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I've written something about yesterday. ❤️

The shade of the Spygate appeal panel. The shade.

Having come so close, now what for Arsenal? The problem is obvious: they need best of the best attackers. Could Kroupi and Rogers, both targets, be the players to push Arsenal to “another level”? www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...

Watched Arteta's press conference back. In a deeply emotional state, it's really impressive how he finds the space between ambitious and compassionate. In one breath he's saying one million thanks wouldn't be enough for his squad, the next vowing to be "very, very ambitious".

One of the many impressive things that Luis Enrique has done for PSG is seen Ligue 1 for what it is. In 21-22 Mbappe played 3000 minutes across 35 games. Dembele has fewer Ligue 1 minutes in the last two seasons combined. Neymar and Messi too played more than any starting PSG attacker currently.

To the last Arsenal were themselves. And they were brilliant. The goal here is not to enrapture neutrals but to win football matches. They came so close to the perfect defensive game. It would have been a worthy way to win.

There were only two games this season where PSG had fewer non-penalty expected goals through 90 minutes than today. Arsenal came so close to a perfect defensive game. That is going to hurt.

Gabriel's a man who steps up for the big moments, who relishes pressure. He strikes a ball pretty well too. Plenty of defenders score penalties, including Beraldo and Hakimi. Let's not go down the nonsense route of why didn't x player take it.

If there was anyone who didn't deserve that it was Gabriel. Six years of putting his body on the line for Arsenal, of growing with this team. A wonderful footballer who was at his brilliant best tonight. I know he'll feel the love from this team but he deserves joy.

Always thought it would end this way because...

"How much they paying you" chant from the Arsenal end. Meanwhile Gabriel has signalled that Hincapie needs to come off. I don't think he can, right?

Eze coming on

FT Arsenal 1, PSG 1 - What about if they hadn't given away that penalty? Maybe perfection was too much for Arsenal to ask of themselves. But they were so close to it before Mosquera got in a tangle.

24 of David Raya's 26 passes have gone long. Understand the logic to that against PSG but Arsenal need to kick their habit of hoofing and hoping Havertz does something.

Trossard is having some form of treatment in the drinks break. Looks to be a problem on his right foot.

Spaces are just starting to build for PSG. Arsenal looking a bit tired, a second late to the duels they were hitting hard in the first half.

1-1, Dembele

Timber coming on

HT PSG 0, Arsenal 1 - The Gunners are pretty miffed at not being given a chance to take their corner. Still what a sensational first half that has been. Chasing the game, PSG have had to settle for six shots, none of them very good. Gabriel, Hincapie and especially Mosquera have been brilliant.

A quarter of the game played. One shot for PSG.

Through the first 17 minutes Arsenal had 19% possession. Given the context I wouldn't expect this to be 50:50 and Arsenal are doing such a good job of making PSG's 81% disrupted and fiddly. Just maybe another 15% of the ball might help to give them a breather.

Havertz is often (but not exclusively) sitting on Vitinha out of possession. PSG just pushed him very high just to try to gum up Arsenal's defensive shape. It made a weird thing happen but not sure you'd want Vitinha there.

That finish, I mean oh my lord that was something special. But the way Havertz killed a looping Rice half clearance dead with his first touch earlier in that move turned what might have been a PSG chance into the chance to do something unforgettable.

Such a relief to know that whatever happens on the pitch for the next 90+ minutes, it will be an improvement on that dreary Human song.

I'd have started Calafiori and think it's a mistake not to. His defensive qualities tend to go underappreciated because of how good he is going forward. However given the likely changes Arteta will make in attack it's not the end of the world to have Calafiori's possession skills late.

Arsenal XI: Raya; Mosquera, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Rice, Lewis-Skelly; Saka, Odegaard, Trossard; Havertz PSG XI: Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Vitinha, Fabian, Joao Neves; Doue, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia

No great surprise given that Arteta confirmed yesterday he was fit to start but Jurrien Timber has arrived with the Arsenal squad. Noni Madueke also here. Marli Salmon and Max Dowman with the group too.

The right decision but the big question with Liverpool is the same as it had been all through this season. Have they got the process right?

Every Arsenal player has an injury story and all of those stories seem to have one shared touch point. They all feel as much a part of the team when sidelined as when playing. That’s not normal. As Martin Odegaard said last night, this is a family.

There’s Timber!

Arteta is quick as a flash when asked if the pressure is less for Arsenal now they've won the Premier League (which we all think it is) "No. The ambition is bigger. We have one. We want the second one."

Asked if Timber is fit enough to start the game, Arteta says yes. Madueke fit too.

Saka on PSG having played fewer minutes than Arsenal. "We’ve had a week to recover and prepare for this game. "A game like this is not going to be decided on minutes, it’s going to be decided on moments."

Jó napot!

Jó napot!

Hello from Budapest, where I just four fans just now in what can only be described as Champions League shirts. Not team colours. The shirt you would wear if you were a fan of the UEFA Champions League.

- Excitable dogs and excitable owners - Sir Chips' relegation warning - Arteta's future - The ones who tried to sink the fun boat years ago Got to spend some time with Josh Kroenke this week. The overarching takeaway? He cares.

- Excitable dogs and excitable owners - Sir Chips' relegation warning - Arteta's future - The ones who tried to sink the fun boat years ago Got to spend some time with Josh Kroenke this week. The overarching takeaway? He cares.

Jurrien Timber is in the Netherlands' World Cup squad

Pressure, what pressure? The Champions League has been Arsenal’s safe space this season. On the cusp of history, does that change?

Nuno Espirito Santo set to stay at West Ham after talk with the club hierarchy. "Nuno made it very clear that he is highly motivated for the challenge of guiding West Ham United back to the top flight at the first time of asking," said a club statement.

James Maddison demands Tottenham players hold themselves to higher standards after second successive 17th placed finish

In his first ever external interview, in the boiling heat of summer in Charlotte, nearly seven years ahead of time, he called it...

With a tighter defence, an on ball identity and a real reliance on set pieces (45% of their xG came from dead balls), Roberto De Zerbi led Tottenham to 17th. Can they go significantly higher? It’ll take better players, both signed and recovered.

Twice now my walk down the Tottenham High Road had been interrupted by the chants of Arsenal fans having some fun at Spurs’ expense. A lone voice cries “come on PSG” in reply. I don’t think there’s much that could happen Saturday to quieten Arsenal fans.

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium celebrates survival

Sarr booked for a dive that looked pretty crystal clear right at the other end of the ground. On replay, acting from the Tommy Wiseau school.

Everton have gone off the boil in the last 10 or so minutes. Moyes waving them upfield but they're struggling to play their way through Spurs. It looks like this game is going to taper out.