:37:50and a great ball in from Bukayo Saka.
00:37:52That was tremendous,
00:37:53starts in the middle of the park,
00:37:54doesn't it with Lewis Skelly,
00:37:55makes a great run,
00:37:57because Neves,
00:37:58he gets away from Saka,
00:37:59puts a lovely ball into that area,
00:38:00goalie comes out,
00:38:01gets a hand on it,
00:38:02then it can go anywhere,
00:38:04it does go anywhere,
00:38:06one force it for the Arsenal,
00:38:07goes to Hakimi.
00:38:11Keeper does amazing,
00:38:12fair play to him,
00:38:13very brave,
00:38:14you know,
00:38:14diving into bodies there,
00:38:15it's a fantastic cross.
00:38:19It's a concerned look
00:38:20on the face of
00:38:21Luis Enrique,
00:38:24who's trying to become
00:38:25the fifth manager
00:38:26to win this competition
00:38:27three times,
00:38:28it would put him level
00:38:29with Bob Paisley,
00:38:30Zinedine Zidane
00:38:30and Pep Guardiola,
00:38:31that's Lucas Chevalier,
00:38:33who they signed
00:38:34for a lot of money
00:38:35last summer
00:38:35to replace Gigi Donnarumma
00:38:36and become the number one,
00:38:37but he's lost his place
00:38:38in the team,
00:38:39hasn't played
00:38:39since the end of January,
00:38:41but
00:38:41you wonder whether
00:38:42he might be needed here
00:38:43after the bang on the head
00:38:44for Saffilov.
00:38:48I think it's a defender
00:38:49that needs it
00:38:50to catch him,
00:38:50isn't it?
00:38:57It's a brilliant run
00:38:58from Trossard,
00:38:59Ali,
00:38:59you know yourself,
00:39:00as a coach,
00:39:01you'd always want
00:39:01your wide ease
00:39:02to really attack
00:39:04the middle
00:39:05or the back
00:39:05of the goal frame,
00:39:07you know,
00:39:07there's nothing more
00:39:08frustrating
00:39:08when you see your wing
00:39:10get too far away,
00:39:11and that's why
00:39:11Trossard gets
00:39:12double figures
00:39:12and goals.
00:39:13Correct.
00:39:14He's just trying
00:39:15to get across
00:39:16the face
00:39:16to the defender,
00:39:17Marquinhos there,
00:39:18doesn't he?
00:39:19But you're right,
00:39:20goalkeeper's brave
00:39:21does well.
00:39:26Just going to take
00:39:27a closer look
00:39:28at the back
00:39:28of his head.
00:39:39He's going to be
00:39:40kicking every ball
00:39:40tonight,
00:39:41Arsene Wenger,
00:39:42he's got Luis Figo
00:39:43alongside him.
00:39:46Roberto Martinez,
00:39:48Rafa Benitez.
00:39:53And I caught
00:39:53Ruud Hulett
00:39:54in front of the boys
00:39:55there as well.
00:39:57So who's who
00:39:58in there?
00:40:12going to be a
00:40:14goalkeeper,
00:40:15that's tried and tested,
00:40:16that's well practised.
00:40:18Looks like he's going to be
00:40:19OK.
00:40:19I'm quite good at that
00:40:21now,
00:40:21four girls.
00:40:22I can get my touch
00:40:23with that.
00:40:26I was just looking
00:40:27thinking you've not
00:40:28got enough hair
00:40:28to do that.
00:40:29mate.
00:40:35It's the Arsenal
00:40:36supporters in full voice
00:40:38inside the
00:40:39Puskas arena.
00:40:48Vettinia.
00:41:01So Safarov OK,
00:41:02the game back on the way,
00:41:03Vettinia can play the ball
00:41:04out here
00:41:05to his captain
00:41:06from Marquinhos.
00:41:10Easy for Gabriel.
00:41:13There's Martin
00:41:15Erdegaard,
00:41:15then Declan Rice.
00:41:17Here's Vettinia.
00:41:26Nuno Mendes
00:41:26to Kavica
00:41:27Kavar at Scalia.
00:41:30A little bit of
00:41:31acceleration from the
00:41:32left back
00:41:32and a wonderful ball
00:41:33off the outside
00:41:34of the foot.
00:41:34Wasn't it just?
00:41:36Off goes Dembele
00:41:37bearing down
00:41:38on the Arsenal goal.
00:41:41Double covered
00:41:42again on that side.
