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Leon Bailey’s missus is brutal

Arsenal play away at Aston Villa in the WSL at 6pm tomorrow, live on Sky Sports in the UK. Full match preview 👇🏻🖤💚❤️

Arsenal XI: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Rice, Merino; Saka, Trossard, Martinelli

Somewhat bizarrely a local kid has decided to cycle past PSG ultras in Marseille shirt. He’s been stickered. Thankfully all relatively gentle.

FC NÜRNBERG DROPPING AN ALL-TIMER 😍 The 2. Bundesliga side released their 125th anniversary kit and it is magnificent.

This photo is simply incredible. Liverpool's title celebrations with an entirely different perspective.

No subtitles, but I think my English-speaking friends will get the gist of this. Dr Maury is 'interviewed' by one of France's most popular comedians of that era, Stéphane Collaro.

"The weekend when West Ham won at Arsenal and we beat Man City was where the league was done. Everything after that was admin." "It took us eight points clear and then 11 the next day. Since then, they’ve extended it to 15. That’s incredible." ✍️ @thecenci.bsky.social's column... Read here 👇

Cody Gakpo will be reminded by the Football Association about the organisation’s rules after displaying a religious message on his shirt. In December, Marc Guehi was reminded about the rules after displaying a religious message on his rainbow armband. He was not formally charged.

🚨REMEMBER: WE DO IT LIVE! AT THE FINAL WHISTLE OF ARSENAL VS. PSG Join Rog and @jameshorncastle.bsky.social at 5 PM ET to break down a historic day at the Emirates 🔴 SAVE THIS LINK: mibcourage.co/4iEztDU

🚨REMEMBER: WE DO IT LIVE! AT THE FINAL WHISTLE OF ARSENAL VS. PSG Join Rog and @JamesHorncastle at 5 PM ET to break down a historic day at the Emirates 🔴 SAVE THIS LINK: mibcourage.co/4iEztDU

Pre-match pub decorations.

The calm before the madness. There’s the buffer zone. Arsenal to the left. PSG to the right.

Bonsoir x

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭, 𝐕𝐢𝐳, 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐳 This week's Opta Analyst newsletter looks at: - Champions League semi-finals - Liverpool 20-20 Man Utd; and - Red cards from around the world Click below to read and subscribe for free to the stattiest, vizziest and quizziest newsletter around. 👇 theanalyst.com/2025/04/foot...

Yet to see a full kit on display - buck up those ideas north London

Mohamed Salah’s celebratory selfie after helping cap Liverpool’s Premier League title party will become an iconic image. It seemed to be a moment of off-the-cuff spontaneity that summed up the joyous atmosphere — but things weren’t quite so clear-cut. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/632...

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There is such a big-game feel around north London - fans and shirts everywhere.

🏟️ Arsenal vs PSG ✅ 🤩 We've for 3⃣ tips ahead of tonight's massive #UCL tie at the Emirates live on our Telegram channel! 📲 Join now and get your first month for just £1 when you use the code 𝗪𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗘: bit.ly/4hsXjmJ

THIS LIVERPOOL TITLE WAS DIFFERENT 🏆 Rory breaks down the beauty of the moment at Anfield in the Camarena Tequila clip of the week ❤️

Soccer took her from D.C. across the Atlantic. Now she’s on the rise for the USWNT. Lily Yohannes's journey ... www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Arsenal vs PSG Combined XI ⚔️ #ARSPSG | #UCL

Bukayo Saka has nine goals and six assists in just 16 Champions League appearances for Arsenal. #ARSPSG

And now time to rest. Alasdair Gold signing off from marathon talk. You people are incredible. I never in my wildest dreams presumed we'd raise this much money. Definitely worth the temporary inability to use stairs. www.justgiving.com/page/alasdai...

After discussing it with my family, friends, co-workers, my deli meat guy, my deli cheese guy, my bagel guy, the food delivery person who delivered me two pizzas yesterday when I ordered pad thai, I have decided to watch Arsenal today.

