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00:00But they need the first goal. If they score, it's over.
00:03But they can get back in and just get one goal and it's game on.
00:06Brave in the first half, Martin was saying, more of that is needed in this second half.
00:10Arsenal are still only this game away from a place in the Champions League final.
00:15It's all on the line in this second half. Let's give you back to your commentary team.
00:18Ali McCoy, Darren Fletcher and also Martin Clio.
00:22Thank you. So the players out for the second half, there's no changes that have been made
00:26by either Luis Enrique or Mikel Arteta, and it's a huge 45 minutes on the cards here for both of them.
00:34That was fascinating, Ali, wasn't it? Just seeing the PSG coach, Luis Enrique,
00:38just to book his players in the tunnel, final few words, a little bit of advice for Joao Neves.
00:42Yeah, it's amazing. You'd think he would have said all he had to say in the dressing room,
00:46but clearly I like the fact he's with them out in the tunnel as well.
00:50He probably wants to be with them, stay with his team as long as possible, and that's the case.
00:55He'll be the lady in the team.
00:58Martin, you made the point in the first half how brave you thought Arsenal were.
01:02At what stage do they have to be braver still and take even more risks?
01:06When does that come?
01:07Well, almost from the off here, you know, you feel that the next chance that comes has to be a goal,
01:12because it just feels that the weight of the tie is going against,
01:16because Arsenal played really well in that first half and just didn't have that clinical edge in front of goal.
01:21That's what they're lacking right now, they need to find that quickly in the second half.
01:26They've got the likes of Leandro Trossard, Ethan Wannery, Raheem Sterling on the bench,
01:31so there are attacking options for them, and they trail here tonight
01:36through the Fabian Ruiz volley, and 2-0 on aggregate when you factor in the Dembele goal
01:41at the Emirates last week.
01:43They've got to dig as deep here, Ali, as they possibly can, Arsenal.
01:46Marseille 15 minutes.
01:51I think you'd like to see Odegaard get a little bit closer to Saka,
01:54because Saka was getting a lot of joy at the end of the first half,
01:57and Odegaard, for that relationship, he needs extra support there at Saka.
02:03Yuri of timber to Martin Odegaard, who couldn't make it stick.
02:06And here's Bettina for Paris Saint-Germain.
02:12Bradley Barker.
02:18Hakimi, Fabian Ruiz.
02:28Hakimi with time to cross, it's a good ball as well, but nobody in there.
02:32Uri and Timber with time, didn't want to take a chance either.
02:40This is a good first half, Timber.
02:43He's doing a lot of his good ball in the forward area as well.
02:53Arsenal need to do something they don't do very often,
02:55they've only won one of their 30 Champions League away games,
02:58which they trailed at half-time, and that was way back in 0-9,
03:02against standard Liège.
03:07It's imperative here that Arsenal score the next goal in the tie.
03:11Messi, Messi!
03:21Messi, Messi!
03:24Pommis Enrique down there bellowing at the fourth official that David Wright's taken the free kick too high.
03:28All of his protests though, falling on deaf ears.
03:32Larch forward towards Marino, breaks here.
03:34He walks forward towards Marino, breaks here for Martinelli.
03:45Pasire, Douay, Ashraf, Hakimi, Barcala bursting up the right,
03:49across comes Williams-Daliba, really brilliantly and dealt with it equally as well.
03:53Majestic.
03:59Just looking at Arsenal and what they've done in the last four away wins,
04:02they've managed 16 goals, so it is something they can do,
04:05they can score goals away from home in Europe.
04:14Pate doing well to keep the ball.
04:18It's a nice pass up now to Uri and Tid, but off goes Saka down the right,
04:22trailing him, Khabar at Scalier.
04:23That's what we're talking about, that's the difference with this PSG team.
04:40I wonder if Neymar sat at home saying to whoever he's with,
04:43he wouldn't have caught me doing that, tracking back in a situation like that.
04:47So different though, Marty, because it cost them so often, didn't it?
04:50Not being good enough out of possession, particularly here.
04:53Probably on the phone to Mbappe at the same time and say,
04:56well, maybe we should have done it.
04:57Maybe.
05:00It's the reason why they've been so good.
05:02Fighting a lot of us, I'm not even sure they'll be watching again.
05:04Saliba finding Saka, running to Nudo Mendes, Saka straight down as well.
05:20There's Hakimi.
05:34Well, looks like he's wrapped his leg around him, Mendes.
05:41There's Dembele receiving a warm welcome from the PSG supporters as he's out to warm up.
05:47There's the Paris Saint-Germain owner and the president of UEFA side by side.
05:53Dembele has been on this absolute tear in 2025.
05:59He's got 25 goals since January, 33 in all competitions for PSG this season.
06:07Form that we always knew he had, Martin, but we've not seen until this year to this level.
06:11Exactly that, 25 goals since Christmas is ridiculous.
06:15Phenomenal finishing.
06:24Mendes to Kebara and Skelly, a good defending by Timba.
06:29Lewis Skelly, can't hold up, João Neves though, that's good though by Thomas Partey.
06:40Douay found one too many, but that's a foul by Timba.
06:45He just won't tackle too many for Partey, wasn't he? He did well initially.
06:50I think you see the desire to get in there, to press, to get round, to get bodies in there.
06:56You're gonna get occasionally, you're gonna get them wrong.
07:15You're gonna get annoyed, you're gonna get annoyed.
07:16You're gonna get annoyed.
07:21The Paris Saint-Germain has Vitina over the free kick.
07:33That's straight forward for David Ryan.
07:35And that's straight forward for David Ryan.