00:41:52This is Vettinia.
00:41:55Dembele.
00:41:57Still without
00:41:58falling,
00:41:59but it's well
00:41:59dealt with it
00:41:59there by Gabriel.
00:42:01Coming together
00:42:02then involving
00:42:03Nuno Mendes
00:42:04who's gone down
00:42:05and stayed down.
00:42:05He just seemed
00:42:06to land on him.
00:42:07The Arsenal centre-back
00:42:08so they're a man
00:42:09short at the moment,
00:42:10PSG.
00:42:12PSG.
00:42:13PSG.
00:42:22Hakimi.
00:42:23Dembele.
00:42:24All of this
00:42:25going on
00:42:25with the
00:42:26Paris Saint-Sherman
00:42:27defender still down.
00:42:28It's clipped
00:42:28into the box.
00:42:29This is Srao Neves.
00:42:31It's good feet
00:42:32from Douay
00:42:32but it's a great
00:42:33challenge in there
00:42:34from Gabriel.
00:42:36He was just
00:42:36starting to dance
00:42:37watching the Douay.
00:42:38Did well again.
00:42:39Brilliant tackle.
00:42:40All of it
00:42:40time in there.
00:42:41That's a couple
00:42:42of challenges
00:42:43the big fella
00:42:43made have been
00:42:44absolutely spot on.
00:42:45I'm a little bit
00:42:46surprised PSG
00:42:47haven't put the
00:42:48ball out
00:42:48by the majors.
00:42:50Well he's still
00:42:51down out of picture.
00:42:52David Raya's
00:42:53just seeing
00:42:53if he's okay.
00:42:56Seems to be
00:42:57the lower leg
00:42:57whether it got
00:42:58a twist
00:42:59when he went
00:42:59over.
00:43:08There's that
00:43:08challenge there.
00:43:10Brilliant.
00:43:11Quite a bit
00:43:12timed
00:43:12perfectly there.
00:43:24This will
00:43:24suit Arsenal
00:43:25you know
00:43:25the game
00:43:25getting broken
00:43:26up
00:43:26injuries
00:43:26Saffinov
00:43:27staying down
00:43:28Mendes
00:43:28staying down
00:43:29just
00:43:30completely
00:43:30knocking
00:43:31the rhythm
00:43:31of the game
00:43:32or any
00:43:32rhythm
00:43:32at all
00:43:33that the
00:43:33game
00:43:33has.
00:43:35This will
00:43:35be right
00:43:35up Arsenal
00:43:36Street.
00:43:39Fabian Ruiz
00:43:41with a bit
00:43:41of space
00:43:42out
00:43:43Dway
00:43:43nonchalantly
00:43:44flicked out
00:43:45here
00:43:45to Nuno
00:43:47Mendes
00:43:48Raya
00:43:49came and
00:43:49dealt with
00:43:50that
00:43:50little bit
00:43:50awkward
00:43:51off the
00:43:51foot
00:43:51but it
00:43:51was
00:43:52effective
00:43:52enough
00:43:57there's
00:43:57Cavara
00:43:58at
00:43:58Scalia
00:44:01Vitina
00:44:02Raya
00:44:13Raya
00:44:17attacking the end
00:44:18where the
00:44:18Arsenal fans
00:44:19are in this
00:44:19first half
00:44:23Mendes to
00:44:23Fabian Ruiz
00:44:31I'm looking
00:44:31at that
00:44:32penalty box
00:44:33again
00:44:33and
00:44:33John
00:44:34Neves
00:44:34was the
00:44:34only one
00:44:34in the
00:44:35box
00:44:35I know
00:44:36it gives
00:44:36PSG
00:44:37overloads
00:44:38in wide
00:44:38areas
00:44:40but at
00:44:41the same
00:44:41time
00:44:42they have
00:44:42no threat
00:44:43right in
00:44:43the centre
00:44:43of the
00:44:44goal
00:44:51as
00:44:52Cavara
00:44:52at
00:44:52Scalia
00:44:53Moschera
00:44:54quickly out
00:44:54to try and
00:44:55defend that
00:44:55situation
00:44:58Vitina
00:45:04Hakimi
00:45:06Douai
00:45:16Vitina
00:45:17has passed
00:45:17to Hakimi
00:45:18over there
00:45:18and then
00:45:19Dembele
00:45:21Cavara
00:45:21Scalia has
00:45:22gone out
00:45:22there to
00:45:22the right
00:45:23this is
00:45:23Dembele
00:45:24on the
00:45:24ball
00:45:24again
00:45:25wants to
00:45:26make room
