Pre kick off at the Puskas Arena ; Picture by @YTJourno Champions League Final Arsenal (1) 1 Havertz 6 Paris Saint-Germain (0) 1 Dembele pen 65 After Extra Time PSG win 4-3 on pens Oh the torment. Undefeated for an entire season of Champions League football, only to have the kick in the teeth of having a penalty decider at the 'away end' with the added pressure of taking the second kick. That seldom ends well and so it proved as Ebe Eze and Gabriel fired wide to kill off hope

Arteta addresses the press on the eve of the final : Picture by @YTJourno Mikel Arteta insists his players are more fired up than ever for tomorrow's showdown with PSG - with the league title success having increased the appetite for more silverware rather than diluted it. The Arsenal boss looked in positive and relaxed mood ahead of what he hopes could be the club's greatest ever night. The Gunners have the chance to enter a new chapter in their storied history if they can f

Scene before kick-off at the Red Bull Arena UEFA Conference League Final Crystal Palace (0) 1 Mateta 51 Rayo Vallecano (0) 0 The Eagles concluded a stunning year and a half of high-octane drama and emotion with a first piece of European silverware to sit alongside their first ever domestic trophies - ensuring a fitting send-off for the man who oversaw it all. To Jean-Philippe Mateta goes the honour of scoring the all important history making goal that means the Eagles become

Emirates Stadium. Pic by @JTaylorSport Arsenal 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen It seems Arsenal are quite adapt at competing on multiple fronts. Top of the Premier League table and poised to secure the title for the first time since 2004. A Carabao Cup final to look forward to. In the FA Cup quarter finals. And the same stage now in the Champions League, after a comfortable, professional display over Bayer Leverkusen. Sporting Lisbon, who defeated Bodo/Glimt lie in wait. Another challen

Where Eagles Fly: Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 0 AEK Larnaca 0 ‘Back so soon?’ That was the rhetorical question posed in the Crystal Palace match programme ahead of their Europa Conference League meeting with AEK Larnaca. The Cypriot side hoped for a repeat of their 1-0 win at Selhurst Park back in October in the same competition’s league phase. On this particular occasion though, the margins for error were slim, in the first of a two-legged tie. Indeed, Crystal Palace’s ina

Selhurst Park Crystal Palace 2-0 HSK Zrinjski Mostar ‘Here for the Road to Leipzig’ The billboards blazed a technicolour note of optimism around Selhurst Park. If Crystal Palace do make it all the way to the RB Leipzig Stadium on 27 May, their fans will have largely forgotten about this particular juncture on an uninspiring journey. The Eagles had to rely on a brace of goals from Max Lacroix in the first half and anothere from Evann Guessand in added time to eke past Zrinjski

Champions League preparation at the Emirates Stadium. Pic by @JTaylorSport ARSENAL 3 KAIRAT ALMATY 2 There might be one or two ongoing question marks concerning Arsenal’s durability to remain top of the Premier League. However when it comes to Europe, the Gunners are enjoying a certain serenity which may yet yield the ultimate club trophy. Arsenal are three points ahead at the top of the Champions League – above illustrious names such as Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Barcelona an

Tottenham Hotspur (2) 2 v Borussia Dortmund (0) 0 Champions League MD7 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium “What I feel the whole time is that - I feel the staff is with us, I think the players are with us. The ownership, everyone wants the same thing. And we’re on the same page. We do a lot of things in the right direction, and today was a big performance and a big win.” That is how Thomas Frank summarised the mood inside the club after Tottenha

Stamford Bridge Chelsea 1 Pafos 0 It was a nervy night, characterised with a superb showing from the visitors from Cyprus – but patient Chelsea eventually prevailed with a narrow win which just about forced them into the top eight of the Champions League. The Blues dominated proceedings at Stamford Bridge in Liam Rosenior’s first experience as a head coach in Europe’s elite competition. Yet it took until the 77 th minute for the illustrious west Londoners and world champions

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner by Capital Football Crystal Palace 2 KuPS Kuopio 2 The night was punctured with some class, some quiet desperation and surprise – but Crystal Palace will have to negotiate the Uefa Conference League playoffs, after a 2-2 draw against KuPS Kuopio. Palace almost paid for long spells of going through the motions - albeit with a starting side which was largely an unfamiliar one – but they did eventually salvage a point. It is, though, insuffi