- 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
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
Martin Odegaard leads out Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium ahead of this crucial Champions League first leg.
If the Gunners can get themselves a lead tonight they’ll be well set ahead of next week’s clash in Paris.
Mikel Arteta wants to win this competition this year but first his team need to get through this test against the French champions.
Mike Jones29 April 2025 19:55
Bukayo Saka has scored nine goals and made six assists in 16 appearances in the Champions League for Arsenal.
This is already the most goal involvements for an English player in their first two seasons in the competition, and the most by a winger in their first two since Sadio Mane (16 across 2017-18 and 2018-19).
(EPA)
Mike Jones29 April 2025 19:50
Ousmane Dembele has been directly involved in 10 goals in the Champions League this season (seven goals, three assists), and could equal the record for most goal involvements by a PSG player in a single edition.
Kylian Mbappe currently holds the record with 11 in 2020/21 (eight goals, three assists).
Mike Jones29 April 2025 19:45
When he takes to the pitch tonight, Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly will be both the youngest Englishman and youngest Premier League player to appear in a Champions League semi-final (18y 215d).
(Adam Davy/PA Wire)
Mike Jones29 April 2025 19:40