00:45:26and then
00:45:27lift one
00:45:27in
00:45:27and he
00:45:29seemed to
00:45:29get caught
00:45:29between
00:45:30two
00:45:30stools
00:45:30didn't he
00:45:32he certainly
00:45:33did
00:45:35Arsenal
00:45:35so well
00:45:36organised
00:45:36at this
00:45:37moment
00:45:37in
00:45:37time
00:45:37defensively
00:45:46Desiree
00:45:47do it
00:45:50that's
00:45:50well
00:45:50defended
00:45:51over there
00:45:51by
00:45:51Hincafie
00:45:52at the
00:45:52expense
00:45:52of a
00:45:53corner
00:46:07Patelio
00:46:11it's not
00:46:12a bad
00:46:12ball
00:46:13in
00:46:13it was
00:46:13well
00:46:14defended
00:46:14though
00:46:14in there
00:46:15by
00:46:15Rice
00:46:15for
00:46:15Arsenal
00:46:16had to
00:46:16keep
00:46:16his
00:46:16eye
00:46:16on that
00:46:17on that
00:46:27one
00:46:27we
00:46:28suggest
00:46:29that
00:46:29ball
00:46:29coming
00:46:29onto the
00:46:30pitch
00:46:30wasn't
00:46:30an accident
00:46:31either
00:46:42it's
00:46:43Hakimi
00:46:43very advanced
00:46:45again
00:46:45too sharp
00:46:46in the middle
00:46:46though
00:46:47Saliba
00:46:51it's
00:46:51first time
00:46:52Gabriel's
00:46:52getting dragged
00:46:53down to
00:46:53a position
00:46:54he didn't
00:46:54want to
00:46:54be
00:46:54in a
00:46:55left
00:46:55back
00:46:55position
00:46:56but
00:46:56he's
00:46:56made
00:46:56cover for
00:46:57him
00:47:00of course
00:47:01Hakimi
00:47:02played
00:47:02back
00:47:03here
00:47:03to
00:47:03Pasho
00:47:05Fabian
00:47:05Ruiz
00:47:06won by
00:47:07Nuno
00:47:08Mendes
00:47:08but
00:47:08it's
00:47:08sold
00:47:09it
00:47:09short
00:47:09Declan
00:47:10Rice
00:47:10for
00:47:11Arsenal
00:47:13and
00:47:13Mosquera
00:47:14it's a
00:47:15good pass
00:47:15to
00:47:15Vakai
00:47:16Osaka
00:47:17and
00:47:18that's
00:47:18a foul
00:47:18surely
00:47:20clumsy
00:47:20challenge
00:47:21from
00:47:21Nuno
00:47:21Mendes
00:47:22didn't
00:47:22need
00:47:22to
00:47:22make
00:47:23it
00:47:23really
00:47:24and
00:47:25here
00:47:26comes
00:47:26a bit
00:47:26of
00:47:26frustration
00:47:27they're
00:47:27not
00:47:27getting
00:47:28the
00:47:28answers
00:47:28in
00:47:28the
00:47:28final
00:47:29third
00:47:29PSG
00:47:30Arsenal
00:47:30so
00:47:30diligent
00:47:31on
00:47:31the
00:47:31sides
00:47:32everyone
00:47:33defending
00:47:33well
00:47:33for
00:47:34the
00:47:34team
00:47:34then
00:47:35the
00:47:35counter
00:47:35attack
00:47:35comes
00:47:36and
00:47:36it's
00:47:36just
00:47:36a bit
00:47:36of
00:47:37frustration
00:47:38bit of
00:47:39laziness
00:47:39from
00:47:40Mendes
00:47:40Ali
00:47:40just
00:47:40diving
00:47:41in
00:47:41do you
00:47:42know
00:47:42what it
00:47:42is
00:47:42Stevie
00:47:42it's
00:47:43actually
00:47:43a great
00:47:44sign
00:47:44for
00:47:44Arsenal
00:47:45bit
00:47:46of
00:47:46frustration
00:47:47creeping
00:47:47in
00:47:48even
00:47:49towards
00:47:49the end
00:47:49of the
00:47:50first
00:47:50half
00:47:50it was
00:47:51a lazy
00:47:51challenge
00:47:56so
00:47:56the Big
00:47:57men have
00:47:57gone in there
00:47:59Gabrielle
00:47:59Kaya
00:48:00Havard
00:48:01Mim Saliba
00:48:02is in there too
00:48:03the Arsenal fans
00:48:03looking on
00:48:04what they give
00:48:04for a second
00:48:05goal before
00:48:06half time
00:48:09free kick
00:48:10taken by
00:48:11Rice
00:48:11into a good
00:48:12area
00:48:12we're charging
00:48:13at that
00:48:15it's going to be
00:48:16given as a foul
00:48:16against Gabrielle
00:48:17in the end