07:37Go, go, go, go!
07:39Go, go, go, go!
07:40Go, go!
07:41Go, go!
07:42Go, go!
07:43Go, go, go!
07:44It's called by Partey, off goes Kibion.
08:00Mikel Moreno.
08:06Not quite had that zip about them yet, Arsenal, in the opening six and a half minutes in the second half.
08:11No, if you hesitate at any point, they just kind of zap you, don't they?
08:14All over you to smother you, to get it back off you.
08:26Ryan looking for Saka down here.
08:28Still maintain, Ali, one of the best performers I've seen from a team in the Champions League this season
08:33was the night they lost 1-0 here to Liverpool.
08:35Oh, without doubt.
08:36I know it sounds crazy, I actually thought, as a matter of fact,
08:38I thought they were better against Liverpool than they were against Aston Villa,
08:41and they were only excellent against Aston Villa.
08:45It seems bizarre to say it when they lost.
08:47You were chatting to Peter Schmeichel at half-time, he was gushing over the Donnarumma save from Erdogan.
08:56Oh, clearly he's a better judge than anyone when it comes to goalkeeping,
09:02and he was unbelievably complimentary, as he should have been, as I thought he would be,
09:06with that shape from Donnarumma down his left-hand side.
09:10Talos Parfait's lost it, looking to quickly try and regain it.
09:13Kamara Escalia, Fabian Ruiz.
09:24Kamara Escalia to Mendes, who loves to run forward down this side.
09:28Such a powerful runner with the ball, Nuno Mendes.
09:31It's with Dewey trying to place it.
09:34Do you know what it is?
09:35It's all about the weight of the pass from Barrett Escalia to Nuno Mendes here.
09:40He knows he's in full flight, and he just knocks, it's a simple pass,
09:44only maybe six or seven feet, but so he can take it in his stride,
09:47and his momentum takes him past the two defenders.
09:51Simple but brilliant.
09:52Not something we've seen a lot of Mendes breaking forward in these 2-2 ties.
10:08I mean, he's trying to keep his energy for Saka.
10:16Headed away by William Pacho.
10:19One of the summer signings for Paris Saint-Germain,
10:22now there's some space out there for Bradley Barclay.
10:31Vitini up.
10:34Timber's got time.
10:35It just feels at the moment like Arsenal need something to happen for them
10:38just to give them a bit of confidence.
10:40Yeah, I agree with that.
10:41I mean, they didn't score when they were on top.
10:44They were not on top just now, you never know,
10:46and this might be a wee thing that goes their way.
10:48But you're right, they certainly need something to go their way right now,
10:50something to drop for somebody.
10:52Would you be thinking about a change at this stage, Martin?
10:55Well, this is the problem for Arsenal, isn't it?
10:57It's not like Aston Villa who were able to turn to their bench
10:59in the second time.
11:01Aston Villa, when Airy is someone that he might turn to.
11:05Odegaard going through a lot.
11:07He's not been the best of performances, we haven't seen too much of him.
11:11He's done a great job pressing, hasn't done much on the ball though.
11:14He's done a great job pressing, hasn't done much on the ball though.
11:24Free kick taken by Riot, towards Kibior.
11:30Kibior defending it for Paris Saint-Germain.
11:37It's going to be a bookie for Lewis Skellig.
11:40PSG in their fifth semi-final in this competition.
12:00They went out at this stage in this stadium against Borussia Dortmund last season.
12:05The fourth semi in the last six years.
12:08Third semi-final in the Champions League for Arsenal.
12:15Odegaard and Scalier picking up the piece as though Vitinia.
12:18Excellent feet by Vitinia, wonderful balance as well.
12:21Look at that for a bit of dribbling.
12:23What a run.
12:24Oh my goodness.
12:25I'll need to have another look at that to find out what happened there.
12:28That was incredible, look at this, close control.
12:31That drag back there, forward to his left foot.
12:35His feet are so quick, aren't they?
12:36It's been hard to see them move.
12:37Yeah.
12:38We've said it on more than one occasion on this Champions League run for PSG.
12:43That midfield three, the blend and balance in there, isn't it?
12:46They mesh with each other perfectly, don't they?
12:48Yeah, they really do.
12:49And they don't stick to the one position.
12:51Fletch, they can move.
12:52They've got freedom to go.
12:54Total force.
12:55Yeah.
12:56Declan Rice to Martin Erdegaard.
13:01On it goes down to Saka.
13:02Arsenal need to take a chance.
13:04Saka's shot, deflected off Mendes, corner.
13:07And you wonder whether it might be this Triton-tested Arsenal route of scoring from a corner
13:12that gets them back in the semi-final.
13:15Well, there's been quite a number of corners and we haven't really seen
13:19a good opportunity from any of them and they've scored PSG from theirs.
13:26So Kivior's got in there, Mourinho's got a bit of height.
13:33Bukayo Saka's got the job of delivering this one.
13:38All eyes on Declan Rice.
13:44That's whipped in and what a rumour had to get across there.
13:47What a whip on that from Saka.
13:49Yeah, it's right in front of him, isn't it?
13:51Saliba's right in front of him, but he correctly doesn't take any chances.
13:55Another corner.
13:58Well, I'm feeling this one might be on the six-yard line.
14:07So Saka again.
14:09Don't remember, didn't get there this time.
14:10The touch was an Arsenal-wallis behind for the goal kick.
14:13That might have been a wee better chance, you know.
14:16It's a good quality delivery and right under the six-yard box.
14:18And don't forget, we've got the semi-finals in the Europa League,
14:25in the Conference League tomorrow night.
