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Bukayo Saka scored the decisive goal as Arsenal beat Atlético Madrid 1-0 to seal their place in the Champions League final with a 2-1 aggregate victory.
Having snapped a seven-game streak without a goal involvement when he scored and assisted against Fulham in the Premier League last weekend, captain Saka was Arsenal’s hero as they booked a first Champions League final for 20 years.
The Gunners, buoyed by title rivals Manchester City dropping points in their domestic tussle, hit the front when Saka tapped home on the rebound in the 44th minute at Emirates Stadium.
Atlético may have been ahead early on if not for a fantastic block from Declan Rice, who just did enough to put Giuliano Simeone off.
Myles Lewis-Skelly, once again starting in a central midfield role, almost teed up an opener as he skipped along the byline and fired in a low cross that flashed across the face of goal.
Yet the home fans erupted in jubilation when Leandro Trossard created the space for a shot, with Jan Oblak only able to parry his save out to Saka, who was alert to stay onside and beat the defenders to the loose ball.
Gabriel Magalhães survived a VAR check for a potential penalty when he challenged Giuliano, before Antoine Griezmann – on what was his final Champions League appearance – was clearly brought down in the Arsenal box. No spot-kick was given, however, as Gabriel had been fouled in the build-up.
Viktor Gyökeres could have put Arsenal into complete control, but the forward skewed over from Piero Hincapié’s brilliant left-wing cross.
Mikel Arteta’s team, however, were not made to lament that miss as the Gunners set up a showdown against either Paris Saint-Germain or Bayern Munich in Budapest on 30 May.
Data Debrief: Arsenal’s Long Wait Ends
It has been some 24 hours for Arsenal. With Man City’s slip-up on Monday, the Gunners know they are just three wins away from winning the top-flight title for the first time in 22 years. And now, Arteta’s side know a fourth win, this time at the Puskás Aréna, will see them crowned European champions for the first time.
Like last week’s clash in Madrid, this was another attritional encounter, with each team managing only two attempts on target.
Saka made his chance count. He has been involved in 14 Champions League goals in as many appearances at the Emirates, scoring nine times and providing five assists. The winger is the first Arsenal player to score in two different semi-finals in the competition (also v PSG last season).
The Gunners fell short on that occasion, but despite tempers boiling over on the touchline as full-time approached and rain poured down, it was Arteta’s men who did for Diego Simeone’s dogs of war, who were limited to chances worth only 0.5 expected goals.
While Arsenal battle on thanks to their number seven, this result marks the end of the road in Europe for Atletico’s occupant of that same number.
Griezmann made his 128th appearance in a major European competition, the fourth-most by any French player. He went off having made four tackles, double the amount of shots he managed, as Arsenal’s stringent defence limited his influence.
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Arsenal vs Atlético Madrid Post-Match Facts
Arsenal are now on their longest ever unbeaten run in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (14 games), overtaking their 13-game run between March 2005 and April 2006. Of the 44 instances of a team playing 14+ games in a UEFA Champions League campaign, Arsenal are now the only one to remain unbeaten through their first 14 matches of a single edition. Mikel Arteta will be the second-youngest manager to lead Arsenal in a major European final (44y 65d on the day of this season’s UEFA Champions League final), after Terry Neill in the 1980 Cup Winners’ Cup (38y 6d v Valencia). Arsenal have equalled their club record for most wins in a single season (41 across all competitions), previously winning 41 in the 1970-71 campaign. Arsenal have reached the UEFA Champions League final for the first time since 2006 – the longest period between European Cup/Champions League finals by a team in the competition since Atlético Madrid in 2014 (40 years), and longest by an English side since Liverpool in 2005 (also 20 years).Enjoy this? Add Opta Analyst as a preferred source by clicking here.
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