00:48:28yeah it's a shock
00:48:29I think
00:48:29Havertz
00:48:30who eventually
00:48:30gets a head
00:48:31on it
00:48:31I think
00:48:32he gets
00:48:32defender a push
00:48:33doesn't he
00:48:34it's Arsenal
00:48:35leaving the mark
00:48:35again
00:48:36though
00:48:36that physicality
00:48:37everyone crashing in
00:48:39making it really
00:48:39uncomfortable
00:48:40for PSG
00:48:42that's no foul
00:48:45Dway
00:48:45now it's
00:48:46Vettinia
00:48:47running forward
00:48:48Declan Rice
00:48:49got back
00:48:49well
00:48:49now Dembele
00:48:50switches
00:48:51onto his left
00:48:52for brilliant
00:48:53block
00:48:53from Gabrielle
00:48:54and then his
00:48:55partner in
00:48:55Cripe
00:48:56Saliba
00:48:56wins the
00:48:56second ball
00:48:57he's having
00:48:58a half
00:48:58Gabrielle
00:48:59by the way
00:48:59three fantastic
00:49:00challenges
00:49:02many times
00:49:03that we've seen
00:49:04Dembele
00:49:04cut in that
00:49:05left foot
00:49:07has
00:49:07can't get
00:49:08Dway down
00:49:09he was trying
00:49:09his best
00:49:11neither can
00:49:12Lewis Skelly
00:49:12in the end
00:49:13the challenge
00:49:14came back
00:49:14from Martin
00:49:15Erdegaard
00:49:15the Arsenal
00:49:16captain
00:49:16I think
00:49:16Dway's a bit
00:49:17surprised
00:49:18he didn't get
00:49:18a free kick
00:49:19somewhere
00:49:19well
00:49:19I thought
00:49:20the first
00:49:21four were
00:49:21free kicks
00:49:28that's a great
00:49:29run from
00:49:29William Saliba
00:49:32presence of
00:49:33mind to pick
00:49:34out Havertz
00:49:34as well
00:49:35in went
00:49:35Hakimi
00:49:36for Paris
00:49:36Saint-Germain
00:49:38Hincafier
00:49:51it's the 15th
00:49:52game against
00:49:52an English
00:49:53team in the
00:49:53Champions League
00:49:54since the start
00:49:54of last season
00:49:55for PSG
00:49:57and they've won
00:49:5810 of the
00:49:59previous 14
00:49:59including the
00:50:00last five
00:50:01in a row
00:50:03they've got a
00:50:04big challenge
00:50:04here tonight
00:50:05against this
00:50:06superbly
00:50:06organised and
00:50:07well-drilled
00:50:08Arsenal team
00:50:09who have
00:50:10taken their
00:50:11opportunity
00:50:11when it came
00:50:12through Havertz
00:50:12inside the
00:50:13opening
00:50:13six minutes
00:50:15and we've
00:50:16seen two or
00:50:16three fantastic
00:50:17pieces of
00:50:18defending in the
00:50:18first half
00:50:19statement from
00:50:19Gabriel
00:50:20yeah we have
00:50:21big individual
00:50:22moments
00:50:22last ditch
00:50:23but being in
00:50:24the right
00:50:24position at
00:50:25the right
00:50:25time
00:50:29PSG's record
00:50:30is fantastic
00:50:31against the
00:50:31English team
00:50:32but it just
00:50:32looks a bit
00:50:32different from
00:50:33up here
00:50:35with the
00:50:35organisation
00:50:37the work
00:50:38rate of
00:50:38Arsenal
00:50:39they look
00:50:39very stable
00:50:40to me
00:50:45Ashraf
00:50:46Hakimi
00:50:48gets it
00:50:49back again
00:50:49from
00:50:49Joao Neves
00:50:50here's
00:50:51Vitinha
00:50:56Marquinhos
00:50:58everybody's
00:50:58played more
00:50:59games for
00:50:59Paris Saint-Germain
00:51:00than their
00:51:00captain
00:51:10Hakimi
00:51:12takes on
00:51:13Trossard
00:51:13gets the
00:51:14crossing
00:51:14too high
00:51:14for Dembele
00:51:15flicked away
00:51:16by Mosquera
00:51:16but only to
00:51:17Kevara
00:51:17and Scalia
00:51:20Luno
00:51:20Mendes
00:51:22another
00:51:23header
00:51:23one