This on Wrexham, from a slightly different perspective, is also excellent. Multiple opinions! All of them valid!

🎙️POD ON THE TYNE🎙️ @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social @taylorpayne.bsky.social & I chat Eddie Howe’s return to the dug-out vs Ipswich & a comfortable victory. Plus interviews with Becky Langley & the departing Grace Donnelly after #NUFC women’s final home game. Have a listen, it’s free! pod.fo/e/2cdef2

If we get through this we're going to need a country-wide de-Nazification process.

Best rated players remaining in the #UCL: ◉ 8.17 - Raphinha ◉ 7.72 - Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ◉ 7.66 - Lamine Yamal ◉ 7.59 - Ousmane Dembélé ◉ 7.54 - Bukayo Saka ◉ 7.49 - Robert Lewandowski

Blessed to have grown up watching Arsenal as one of the best teams in the world but it's completely messed with my head that I last saw a CL semi as a teenager and now I've had to wait until my thirties.

Wow, so this trailer for new horror film, “Weapons”, looks quietly terrifying. - can’t wait. youtu.be/OpThntO9ixc?...

IT'S ARSENAL'S LAST GASP AT GLORY 🤩 The perpetual runners-up are in control of their own destiny in the Champions League 🏆 Brand New episode of European Nights out NOW 💫 LISTEN 🎧: mibcourage.co/44KN7Sk

Cody Gakpo could face action from the FA after revealing a religious message. The International Football Association Board laws of the game — which the FA follows — prohibit player’s equipment from containing “any political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images.” 🔗 bit.ly/3EMBEap

🚨TONIGHT, WE DO IT LIVE! WITH @jameshorncastle.bsky.social🚨 Come be with us at the Final Whistle of Arsenal's bout with PSG at the Emirates 🌟 JOIN US AT 5 PM ET. Save this link: mibcourage.co/4iEztDU

Julian Gressel's MLS career path 2017-19: Miami 2020-22: D.C. United 2022-23: Vancouver 2023: Columbus 2024-25: Miami 2025: Minnesota

Spoke to Renee Slegers earlier about player involvement being key to constructing the game plan against Lyon and U21 coach Elliot Allum being part of the matchday coaching staff on occasion recently to foster closer relationships between the junior and senior team 👇🔴⚪️

Only just occurred to me that Arsenal have played the reigning champions from six of Europe's seven biggest leagues this season. PSG: 2-0 win Inter: 0-1 defeat Sporting Lisbon: 5-1 win PSV: 9-3 win (on agg) Real Madrid: 5-1 win (on agg) + two PL encounters with Man City (2-2 draw + 5-0 win)

Achraf Hakimi has been dribbled past more times (22) than any other player in the #UCL this season. 😖 Something for Gabriel Martinelli to exploit tonight... 👀

Unpleasant way to talk about a teenager trying to find their way in sport. I know some people love to use stock market terminology to talk about footballers, but they're not stock. They're not just assets. And they're certainly not washed up at 18 because their rise hasn't been as linear as expected

Interesting on the change made with the #LFC skipper 👇🔴 www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/footba...

THE SCOTT MCTOMINAY INFLUENCE IN ITALY GROWS 😍 The Scotsman is having such an impact at Napoli, he's got Italians wearing kilts 🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Premier League is a Fibonacci sequence. Buy the poster now, here: www.thegoalhanger.co.uk/products/the...

The Scott McTominay influence in Naples showing no sign of slowing down 😍 The Scotsman is having such an impact at Napoli, he's got Italians wearing kilts 🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Chelsea targeting Morgan Rogers for summer. Aston Villa obviously don’t want to sell but there’s a feeling in football that PSR “churn” is going to force clubs into transfer decisions they wouldn’t otherwise make www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Lamine Yamal has drawn comparisons to Lionel Messi as a fellow graduate from Barcelona’s La Masia youth academy and as a left-footed forward to burst onto the scene as a teenager. But the 17-year-old wants to follow his own path.

