- Arsenal host PSG in first leg of Champions League semi-final | on Amazon Prime Video
- 4′ GOAL! Dembele’s blistering strike gives PSG early lead (ARS 0-1 PSG)
- Arsenal XI: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Rice, Merino, Odegaard; Saka, Trossard, Martinelli
- PSG XI: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Neves, Vitinha, Ruiz; Kvaratskhelia, Doue, Dembele
- Both clubs are bidding to win the first European Cup in their history
18 mins: The visiting French fans are in full voice in the section of the crowd. They’re excited by this performance already.
Jurrien Timber is punished for a late lunge high up the pitch.
Things are starting to boil over a bit and the referee decides to calm things down a bit with words to the captains.
Mike Jones29 April 2025 20:20
An electric start by Paris Saint-Germain, capped by Ousmane Dembele’s goal. The finish is only part of the issues he is causing Arsenal, who are struggling to track him when he drops deep. They may be counting the cost of Thomas Partey’s needless late booking in the Bernabeu. He would surely have been charged with dealing Dembele when he is more false nine than centre-forward
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Richard Jolly, at the Emirates29 April 2025 20:18
15 mins: Shaky times for Arsenal. PSG’s passing and pace is too sharp at the minute.
Marquinhos goes forward and gets into the box off the ball just as the cross is curled into the middle.
He wins the header but sends the ball into the arms of David Raya.
Mike Jones29 April 2025 20:16
12 mins: Leandro Trossard stops a promising counter-attack from PSG but gets booked for doing so. It’s definitely a foul but a harsh booking for the Arsenal forward.
Mike Jones29 April 2025 20:14
9 mins: Martinelli has the beating of Marquinhos in terms of pace but the centre-back sticks with the winger and deflects the attempted cross behind for a corner.
Rice moves over to take the set piece and whips the ball into the middle of the box.
Mikel Merino gets a head to the ball and nods it across the area but PSG manage to hook it clear.
Mike Jones29 April 2025 20:12
6 mins: Rice tells his teammates to calm down as there is a long way to go in this tie.
Gabriel Martinelli gets forward on the left and lifts a cross into the box but Gianluigi Donnarumma is on hand to pluck it out of the sky.
Mike Jones29 April 2025 20:08
That’s a superb goal from Ousmane Dembele. PSG pass the ball from back to front with a pacey ball into the feet of Dembele.
He spins in the middle of the pitch and drives forward before sending the ball out to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on the left.
The winger dribbles up to the box, rolls it back to Dembele who then fizzes a first time shot into the far corner where the ball strikes the inside of the post and crosses the line.
Mike Jones29 April 2025 20:07
3 mins: A high press from Arsenal forces PSG to boot the ball down the right wing and gift it back to the Gunners.
It’s played into midfield towards Mikel Merino who is beaten to the ball by a surging Achraf Hakimi.
The defender is clipped by Merino and wins a free kick that PSG take quickly.
Before the game Declan Rice told his teammates that if Arsenal don’t have the ball they’ll ‘die’. So far, PSG have seen most of the possession.
Mike Jones29 April 2025 20:05
The Arsenal supporters unfurled a banner reading ‘Make It Happen’ ahead of kick off.
They are properly up for this match tonight and Mikel Arteta has told them to be loud throughout the game.
The visitors get the ball rolling at the Emirates Stadium and this Champions League semi-final is underway.
Arsenal fans unfurl ‘Make It Happen’ banner ahead of the Champions League semi-final with Paris Saint-Germain. (Miguel Delaney/The Independent)
Mike Jones29 April 2025 20:02
Confirmed line-ups
Arsenal XI: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Rice, Merino; Saka, Trossard, Martinelli.
PSG XI: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes; Neves, Vitinha, Ruiz; Kvaratskhelia, Doue, Dembele
How can I watch it?
Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on Amazon Prime Video.
Jamie Braidwood29 April 2025 19:58