14:27Manchester United ahead, Spurs ahead, Chelsea ahead.
14:29Real Betis for the lead against Fiorentina as well.
14:33TNT Sports and Discovery Plus for those matches tomorrow.
14:38And followed by Kivio, Mendes up to PSG.
14:56Good job by Partey.
14:59Looks like he's been buckled over right in front of the assistant,
15:09that's going to be a free kick rather than a throw-in.
15:12He needs respect.
15:13He's got three kicks and he's got three kicks.
15:16Just no idea why you would do that,
15:19give him an opportunity to put a ball into your box
15:22and he's actually on the touch line facing out of the park.
15:29The absence of Gabriel is certainly felt in situations like this,
15:32he's such a key player from set pieces,
15:35just taking the edge off Arsenal in terms of how dangerous they are without him.
15:39Yeah, I get that, but someone's got to stand up here,
15:41they've got to take one of these opportunities.
15:46I think the guard delivers, Donnarua punches away.
15:58It's really good play by Fabian Ruiz, isn't it,
16:00just to keep the ball under pressure and get them out.
16:02He's some player, by the way.
16:07They've not done bad from Napoli, have they?
16:08Fabian Ruiz and Kivica Gabaf and Scalia.
16:11They've recruited well on the Italian team.
16:16I was going to say, that was your moment to mention Scott went top of the day.
16:21Billy Gilmore, can't believe he took you so long.
16:25They'd be legends forever, wouldn't they, if they win the title?
16:26Absolutely.
16:27What a chance they've got, Martin.
16:28This has looked like Arsenal's best opportunity, Partey's throwing.
16:30Right on cue, Douay heading away, but they've been dangerous from those.
16:45Partey deceiving Douay, Timber, Thomas Partey's in.
16:49Partey opens up, but he couldn't get the shot away.
16:51It's away by Pasho.
16:53Here's Euregard, Saliba.
16:54Now Marino.
16:55No chance over there for Martinelli.
16:56No, that's poor whoever.
16:57It just wouldn't set for Thomas Partey, would it?
17:01Makes a lovely run inside and just kind of gets caught in his feet.
17:05I think he only has the option to try and square it to somebody.
17:08Just fizzled out there, Marquinhos punching the air.
17:10Give them a bit of lift that didn't come to anything.
17:13Still plenty of time though, 29 minutes plus stopping time.
17:14If they do score, Arsenal, that's going to put a lot of tension in this stadium.
17:18Tension into the PSG players.
17:19Just going to find a way to do it, Arsenal, and then things could start to change.
17:23Got to keep their belief.
17:24Got to keep their belief.
17:25Got to keep their belief.
17:26Got to keep their belief.
17:27Enrique's going berserk down there after that chalice by Timber on Khabar at Scala.
17:30It means that he's going to get a lot of tension in this stadium.
17:32It's going to get a lot of tension in this stadium.
17:35Tension into the PSG players.
17:37Just going to find a way to do it, Arsenal, and then things could start to change.
17:41Got to keep their belief.
17:52Enrique's going berserk down there after that chalice by Timber on Khabar at Scala.
17:56I mean, he's really hardly touched him.
18:02Not a lot in that at all, darling.
18:16Arsenal still having more of the ball.
18:21Still generating significantly more opportunities as well.
18:24Paris Saint-Germain taking the remains.
18:27The Arsenal problem.
18:41So, Thomas Partey from the other side.
18:43Heelder again towards Marino.
18:47Clear as far as Timber is in though.
18:48Douay got there first.
18:49He runs into Martin Odegaard.
18:50And now, Barclay's going to chase against Saliba.
18:51Saliba had it, lost it.
18:52Has he got it back again?
18:53He has.
18:54And he's got the free kick.
18:55Oh, I thought initially they just showed him too much.
18:56He gave Realty to cover.
18:57There's Declan Rice.
18:58He flexed it on the way through and didn't quite drop for Bukayo Saka.
19:02Here's Timber.
19:03Saka.
19:04Saka with the shot.
19:05Oh, that's a great save.
19:06Oh, my.
19:07That's outstanding.
19:08The fingertips of Donnarumma.
19:09He's third outstanding save tonight.
19:37Excellent effort from Saka.
19:38Excellent effort from Saka.
19:39And Saka's just shaking his head.
19:42No reasonable justification.
19:45He does well, he cuts inside, it opens up for his left-hand side.
19:48Beautiful curve.
19:49What, it's the fingertips again.
19:51Opposite side, we saw him go to his left-hand side, down to his left.
19:54The first half, he's going up to his right there.
19:56Great save.
19:57The height and elevation there is incredible how he manages to reach that.
20:02William Saliba among those forward for the corner.
20:04Taken by Declan Rice.
20:06Whipped in towards Partey.
20:07Who is charging at that?
20:10Over goes Saka, referee tells him to get up, so does Khabar and Scalia.
20:14In the meantime, Hakeem is charging forward and Due has gone belting through the middle.
20:23Hakeem, deflection!
20:25Down went David Ryan.
20:26I'll tell you, Barthola was the one through the middle.
20:29He was the one that made the run.
20:31He's break his neck to get up there.
20:34There was no digging back with him, they're all over on the right-hand side.
20:36I think one bit of praise I would give the PSG defenders, Martin.
20:41The longer the game's got on, the better they've been under high Arsenal balls,
20:46whether it be Partey throw-ins or corners.
20:48They've attacked the ball well in their own box.
20:49Yeah, you've certainly had a doubt with it.
20:51Those high balls coming in really well.
20:53But this game's really opening up now, Fletch.
