Arsenal 4 Atletico Madrid 0

So many great individual performances, but Rice is the stand out for me. He sensed the tempo and atmosphere dropped after halftime and took the game by the scruff of the neck. Demanding the ball, orchestrating and shepherding players. Proper leader!

If there was ever an indicator a referee decision wasn’t a clear and obvious error and therefore doesn’t require a VAR review, it’s needing to add on 9mins of extra time.

The Mercury Prize confirming its irrelevance. Sam Fender?! 😴💤

a column on the brave, brave comedians who went to saudi arabia and told jokes about gay people and women drivers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gyokeres scores!

I admire Mo Salah's restraint. "Farewell". Really? Suleiman al-Obeid was killed by the IDF as he was queuing for food in Gaza. Say it, you cowards.

We also remember Gaza, where Israel has dropped over 85,000 tonnes of explosives: five times the power of the atomic bomb, on a densely populated strip of land with six times the people. More than the Blitz. More than Dresden. This is not “self-defence” or “war”. It is genocide.

Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip. It is not a threat. It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people. Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.

PSG have won the Champions League, at long last, and all it took was eight managers, 14 years, £2bn in transfer fees, more in wages, one hyperinflationary spiral and the complete restricting of European football. Easy to love the team. Less so the project. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Wow wow wow. Incredible.

What a fantastic evening! ❤️ @arseblog.com @arsenalvisionpodcast.com

This week’s column is about ‘the Mandela effect’ of Arteta press conference quotes and the (in my view) seismic gap between what people seem to think he has said versus what he actually says (that I am too neurotic to let go of) and why it exists👇🏻🔴⚪️

Jesus Carragher is an absolute twonk. He’s just taken what Arteta said about ‘not making excuses for red cards and missing players’ and delivered as the opposite of what he said. Absolute cretin.

Amazing what can happen when you shoot. Lovely stuff.

I’m not too gutted by the result. Was always going to be a tall order, and we could’ve done it if we had just a bit more luck. A game of margins. Given the state of our squad, I can’t feel anything but pride.

Yeah yeah yeah, they were the two best free-kicks you've ever seen in your life. But both of them only happen because of the way Arsenal systematically dismantled Madrid from back to front. Incredible hits, but an even more incredible performance: youtu.be/qC5tQLmtDcE #AFC

Perfect encapsulation of the PGMOL. Fofana has committed a red card and two yellow card worthy challenges. He goes into the book for delaying the restart.

Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.

I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.

It sucks living in the universe where Biff has the Almanac

Regardless of the outcome, VAR needs to get right in the bin, right down the bottom in the bin juice. The ultimate joy of a last-minute derby equaliser should just be allowed to flow, it shouldn’t be truncated/paused for four minutes of mega-faff minutiae. Bin bin bin.

Dead bodies are decomposing on the streets of Goma. The UN has described “immense human suffering” and a death toll nearing 3,000, following a Rwanda-backed offensive. Arsenal’s sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda has become impossible to justify. www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...

The President of the United States welcome a leader wanted by the ICC and officially endorsed ethnic cleansing. Now would be a good time for our government to defend international law. If they won’t say it, we will: Palestinians aren’t going anywhere.

Arteta spent the pregame telling the media Arsenal players don't hold grudges #SkellyCelly

You can hear the disappointment in Neville’s voice. B-e-a-utiful.

A week ago I was being told to apologize for saying Trump would be worse for Gaza because he faked a temporary pause/pretend ceasefire to coincide with his inauguration. Now he’s just openly endorsing/encouraging ethnic cleansing.

The government could have finally brought Royal Mail into public ownership. It sold it to a Czech billionaire instead. We are being ripped off. It’s time to put Royal Mail back where it belongs: in public hands. bbc.in/49BZTmP

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