A flare for the big occasion: Fans greet the arrival of the Arsenal team bus :Picture by @YTJourno Champions League semi-final second leg Arsenal (1) 1 Saka 44 Atletico Madrid (0) 0 Aggregate: 2-1 It was never going to be 4-0 to Arsenal as it had been on Matchday Three when the Gunners hosted Atleti at the Emirates. But has 1-0 to the Arsenal ever sounded so good? Through to only their second ever Champions League final. What a feat that is. As North London Forever rang out a

Gunning for precious points : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Arsenal (3) 3 Gyokeres 9, 45+3 Saka 40 Fulham (0) 0 Arsenal rediscovered the art of winning comfortably in a performance which seemed more like the ones they were delivering so regularly at the start of the season rather than the stodgy fare of late. They raced out of the blocks and blew Fulham away with a dazzling first half show that ensured they move six points clear of Man City - albeit having played two ga

First instalment of the battle to reach Budapest : Picture by @YTJourno Champions League semi-final first leg Atletico Madrid (0) 1 Alvarez pen 56 Arsenal (1) 1 Gyokeres pen 44 Judging by all the eulogies rightly heaped upon PSG and Bayern after the previous day's scintillating first semi-final, this tie is one that's hardly worth winning. Humiliation is confidently being predicted for the poor saps destined to just make up the numbers in Budapest on May 30 - whether that is

Keeping hopes alive : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Arsenal (1) 1 Eze 9 Newcastle United (0) 0 So, another relaxing, angst-free afternoon at the Emirates then. Martin Odegaard's collapse to the ground at full time summed it up. All around the Gunners captain, red shirts seemed overcome by the nervous energy of it all and dropped to the turf in exhaustion and relief. This is proving to be a terrible watch. A recipe for heart failure and misplaced hope if ever there was o

Manchester City (1) 2 v Arsenal (1) 1 Premier League Matchweek 33 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the City of Manchester Stadium “We’re not really here!” is one of the favourite chants in the Manchester City fans’ repertoire, heard at almost every match since the club became re-established among the elite after climbing back up from having fallen into the third tier. Expressing their continuing feelings of near disbelief at the transformation, it echoed around the stands

By Alessandro Schiavone While Arsenal look increasingly likely to cement their serial bottlers status once more on current form following their 2-1 defeat at Man City yesterday, their hated rivals from down the road Tottenham Hotspur are flirting with a shock relegation, and two-time European kings Chelsea could miss out on the Champions League once again, with fifth-placed Liverpool now holding a SEVEN-point lead. And that with only five fixtures left to negotiate before

Summit meeting: Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Manchester City (1) 2 Cherki 16, Haaland 65 Arsenal (1) 1 Havertz 18 Top since October they may have been, but the Gunners look certain to lose their long standing domination of the Premier League table this week after once again being made to suffer by Erling Haaland. The Norwegian bagged a second half winner not long after the Gunners had twice gone agonisingly close to taking a 2-1 lead. The margins were every bit as tigh

By Alessandro Schiavone Arsenal have been fired a warning by hothead Arda Turan ahead of their semi-final against Atletico Madrid in less than two weeks. The ex-Turkish midfielder, who scored against Chelsea at the same stage of the competition back in 2014 as Atleti ran riot at Stamford Bridge (1-3), has tipped this to be the Colchoneros ' season. Madrid's second force lost two finals in three years against Real Madrid back in 2014 and 2016 respectively. Yet with Los Mereng

Optimism abounding at kick off : Picture by @YTJourno Champions League Quarter Final second leg Arsenal 0 Sporting 0 Aggregate: 1-0 In a pre-match pitchside interview, Lee Dixon described the night as a 'free hit' ahead of the big one on Sunday against Man City. As if reaching Champions League semi-finals happen all the time. As it happens, the Gunners will be in only their fourth such contest - and very much hoping to go one better than last year, when PSG thwarted their hop

Capital Football have exclusively spoken to Brentford defender Sepp Van den Berg. Here is what he said. One point. It could have been three. It probably feels like zero. "No, let's be honest one point is better than zero. But I know what you mean. I think in the second-half we played very well and I think we should have scored the 3-1. But of course if you concede a late goal like this it feels very bad. It feels disappointing and we all are. If we win this game against Evert