00:51:23inside
00:51:23his
00:51:24own
00:51:24box
00:51:24by
00:51:24Gabriel
00:51:26that's
00:51:27a PSG
00:51:27throw
00:51:33still a little
00:51:33bit of a
00:51:34coming together
00:51:34involving those
00:51:35two over there
00:51:35Havertz on the
00:51:36ground
00:51:36Hakimi
00:51:37the
00:51:38Paris Saint-Germain
00:51:39defender
00:51:40he doesn't need
00:51:41to get down
00:51:42the goalscorer
00:51:42does he
00:51:45going up
00:51:45going with
00:51:46the game
00:51:55you're
00:51:55knocking down
00:51:55there
00:51:56I don't
00:51:58think there's
00:51:58much in
00:51:59it
00:51:59I think
00:52:02Havertz's
00:52:02time to be
00:52:03a bit clever
00:52:03there
00:52:04the restart
00:52:05let me answer
00:52:07more
00:52:07that's
00:52:07definitely
00:52:08looking
00:52:08down
00:52:09there
00:52:15so
00:52:15into the
00:52:16final five
00:52:16minutes
00:52:17of the
00:52:17first half
00:52:18that seem
00:52:18PSG
00:52:19have 73%
00:52:20of the
00:52:21possession
00:52:21but they
00:52:22haven't yet
00:52:23had a shot
00:52:23on the
00:52:24Arsenal goal
00:52:24that's been
00:52:25on target
00:52:28Arsenal's
00:52:29lone opportunity
00:52:30in the
00:52:30half
00:52:31the only
00:52:31chance
00:52:32they've
00:52:32created
00:52:33was
00:52:34dispatched
00:52:34brilliantly
00:52:35by Kai
00:52:35Havertz
00:52:49that's
00:52:50back to
00:52:50Fabian Ruiz
00:52:54this is
00:52:55Nuno
00:52:55Mendes
00:52:56early ball
00:52:57in
00:52:57it was the
00:52:58right idea
00:52:58because there
00:52:59was a bit
00:52:59of space
00:52:59between
00:53:00Saliba
00:53:00and Gabriel
00:53:02Hakimi
00:53:02there
00:53:02with an
00:53:03awkward
00:53:03ball
00:53:03straight
00:53:03onto the
00:53:04head
00:53:04of
00:53:04Declan
00:53:04Rice
00:53:05but
00:53:05you
00:53:05could
00:53:06see
00:53:06what
00:53:06the
00:53:06left
00:53:06back
00:53:06was
00:53:07trying
00:53:07to
00:53:07do
00:53:07there
00:53:07Alex
00:53:07yeah
00:53:08it
00:53:08was
00:53:08great
00:53:08but
00:53:08the
00:53:09thing
00:53:09was
00:53:09Gabriel
00:53:09dropped
00:53:10back
00:53:10two
00:53:11yards
00:53:11to
00:53:11give
00:53:11himself
00:53:12the
00:53:12clearance
00:53:12again
00:53:13excellent
00:53:14defending
00:53:15he
00:53:15doesn't
00:53:15go
00:53:16those
00:53:16two
00:53:16yards
00:53:16he's
00:53:16got
00:53:17a
00:53:17problem
00:53:21Kavara
00:53:22Scalia
00:53:22let's
00:53:23light up
00:53:23the
00:53:24final
00:53:25tonight
00:53:25here's
00:53:26Hakimi
00:53:28well
00:53:28defended
00:53:29on that
00:53:29side
00:53:29by
00:53:29Kappa
00:53:308
00:53:56William
00:53:57Pasho
00:53:58Rui
00:54:12Ruiz
00:54:13Marquinhos
00:54:14to
00:54:15Hakimi
00:54:20Fitinia
00:54:21maybe a
00:54:22little bit
00:54:23more
00:54:23space
00:54:23and time
00:54:23in the
00:54:24box
00:54:24that
00:54:24Israel
00:54:25Neves
00:54:25realised
00:54:25there
00:54:27here's
00:54:27Kavara
00:54:28Scalia
00:54:32Nuno
00:54:32Mendes
00:54:33takes
00:54:33on
00:54:33Mosquera
00:54:34it's
00:54:35the
00:54:35other
00:54:35side
00:54:35of
00:54:35Mosquera
00:54:36delivers
00:54:36it
00:54:36in
00:54:37and
00:54:37it's
00:54:37headed
00:54:38wide
00:54:39by
00:54:40Fabian
00:54:40Ruiz
00:54:41but
00:54:41there
00:54:41just
00:54:41was
00:54:41a
00:54:41bit
00:54:41of
00:54:42concern
00:54:42in
00:54:42there
00:54:42maybe
00:54:43for
00:54:43the
00:54:43first
00:54:44time
00:54:44inside
00:54:44the
00:54:45Arsenal
00:54:45six