20:55You feel in the next ten minutes, Arsenal are going to have to get something.
20:58Marino to Martinelli, but a quiet half so far for Martinelli out there on the Arsenal left.
21:07William Pascha, the centre-back's gone out there this time.
21:0925 minutes to go, Arsenal need two.
21:24Marino.
21:25Saka having a look down this side for a change.
21:27Moving inside, but finding too many PSG players in there.
21:31Ousmane Dembele is ready for Paris Saint-Germain,
21:38Leandro Trossard and Ricciardo Calafiori are getting ready.
21:42Now they're checking for a potential handball.
21:45They're checking for a penalty, and he's been told to come to the screen.
21:49Now this is a huge moment.
21:52Look at Arteta's.
21:53Are they checking for a penalty at the Arsenal end?
21:57That's what Arteta's body language would indicate.
21:59That's exactly what I was thinking.
22:03There we go.
22:04That's what they're checking.
22:06It's Lewis Skelly.
22:07No, it's ridiculous.
22:12They can't all give us, but they will.
22:14Do you know something?
22:15I don't know, Martin.
22:16He's given it.
22:16It's a penalty.
22:17Oh, man.
22:18Mastion Dank at the VAR.
22:19And Miles Lewis Skelly is the judge to have handled that.
22:24And Paris Saint-Germain have got a penalty.
22:32You look at Hakimi.
22:34Doesn't even appeal for it.
22:36Doesn't even look for it.
22:37Not a single player.
22:38He's not interested in it.
22:43Shambles.
22:45This is where VAR spirals.
22:47I mean, it's been a fantastic contest.
22:48I'm going to call it a PSG OK, slightly ahead of Arsenal,
22:52but this now,
22:54to finish a game in this way and a tie, ridiculous.
23:01I mean, Mikel Arteta's body language gave the game away.
23:04He obviously got wind of what was happening down there.
23:06I knew he was livid.
23:07Yeah.
23:12I have to say, I think I agree with him.
23:14It's interesting, the fans around us are all shaking their heads.
23:20They're looking at our monitors and thinking,
23:22OK, we've got one there.
23:24I think it's absolutely bonkers when they find things that people don't see.
23:28Correct.
23:29Nobody in the stadium's seen it.
23:30Who's the one person in the stadium that would have appealed for it?
23:34Hakimi.
23:42So, Calafiori and Dembele are ready down below as Trossar's just made his way to the touchline as well.
23:48So, what a big moment.
24:06This is Vitinha against David Rayer.
24:10They're going to make the changes, Arsenal.
24:12And Ricciardo Calafiori is coming on to replace Myles Lewis Skelly.
24:19And they're going to send Trossar on to replace Martinelli.
24:21So, Arsenal are reliant on their goalkeeper, Vitinha versus David Rayer.
24:51Very slowly to the ball, and he saved it.
24:57What a big moment.
24:58Arsenal stay in the semi-final thanks to David Rayer.
25:01And when you think about the way the penalty was given,
25:04I say justice has been done, Martin.
25:06Absolutely.
25:07Took the words right out of my mouth.
25:08Justice is served.
25:14Gets down brilliantly, doesn't he, to that?
25:16Of course, he's got to guess right.
25:18And he's got to have the athleticism to make it.
25:20I'd be having a word with Vitinha right now.
25:25At this stage, in a Champions League semi-final running up to take a penalty like that.
25:30I'd be having a word with him.
25:31So the good news is that Rayer saved the penalty, the bad news is that here comes Dembele.
25:36So...
25:36The man who scored,
25:40the goal at the Emirates last week,
25:43is on with 20 minutes left.
25:45Still 1-0 on the night to PSG, still 2-0 on aggregate.
25:49And Arsenal's still in the semi-final.
25:53Dembele cheered onto the field.
25:56Top scorer
25:56in the top five European leagues.
25:59The top scorer for Paris Saint-Germain and a big favourite here
26:02at the Parc des Princes.
26:04Well, you wonder whether the Rayer save could be some kind of turning point here
26:17for Arsenal.
26:18Might that just shift the momentum?
26:20Want to defend the corner first.
26:22Headed away by Bukayo Saka.
26:24Nekimi
26:25to Vitinha.
26:26Dembele hits the straight at Uri and Timba.
26:49Tosar quickly pressing down that side.
26:51Here's Hakimi.
26:52Dembele's lay-off might have needed a bit more patience.
26:56Here's Leandro Tosar.
26:58Declan Rice.
27:01Camofiori.
27:04Good defending over there by Marquinhos.
27:10Works it nicely here to Desiree Due.
27:19Hakimi.
27:21Due.
27:21It's holding to William Saliba.
27:23He's too strong for him.
27:27Trossard's done well.
27:31Hrdegaard.
27:34You're looking in that situation, Fletch.
27:35That's where you want Pace.
27:37Someone running behind and nobody doing that down the middle for Arsenal.
27:40Saka can have a go at Mendes.
27:44Vitinha covering as well.
27:45Ancavar and Scalia.
27:47Timba.
27:47That's the big difference, Martin, isn't it?
27:53PSG would have that ball in behind every time they're in a situation like that.
27:56Three roadrunners running into space.
27:59The elegant Kibar Escalia.
28:10Pace didn't deal with it.
28:12Hakimi's shot.
28:13That's it.
28:13Surely that's it now.
28:17He's absolutely roped that into the back of the Arsenal net with a wonderful finish.
28:24Seven goals in all competitions for Hakimi.
28:32And now it's a three-goal lead that Paris Saint-Germain have with 18 minutes of this semi-final to play.