🇪🇺 European Team of the Week

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arsenal vs PSG 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 Barcelona vs Inter 🇮🇹 For @theguardian.com, @benmcaleer.bsky.social offers a preview and prediction for the two #UCL semi-final ties. 👇 www.theguardian.com/football/who...

ok good luck with that

Part 3 of 4 of the special report @stevemenary.bsky.social and I have devoted to multi-club ownership for @playthegame-org.bsky.social. This time, how MCO networks are both so fluid and so opaque that they escape detection - and oversight. www.playthegame.org/news/water-t...

Renee Slegers says the squad for tomorrow is the same as Sunday.

The new research into the health benefits of champagne which is all over UK media at the moment reminds me of how Dr Maury's "Soignez-vous par le vin" was one of the biggest non-fiction bestsellers in France in the 1970s. The good doctor looks like he had been following his own advice.

"Arsenal can absolutely win the Champions League this season" ✅ Luke's gone big on today's Ramble... Listen ahead of the big one tonight!➡️ lnk.to/ramble

We're recording the latest edition of the Listeners' Mesut Haaland Dicks on Wednesday... DM/email me a ~30-second voicenote about your very specific footballing fascination or irritation — from any aspect of the game — and we'll select the best six. Cheers!

Pretty much sums up today so far…….

How am I supposed to get anything done today

⚽️ Athletic Club and why they pick only 'local' players 🇺🇸 DC United own Pogba discovery rights 🏟️ The Chernobyl stadium that was never used 🏆 How to stop top Champions League wingers (and Messi) @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social brings you the latest from TAFC in today's free newsletter...

Shouts of "you're getting it, you little rat" were heard as a brawl erupted at a gym www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

A man dressed as a Just Eat delivery driver wasn't dropping off food to customers www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-worl...

Real Madrid centre-back Antonio Rudiger is expected to be sidelined for around six weeks after undergoing surgery for a meniscus tear. The defender is facing a possible ban after being sent off in the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona. More 👇 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/632...

19% of the goals PSG have conceded in Ligue 1 this season have come from corners and 42% from set pieces overall, the highest proportions in the division. 14% of the goals PSG have scored in Ligue 1 have been from set pieces – the lowest proportion in the division. #ARSPSG

The former QPR defender has given his verdict on #LFC and #MUFC 👇🔴 www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/footba...

📈 Who is best rated? 🔴 How many from Arsenal? 🤔 Saliba or Marqunhos in defence? @benmcaleer.bsky.social takes a look at the Arsenal vs PSG Combined XI ahead of tonight's huge #UCL clash. 👇 www.whoscored.com/articles/tD4...

He is accepting offers of over £20,000 for the 'unique' item www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Here’s this week’s cartoon for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

Mikel Arteta's key messages are imprinted on the players just before they enter the Emirates tunnel. One wall reads: “Our non-negotiables: discipline, leadership, dominate, compete.” It is this mentality that has helped turn the stadium into a European fortress. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/630...

Scott McTominay's WhoScored rating vs Man United's midfielders this season: ◉ 7.22 - Scott McTominay ◎ 7.22 - Bruno Fernandes ◎ 6.82 - Casemiro ◎ 6.61 - Manuel Ugarte ◎ 6.52 - Kobbie Mainoo ◎ 6.41 - Christian Eriksen

TUESDAY'S EARLY KICK OFF IS HERE Previewing Arsenal v PSG 🔍 Drama for Carlo Ancelotti 😵‍💫 Spurs embarrassed again 🫣 🎧: mibcourage.co/EKO29APR25

A senior coroner has ordered police to detail all contact officers had with "Mr Big" in the days before he was assassinated www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Whether Leeds United had won promotion or remained in the Championship, it seemed the club was heading for a hard reset. The only difference is that it’s the reset everyone will prefer in this reality. ✍️ @berencross.bsky.social 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/631...