00:54:45yard
00:54:45box
00:54:46as
00:54:46Nuno
00:54:46Mendes
00:54:46did
00:54:47his
00:54:47thing
00:54:47well
00:54:47it's
00:54:47the
00:54:47first
00:54:48time
00:54:48he
00:54:48gets
00:54:48by
00:54:48Mascara
00:54:49Emde
00:54:49gets
00:54:49by
00:54:49him
00:54:50you
00:54:50don't
00:54:56he
00:54:56probably
00:54:57should
00:54:57do
00:54:57better
00:54:57eventually
00:54:58with
00:54:58the
00:54:58header
00:54:59comes
00:55:00off
00:55:01and
00:55:01can't
00:55:01be
00:55:01there
00:55:04gets
00:55:04a bit
00:55:05lucky
00:55:05doesn't
00:55:05he
00:55:06again
00:55:06could have
00:55:07gone
00:55:07anywhere
00:55:07couldn't
00:55:07it
00:55:08gets
00:55:09a bit
00:55:09lucky
00:55:09with
00:55:09that
00:55:09clearance
00:55:10it's
00:55:11a good
00:55:11half
00:55:11chance
00:55:11that
00:55:12yeah
00:55:16but
00:55:17you're
00:55:17right
00:55:17that's
00:55:17the
00:55:18first
00:55:18time
00:55:18they've
00:55:19got
00:55:19in
00:55:19behind
00:55:20anywhere
00:55:21on
00:55:21the
00:55:21pitch
00:55:22now
00:55:22he's
00:55:22down
00:55:23in
00:55:23the
00:55:23right
00:55:23back
00:55:23position
00:55:30smash
00:55:30forward
00:55:30by
00:55:31Marquinhos
00:55:31crossway
00:55:32Gabriel
00:55:35off the
00:55:35head of
00:55:36Lewis
00:55:36Skellion
00:55:36out
00:55:37for the
00:55:37throw
00:55:37in
00:55:53there
00:55:54for
00:55:54Gabriel
00:55:55who
00:55:55might have
00:55:55found
00:55:56Saka
00:55:56with
00:55:57that
00:55:58show
00:55:58locked
00:55:59up
00:55:59there
00:56:00what a
00:56:01touch
00:56:01that was
00:56:01from
00:56:01Douay
00:56:02by the
00:56:02way
00:56:04it
00:56:04certainly
00:56:04was
00:56:05I
00:56:05thought
00:56:05he
00:56:05gave
00:56:05Gabriel
00:56:06a lot
00:56:06bit of
00:56:06an
00:56:06angelo
00:56:08and
00:56:08this
00:56:08Kovar
00:56:09is
00:56:09still
00:56:10getting
00:56:10back
00:56:11into
00:56:11position
00:56:15Marquinhos
00:56:17now
00:56:18Dembele
00:56:19it's a
00:56:20lovely
00:56:20turn
00:56:20from
00:56:21Dembele
00:56:21but
00:56:22not
00:56:23the
00:56:23best
00:56:23of
00:56:23finishes
00:56:25from
00:56:25the
00:56:25Ballon d'Or
00:56:26winner
00:56:27he does
00:56:27exceptionally
00:56:28well
00:56:28again
00:56:29just to
00:56:30get
00:56:30the
00:56:30half
00:56:30yard
00:56:31down
00:56:31cross
00:56:32hard
00:56:35he
00:56:35wasn't
00:56:35too bad
00:56:36either
00:56:36was
00:56:43he
00:56:43getting
00:56:43a cheer
00:56:44from the
00:56:44Arsenal
00:56:44fans
00:56:47a bit
00:56:47of a cheer
00:56:48up here
00:56:48as well
00:56:49you're
00:56:49quite
00:56:49honest
00:56:49I'll tell
00:56:50you what
00:56:50Henry
00:56:50might be
00:56:51getting
00:56:51a cheer
00:56:51he's
00:56:52getting
00:56:52a
00:56:52stature
00:56:52if
00:56:52they
00:56:52win
00:56:53this
00:56:53tonight
00:56:54Marteta
00:57:02Kavar
00:57:02at
00:57:02Scalia
00:57:03to
00:57:03Fabian
00:57:03Ruiz
00:57:04it's
00:57:04excellent
00:57:04from
00:57:05Declan
00:57:05Rice
00:57:05brilliant
00:57:06just
00:57:07short
00:57:07a
00:57:08yard
00:57:08short
00:57:08with a
00:57:09pass
00:57:09Fabian
00:57:09Ruiz
00:57:10but
00:57:10Declan
00:57:10Rice
00:57:11exceptional
00:57:15that's
00:57:16going to be
00:57:16six minutes
00:57:17added on
00:57:18here
00:57:18the end
00:57:19of the
00:57:19half
00:57:20six has
00:57:20been the
00:57:21magic number
00:57:21so far
00:57:22tonight
00:57:22six minutes
00:57:23Arsenal
00:57:23went one
00:57:24up