28:38Sadly, two mistakes from Arsenal there.
28:41Centre-back, first of all, Jakob Kibula plays a poor ball into the centre of the middle of the park there.
28:46It gets cut out.
28:47And then Thomas Partey has to do a lot better.
28:51Take nothing away from the finish.
28:52Beautiful finish called into the goalkeeper's bottom left-hand corner.
28:55But two individual errors in that Arsenal.
28:58Defensive set-up there cost him dearly.
29:00Yeah, absolutely.
29:02But a word on Hakimi.
29:04I mean, what a talent he is.
29:06There's a right-back, by the way, in a centre-forward position.
29:09And that is as good a finish as you'll see.
29:11Just like sweeps it into the corner.
29:15Emphatic finish.
29:18He bends it round.
29:19He uses Jakob Kibula again as a kind of wall to bend it round him, which he does.
29:26If you hesitate against this lot, you get absolutely punished.
29:30So they're going to make another change.
29:34Lucas Hernandez is coming on.
29:36French international defender for Desiree Douai.
29:39So no explanation needed for what's in the mind of Luis Enrique.
29:452-0 on the night.
29:48Through Fabian Ruiz, Ashraf, Hakimi.
29:513-0 on aggregate when you factor in the Dembele goal from the first leg.
29:56It's one of the strengths of the team when you think about it.
30:01He's got seven now this season, Hakimi.
30:04Nuno Mendes has got five.
30:06They've scored goals on the Champions League.
30:07And they get goals from all over the pitch.
30:09Of course they do.
30:10And it's the flexibility of the movement of this team.
30:14And that's the right-back popping off as a centre-forward.
30:17He's got that freedom, that licence to do that.
30:19It's still a poor goal for Arsenal to lose, Fletch.
30:25I mean, the party's got to do well.
30:28He's sort of got to do a lot better.
30:30Hesitates for a split second.
30:32And as I said, it's a poor goal in the middle of the park initially.
30:34It's still there by Calafiore, but Raya's there.
30:38I think for the first time tonight now,
30:39the Paris Saint-Germain supporters are believing they're in Munich.
30:45That goal might be the killer goal coming only moments
30:49after Raya had saved the penalty to keep Arsenal in it.
30:55The truth is, though, Martin,
30:56they found it so hard to generate chances after that early flourish.
30:59Yeah, but I think now they're playing for the badge.
31:01They've got to keep their chins up here.
31:03They don't want to be feeling sorry for themselves.
31:06They'll go for the kill here, PSG.
31:10Yeah, and at least it was a good goal, a good finish,
31:12because, for sure,
31:14Bastien, Dankjörg, the German that was doing VAR,
31:18did not cover himself in glory with a penalty award.
31:21I'm just going to throw it in again, Martin, Fletch,
31:35they're an excellent side of that, there is no doubt,
31:38but their goalkeeper has at least two or three absolutely world-class saves.
31:43And by the way, Ali, he makes two or three world-class saves
31:46in most of these Champions League games we watch,
31:49certainly in the knockout stage of the competition.
31:53Comes up big when they need it.
31:54And just in these two ties alone,
31:56we can count four or five world-class saves.
31:58Give me all towards Trossard,
32:03Marquinhos has gone over there.
32:06No foul, though, they've not given it.
32:08Now then, Trossard for Arsenal pulls it,
32:10Saka coming on to it, Saka will score,
32:13and Arsenal get a goal back with 14 minutes to go.
32:16And the referee let it play,
32:18they'll take a look at the challenge,
32:19Marquinhos complaining,
32:21but Saka didn't wait,
32:22he puts the ball in the back of the PSG net,
32:25and for now,
32:26Arsenal have managed to reduce the arrears.
32:29This is the moment, though.
32:30Yeah, he's adamant, isn't he?
32:33It's a dive.
32:34I think the referees know, the VAR, surely,
32:36but mind you, do we trust them
32:37after the decisions they've made tonight, VAR?
32:40Tell you what, he's got a really good view of it,
32:41hasn't he, the referee, as well?
32:45It's just gone over for me.
32:46Oh, it's a dive, yeah.
32:48Well, the check is complete,
32:50and Arsenal's goal stands.
32:52So, 2-1 on the night, 3-1 on aggregate.
32:55And there's still 12 and a half,
32:5613 and a half minutes to go here.
33:03Well, the first thing I've got to say,
33:04it's the very least of reserve,
33:06is to go on the score sheet.
33:09If they get another one,
33:11it'll be in line with last night's game.
33:21Put forward now by David Ryan.
33:25Trossard.
33:27Now Rice.
33:31Marino's cross, Saka coming on to him,
33:32but he's the only one in there, really.
33:36I'm not going to think of a bit of a chance now,
33:38would you know?
33:38Well, I think,
33:41I've got a room that's going to reserve,
33:42you can't believe the time and effort there,
33:45Spacey had to put that cross in.
33:47Don't forget,
33:48the Premier League on Sunday this week,
33:5011 o'clock,
33:51we've got a great game,
33:52Newcastle against Chelsea,
33:53both of them chasing a place in the Champions League
33:56next season.
33:58And the week after that,
33:59Sunday again,
34:0011 o'clock,
34:01again,
34:01the last ever game at Goodison Park
34:03between Everton and Southampton,
34:06and that's going to be a very special day
34:08on Merseyside,
34:09and we will be there
34:10to give you the full story of that.
34:12It's going to be a very emotional day
34:13at Goodison Park
34:14for Everton and their supporters.
34:15The focus here
34:18is on whether Arsenal
34:19can find their way back
34:21in what remains of this
34:23semi-final in the Champions League.