The frontrunner to become the new chief constable of Merseyside Police has been announced www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Mikel Merino has scored two and assisted three goals in his last four Champions League matches. #ARSPSG

All the people hating on Louis Theroux's excellent Settler documentary are doing is driving people to watch it in their droves. As always, all he's doing - very very well - is allowing people to speak for themselves and show the viewer exactly who they are and what they believe

I second this. I grew up in this borough, no national good can come of pandering to its whims, none at all.

🇹🇷 Super Lig Team of the Week

This reminds me of when two UK MCs were beefing and one of them said “you’re not even comfortable in your own ends”

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🇮🇹 Serie A Team of the Week

Defeats by the four semi-finalists in the Champions League this season: ◉ 5 - PSG ◉ 2 - Barcelona ◉ 1 - Arsenal ◉ 1 - Inter PSG have lost more games than the other three teams combined. 🤯

Arsenal Women Arsecast with me and @jamiespangher.bsky.social looking back to Sunday's victory in Lyon 😁

🥱 3am finish at Anfield 📸 An all-staff picture 🍾 Non-alcoholic champagne 🚲 Bike ride for Jota This is what really happened at Liverpool’s title celebration... 📝 @jamespearcelfc.bsky.social

Jimmy Campbell, are you quaking in your boots? Luis Enrique's PSG are coming to town. Jim tells Marcus and Luke why he's expecting a very different game to their previous meeting in October 👇 Lnk.to/ramble

Here's Philipp Lahm's latest column for @theathleticfc.bsky.social. How would he defend some of the most dangerous forwards left in the Champions League? www.nytimes.com/athletic/631...

A beaming Arteta has set the right tone for this week, imploring his players to seize the moment He's leant on Raya and Merino for any extra detail on Luis Enrique, as Arsenal are going to dig in for fine margins www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Renee Slegers press conference at 2pm today ahead of tomorrow night's game away at Aston Villa. (Yes it does feel very out of place).

Big one today. We locked in.

a little jofra archer fan fiction on a tuesday morning www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

the Champions League semi-finals are the highlight of the football season for me. In terms of quality and drama you can’t beat it. And this is the most exciting quartet of sides at this stage for many years. It’s going to be excellent.

🔴 Liverpool to defend their crown? ♦️ Arsenal to make the final step? 🔵 Manchester City to bounce back? ❓ An outsider? This season’s Premier League is won - but what about next year? Yes, it’s far too early to know for sure… but we asked our writers anyway.

THE FOOTBALL CLICHES PODCAST 🔊 The Gibbs-White drum beat 🔊 The most "mid-2000s FIFA game" commentary ever 🔊 Newcastle to win the next 21 Premier League titles 🔊 The Club World Cup on Channel 5 🔊 143-goal Prem hero Julio Vardez 🔊 MORE @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social

Morning all. Today's the day - It just doesn't get much bigger than this..... Some thoughts on tonight's game, Arteta's team selection, nullifying PSG and seizing the moment 👇

I went to Wrexham, to write about a football club that has transformed its city. For all the Hollywood hoopla, this has become a triumph on every level. ⬇️ inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

Possibly the most first world problem I have ever encountered in my life, but it turns out that, emotionally, it's quite difficult to move from the euphoria of winning a Champions League semi-final, only to have another one 48 hours later.

Djordje Petrovic is the best rated goalkeeper (7.08) in Europe's top 5 leagues this season. 💫

29 years ago today: No PR spin. No media savvy. No carefully chosen words. Just pure emotion in the midst of a gripping title race. “You can tell him now, we are still fighting for this title. He’s got to go to Middlesbrough and get something.”

Today on It Was What It Was, the football history podcast, we look at the making of Arne Slot. podfollow.com/1745066482