00:57:24through
00:57:25through
00:57:25through
00:57:25habits
00:57:38I mean the
00:57:39big challenge
00:57:40here Stephen
00:57:40for the
00:57:41Arsenal
00:57:42defenders
00:57:42as good
00:57:42as they've
00:57:43been
00:57:44you've got to
00:57:44keep your
00:57:45concentration
00:57:45permanently
00:57:46here against
00:57:46this team
00:57:47because it
00:57:47takes one
00:57:48lapse
00:57:48one split
00:57:49second
00:57:49and they've
00:57:50got players
00:57:50that can
00:57:51open you
00:57:51up in a
00:57:51heartbeat
00:57:52yeah and
00:57:52listen to the
00:57:53champions of
00:57:53Europe for
00:57:54the reason
00:57:54Darren
00:57:54they've got
00:57:55world-class
00:57:55players all
00:57:56over the
00:57:56pitch and
00:57:56they won't
00:57:57go away
00:57:57they've got a
00:57:58manager that's
00:57:59minutes away
00:57:59from probably
00:58:00giving them
00:58:00a team
00:58:00talk to
00:58:01try and
00:58:01give them
00:58:01different
00:58:02answers in
00:58:02the final
00:58:03third but
00:58:03from an
00:58:04Arsenal point
00:58:05of view
00:58:05you've got to
00:58:06be diligent
00:58:06right to
00:58:06the end
00:58:10he's done
00:58:10very little
00:58:11so far in
00:58:12this
00:58:12Champions
00:58:12League
00:58:12final
00:58:13here's
00:58:13Bittinia
00:58:16out
00:58:17Dembele
00:58:23João Neves
00:58:24Ousmane
00:58:25Dembele
00:58:25foot in
00:58:26from
00:58:26Louis
00:58:26Skelly
00:58:28and then
00:58:29Gabriel
00:58:30involved
00:58:30again
00:58:31they've got
00:58:31such a
00:58:32desire
00:58:32to get
00:58:33to the
00:58:33ball
00:58:33haven't
00:58:34they
00:58:34Arsenal
00:58:34defensively
00:58:35yep
00:58:35they've
00:58:36been
00:58:36excellent
00:58:36but again
00:58:37the timings
00:58:38and the
00:58:38tackles
00:58:39are so
00:58:39important
00:58:40they've
00:58:40got to
00:58:41be
00:58:41absolutely
00:58:42spot on
00:58:50Desiree
00:58:51Dway
00:58:54Marquinhos
00:58:55Vitinha
00:58:59Dway with
00:59:00the shot
00:59:00just opened
00:59:01up for him
00:59:02a little bit
00:59:02didn't it
00:59:03it did
00:59:04but that's
00:59:05what Arsenal
00:59:05wants
00:59:05shots
00:59:06shots from
00:59:06distance
00:59:07you know
00:59:08Arsenal
00:59:08have been
00:59:08superb
00:59:09in the
00:59:09critical
00:59:10moments
00:59:10when they
00:59:10get closer
00:59:11inside the
00:59:12box
00:59:13I think
00:59:13David
00:59:14Raya
00:59:14will be
00:59:14delighted
00:59:15with 25
00:59:15yard efforts
00:59:16especially
00:59:17when they're
00:59:17on the
00:59:17weak foot
00:59:20yeah
00:59:21on the
00:59:29Subject to David Reyes 67 clean sheets over the last three seasons for Arsenal, which is a quite phenomenal record
00:59:36when you think about it
00:59:40He's been as important as anybody in this it's turning into a wonderful season for Arsenal
00:59:47Here's the hero Havertz supported by Mosquera Saka lets it, Ron Havertz in behind, big moment this
00:59:54Really good challenge by Marquinhos, that's a captain's challenge for Paris Saint-Germain
00:59:58What a move, move of the game, really as he starts, really as he starts it and nearly furnishes it
01:00:05Saka involved, look forward to seeing that again, I'm wondering could he have hit it a split second earlier
01:00:11It's a great challenge, but could he have prevented the defender getting across to make the challenge
01:00:23Halfway through the additional six minutes