34:2512 minutes to go
34:26and they've got to find
34:27a couple of goals.
34:44And they're nicked it again here
34:45through Declan Rice.
34:46Here's Martin Erdegaard.
34:49Just one too many around him.
34:50Tascho smashes the pull away.
34:52Little bit of frailty
34:53since they got that
34:54three-goal cushion on Aggregaerle.
34:56See how many is.
35:10I can't imagine
35:11how many nerves you'd feel
35:14if Arsenal get another one.
35:15in here.
35:17It's tightened up a lot.
35:19I'm hoping my feet do.
35:21Yeah.
35:23I don't think you can question
35:24though the commitment
35:25of these Arsenal players.
35:26They're giving everything.
35:27Trossard.
35:28On it goes down to Calafiore.
35:29Here come Arsenal.
35:30Crossed him.
35:31Saka!
35:31Oh, he's missed it.
35:32He's missed it.
35:32What a chance.
35:34If he scores that,
35:35they're right back in it.
35:39Oh, he's just leaning back.
35:41Does he take his eye off it?
35:43Does the goalkeeper get a touch?
35:44He certainly doesn't.
35:45Oh, that's a miss.
35:46That is an absolute...
35:48I think it's just the pace of it,
35:51the way it skids off the deck.
35:52I know, Mark.
35:53He'd want to put that in the back of the course.
35:54Oh, he's got to go over it.
35:55He's got to go over it.
35:57Keep it down, Riemann.
35:59Great play from Calafiore.
36:02Brilliant from Calafiore,
36:03but the ball comes across,
36:04he's just going over it.
36:06That's what we talk about,
36:07being clinical.
36:09That's the difference between the two teams.
36:13You know, you need to be scored, Mark.
36:17Moving towards the final,
36:19tense, nervous 10 minutes
36:22in the French capital.
36:25Arsenal have it with Marino,
36:27and now Declan Rice,
36:28tackled by Marquinhos,
36:29given away by Partey.
36:37That's Nuno Mendes,
36:38Uri and Timber dispossessed.
36:40Nuno Mendes comes away with the ball
36:41and finds Kamara and Scalia.
36:43Crowd back on their feet.
36:46Hakimi still charging forward,
36:48the right back.
36:49Kamara and Scalia slides it through,
36:51Fabian Ruiz.
36:52There's the chance,
36:53good save by Raya.
36:54Dembele with a shot,
36:56and then headed away by Partey.
36:58Dembele with a shot,
36:59and then headed away by Nuno Mendes.
37:00And that chance from Dembele,
37:13very similar to the goal they scored.
37:16Yeah,
37:16at the Emirates,
37:17just pulled back edge of the box,
37:18nobody really coming out to him.
37:19and I know we need to move on,
37:24but I can't get that chance for Saka's out of my head at the moment.
37:30Just gambling a little bit more,
37:32Declan Rice winning things in midfield,
37:34driving on,
37:35and I think some nerves here
37:36for the home team.
37:39Arsenal are getting Ben White,
37:40and Ben White running down below us.
37:47You'd suspect that Ethan Wannery must have a role to play.
37:52At some stage as well,
37:53they need attackers on the pitch,
37:55they might have to take a gamble at the other end
37:56that they'll give the old chance up, Alec.
37:59It's the shot from a long way out
38:12that Raya had covered.
38:15Kimi strikes a great ball.
38:35So didn't get his head on it,
38:37Saka goes on now to right.
38:42Straight to Bendez,
38:44Timber,
38:45Rice,
38:48Saliba.
38:51Thomas Partey to Martin Erdegaard,
38:53holds up.
38:55Nuno Mendes,
38:56but he's now got the ball again.
38:58I must say he's managed himself really well
39:00on that yellow card,
39:01the left back and Paris Saint-Germain.
39:12So Ben White for Uri and Timber
39:14or is the Arsenal change?
39:30And then there's with the header.
39:31Erdegaard with the foul.
39:33I think Martin's going to leave us at 60 minutes.
39:34From the Kop cultural championship,
39:36I think Martin's going to leave us at 60 minutes at 60 minutes.
39:38No.
39:38And that's дости gained KFC!
39:39And graduallyionk will steal some help of that pueden be a fan of Mendes.
39:41I think Martin's going to leave us at this point to get to the side of the pitch.
40:05It means you won't get to see your face, Martin, if Arsenal get another one,
40:09which I'd love to see your reaction.
40:11No, let's hope two goals arrive while I'm in the lift.
40:14Absolutely, so Martin's off down there to join Jack and Owen,
40:18and we've got only six minutes plus stoppage time to play.
40:23It's a competition that can throw up bizarre finishes,
40:26expect the unexpected in the Champions League.
40:29We've learned that down the years.
40:31Not so long ago either.
40:34I still have to keep going.
40:39Sossard chasing, Marquinhos is over there.
40:46Kivio.
40:53Trao Neves to Luisman Demdene.
40:56Through the legs of Saliba to Akemi.
41:00Here's Kovar and Scalia.
41:02Saliba defending him well.
41:07He gets himself in some ridiculous positions for the right full-back, Akemi,
41:11in terms of goalscoring, it's unbelievable.
41:13And at this stage of the match alley as well.
41:15Oh!
41:16Neves.
41:17Goal kick.
41:18Calafiore and Kovar at Scalia keeping going, the assistants had to go charging in.
41:30There's a yellow for Calafiore, a yellow for Kovar at Scalia.
41:45Goal kick.
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42:11Goal kick.
42:12Ruffrey's going to show another card here,
42:16Bikai Osaka, and he's given the free kick to PSG.
42:25There's a look at if someone helped off the ball there, Dan.
42:28He just gets blocked here doesn't he, but there's obviously something happened there,
42:42I don't know whether he reacted to it or he said something, but...
42:50That's necessarily sure at this stage of a big European semi-final,
42:53whatever up there warrants a yellow card, he's going to get on with it now at this stage.
42:58All right, Sennett.
43:23What a rumour's been huge for them tonight, made some big saves in London as well.
43:26It's been as important as anybody in this PSG team over the two legs.
43:31I tell you, we've seen some absolutely top-class goalkeeping,
43:36she's a top-class player, but some top-class goalkeeping in particular in the last 24 hours, mate.
43:41Yeah, Jan Sommer, outstanding last night for Inter Milan as well.
43:46And Gonzalo Ramos is ready for Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal coming forward here with Erdogan,
43:51but the last turn's there on Fabian Ruiz, so Thomas Partey can deliver a long one in.
43:56They're going to make the change though, PSG, prior to that, and they're taking off...
44:05...Nudo Mendez.
44:10Can't be too many managers, Ali, with two and a half minutes to go,
44:13take off your left-back for a second one when you've got a two-goal cushion on aggregate.
44:20Surely Ramos doesn't get back into that left-back position, is he?
44:23Surely not.
44:23I'd be very, very surprised if he does.
44:28But this is the kind of situation now, in open play it's hard to generate something, but
44:32if they can get bodies around the ball here, Arsenal, it might just break for them.
44:38Here it goes from Thomas Partey, it's headed away by the man who's just come on,
44:42what a first touch that was from Gonzalo Ramos.
44:44Partey's crossed, Ben White, far side, didn't get high enough.
44:47It's a goal kick to PSG and Luka Hernandez receives the praise of the backslaps for his role in it,
44:56now the crowd are on their feet all around us.
44:59Yeah, he's got the whole place going.
45:03Absolutely electric in here at this moment in time.
45:11I remember us standing in this very spot, Ali, 12 months ago,
45:14Borussia Dortmund were here. Yeah.
45:16And I left the stadium that night feeling that Paris Saint-Germain didn't have the stomach for it,
45:21when it really mattered they couldn't find it, but they're different now.
45:32Again, it looks like they're on their way to Munich now.
45:37They face a completely different proposition on that Italian side, I can tell you not, Fletch.
45:42Fletch, but it's something to look forward to and it won't scare them.
45:48Chavares Scali for Taras Sanchamat.
45:52Hoagli arrived in January from Napoli, but his contribution's been huge.
45:56I mean, it's great play, you know, we're talking about creating chances, hitting the post,
46:08but just to kill the game, kill a minute, he forces the left-back Calafiore into that position,
46:14Elms are throwing, takes another minute and a half, slings out the game, we're now going into added time.
46:18Fourth official tells us five minutes has been added on.
46:23Five minutes for Arsenal to save their Champions League season, they've got to score twice.
46:27Five minutes for Arsenal to save their Champions League season, they've got to score twice.
46:33Five minutes for Arsenal to save their Champions League season, they've got to score twice.
46:35Five minutes for Arsenal to save their Champions League season, they've got to score twice.
46:37Remember the last time that Paris Saint-Germain made a Champions League final,
46:41it was behind closed doors.
46:42So they didn't have the big night at the Parc de France,
46:45Paris didn't get to celebrate it in the way that they would have wanted to.
46:49I think there's going to be quite some party in this city tonight, Ali,
46:53I don't think too many people are going to get much sleep,
46:55the Horns are going to be going up all night if Paris Saint-Germain get there.
47:02Only once as a French team won this competition, Marseille back in the early 90s,
47:09this is the competition they've been chasing for so long.
47:14There's one point now, that one has riddled with a bit of controversy as well.
47:19Partey, Calafiore,
47:26Leandro Trossard, Arsenal have to commit bodies forward,
47:29they've got to get everybody around this Paris Saint-Germain box.
47:33Saliba,
47:35Odegaard,
47:37Ben White,
47:41glanced on and glanced wide from Mikel Moreno,
47:45and you wonder whether that might be Arsenal's last opportunity.
47:48He does well, Ben White, but there's just not enough pace on the bell.
47:52He's moving away from the goal,
47:54Marino it's a very, very difficult one to take, he tries to redirect it and flick it into that far post.
48:00They've made all the more difficult because he's had to move away from the goal.
48:04I just wonder, Ali, how this night might have shaped up and Arsenal taken one of those early chances.
48:08Maybe the Declan Rice header, one of the early saves that Donnarumma made.
48:13If they got the early momentum, you wonder what might have happened in here.
48:17Yeah, I would also have seen, I must admit, I'd love to have seen the last ten minutes of the
48:22refill and knocked that one under the bar instead of over it.
48:26That would have made for a really interesting last ten minutes.
48:30Absolutely.
48:32With regard to Partey,
48:36Chibior out to Trossard, two and a half minutes of stoppage time to go,
48:38Trossard with a chance to shoot, opens up and hits it, maybe took a correction,
48:40but it's the only one of the early saves that Donnarumma made.
48:42If they got the early momentum, you wonder what might have happened in here.
48:44Yeah, I would also have seen, I must have seen the last ten minutes of the refill and knocked that one under the bar instead of over it.
48:50That would have made for a really interesting last ten minutes.
48:52Absolutely.
48:53With regard to Partey, Chibior out to Trossard, two and a half minutes of stoppage time to go,
49:02Trossard with a chance to shoot, opens up and hits it, maybe took a correction long,
49:06and they get the block in there, Paris Saint-Germain.