01:00:27There's Kovárez, Scalier, Saka's not too far away
01:00:34Vitinia
01:00:39Dembele
01:00:40Puts it through here towards Hakimi, the last touch was a Trossard touch, that's a PSG corner
01:00:45He just switches off again
01:00:49It does really get back and make the challenge, but if the ball had gone a split second earlier, he
01:00:54was in trouble
01:01:11So Dembele now to take the corner
01:01:17That's gone nowhere near the PSG players who are in the middle
01:01:22Vitinia
01:01:25Now Fabian Ruiz, it's only really Marquinhos in the middle and he's just spilled that, right?
01:01:33I think it's a centre half, he's down, Marquinhos
01:01:36I think he's probably lucky he does, he's got a challenge with Gabriel
01:01:39He's had a go there, Koiz
01:01:41Yeah
01:01:43Don't want too many of them coming off your goalkeeper
01:01:51So what does Mikel Arteta's half-time team talk look like with the game as it stands at the moment,
01:01:58Steven?
01:01:59I think he'll be saying to his team from a defensive point of view, very much the same
01:02:02He'll praise them, they've been absolutely outstanding defensively and out of possession
01:02:08He'll be reminding them, Dan, as you said in the commentary about staying focused, being diligent all the way to
01:02:12the end
01:02:14And to keep throwing punches themselves, you know, in transition on counter-attacks
01:02:17They've gone in a couple of times, they've scored one
01:02:20You know, Marquinhos has had to make a latch this title, so keep throwing punches yourself
01:02:25And also be ready for some changes because if it's like this after 60 minutes, Ali will tell you
01:02:30You need to try and change the game from the side
01:02:33He's got the likes of Bradley Barker, like Gonzalo, Ramos, Warren Zaire, Emery players
01:02:38Who can come on and impact the game in an attacking sense
01:02:42This is a huge 15 minutes coming up from Luis Enrique's perspective
01:02:46Because he's got to try and ignite this Paris Saint-Germain team
01:02:50Who've been completely stuffed out by Arsenal in this first half
01:02:53And they've got a set piece to defend here, a Declan Rice long throw-in
01:02:59With what's sure to be the last attack of the half
01:03:01What a time this would be for Arsenal to get a second
01:03:03In from Rice, Saphanov stayed
01:03:08Still not away
01:03:10And that's going to be a corner
01:03:12That's going to be a corner
01:03:14Right on the stroke of half-time
01:03:16And there were one or two celebrations from the Arsenal players
01:03:19That they've got a corner right on the stroke of half-time
01:03:22I've not seen that very often closely
01:03:23No, he's done well Harberts, hasn't he?
01:03:27He's been putting himself a bit, Stephen
01:03:29I think it's body language as well
01:03:30Celebrating that you've achieved a corner
01:03:33Knowing how good you are at corners
01:03:35Well, they scored 27 goals from corners
01:03:41But they're not going to get time to take it
01:03:43He's blown the half-time whistle before Saka can take the corner
01:03:46That's madness
01:03:47Well, you don't see that very often
01:03:49So the boos from the Arsenal supporters
01:03:51But Daniel Siebert says that's enough
01:03:53But it's been a fantastic first half for Arsenal
01:03:56The goal scored by Kai Havertz after six minutes
01:03:59He got in behind, he kept his composure
01:04:01Finished past Saphanov
01:04:03Three brilliant challenges from Gabriel inside his own