49:09Take him out.
49:17Thomas Partey's got to get across there because he's got to put the ball in the box,
49:21but it's taking longer than it should here.
49:26You only need two ice packs for those arms.
49:28Absolutely.
49:29Fair enough.
49:32In it goes then from Partey in towards Michal Marino,
49:34calls him there for Trossard, hooks it over, he said, but they don't get the break of the ball.
49:38Hernandez now wants to square up with Michal Marino.
49:48I don't know, he's getting involved for us.
49:50Not a clue.
49:51Nonsense, Hernandez, absolute nonsense, just one with the game.
49:54One thing you've got to say, Dan, they're a great watch, PSG.
50:07Arsenal have acquitted themselves extremely well tonight, of that there's no doubt,
50:10but they are an excellent side.
50:13I think one thing that we agree on, from the night we came here and watched them against Manchester City from 2-0 down,
50:18they've looked like the best team in the competition from that point.
50:21Yes, that's exactly what I would have viewed.
50:23The team has more than played his part tonight.
50:30There's Dempélé.
50:33Moving towards the final 30 seconds in the Parc des Princes before the Parisian celebrations begin.
50:58Saka to get in behind Hernandez down here,
51:06William Pasho's come over, crossed in towards Marino,
51:08the big punch in the air from the captain, Marquinhos.
51:11So Partey for what will probably be the final time.
51:25Referees already had a look at the watch.
51:27It's probably the weakest of all of them, it's the final act of the semi-final.
51:40Paris Saint-Germain are on their way to Munich,
51:44and three and a half weeks time to face the Italian champions into Milan.
51:48They're into their second Champions League final,
51:51the first one they played behind closed doors in Lisbon during the pandemic.
51:56The night time overall, the French clubs made it to the final,
51:59and PSG joined Marseille and Reims as the only French club with multiple appearances in the final.
52:05The dream now for Luis Enrique and his players is to emulate Marseille in 1993,
52:13and bring the Champions League trophy back to France.
52:16The fireworks are going off, and Paris Saint-Germain earlier into the final.
52:20Yeah, first thing you can say, I'm not sure Arsenal deserve to lose the game tonight.
52:25I'm not sure they did enough to win the Tide.
52:27They've been beaten tonight with two fabulous strikes, wonderful strikes of the ball.
52:30But I thought, I've got to be honest, I thought they played as well as I've seen them in a long time,
52:35particularly in the first half.
52:36Didn't take any of their chances, which is always a problem.
52:39Many times do you say it, Pledge, you've got to score when you're on top.
52:43Looking at it, I think they've had a great campaign,
52:47but I think they've been beaten just by a better team over the two legs.
52:51Ousmane De Pele early in the first leg, Declan Rice had an early header which he put wide,
52:56Donnarumma made two big saves to deny Martinelli and then Martin Odegaard.
53:01Fabian Ruiz with a screaming volley off the body of Saliba to make it 1-0.
53:08And they never really got themselves going after that, Arsenal.
53:11Raya saved a penalty that was dubiously awarded by the video assistant referee, denying Metinia,
53:17but not too long after that Nakeemi scored with a fantastic right-putting finish.
53:22There was hope when Saka pulled one back, and had he scored instead of blazing over
53:27with around ten minutes to go, who knows what kind of grandstand finish we might have had.
53:32But as it is, Ali, they'll reflect on a Champions League campaign
53:36where they've learned a lot and they've performed well,
53:39but ultimately Arsenal weren't good enough in the end.
53:41That's what I think, I think you've hit the nail on the head.
53:44I'd love to mention that, I would love to have seen the last ten minutes
53:47if Saka scores that goal, and he should.
53:49He's just leaning back, he's got to go over, it's a tap-in.
53:52It's hard to be critical, but you've got to tell the truth,
53:54he's got to be sticking that in the back of the net,
53:56never in for a really entertaining last ten minutes.
53:59But they've had a great campaign, particularly two fantastic performances
54:02against Real Madrid, and hopefully they can build on this for next season.
54:05Arsenal's focus now switches back to the Premier League,
54:08PSG can still win a treble, they've got a French Cup final to play,
54:11they've already wrapped up Ligue 1, and now they're into the Champions League final
54:15in Munich, the home of Bayern Munich, in three and a half weeks' time.
54:19It's going to be Paris Saint-Germain versus Inter Milan.
54:23Full-time tonight, Paris Saint-Germain 2, Arsenal 1, Laura,
54:27and the Gunners go out 3-1 on aggregate.
54:30Arsenal come up short in the semi-finals of the Champions League,
54:34a season of hope in Europe comes to an end.
54:37European dream is over, Jack Wilshere alongside me,
54:40knows his club inside out, knows exactly how much this will hurt,
54:43not just the club but the fan base especially.
54:46Yeah, it's a real tough one to take.
54:48It's a real tough one to take.
54:49It's a real tough one to take.
54:50It's a real tough one to take.
54:51It's a real tough one to take.
54:52It's a real tough one to take.
54:53It's a real tough one to take.
54:54It's a real tough one to take.
54:55It's a real tough one to take.
54:56It's a real tough one to take.
54:57It's a real tough one to take.
54:58It's a real tough one to take.
54:59It's a real tough one to take.
55:00It's a real tough one to take.
55:01It's a real tough one to take.
55:02It's a real tough one to take.
55:03It's a real tough one to take.
55:04It's a real tough one to take.
55:05It's a real tough one to take.
55:06It's a real tough one to take.
55:07It's a real tough one to take.